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Questions for Discussion: Convective Cloud Systems

What is "convection"? Explain how the process of cloud formation depends on the process of convection.
What do you think needs to happen to warm rising air for a cloud to form?
Compare and contrast cloud formation over islands and large bodies of water. Give two similarities and two differences.
Predict how these patterns in storm development can influence the tropical climate.
In what ways do you think the process of cloud formation over water and islands at other latitudes would be similar to or different from the process in tropical latitudes?