METEOROLOGY EXAM 2, MIZZOU
(ALDRICH)
The name given to a liquid drop of dew that freezes when the air temperature drops
below freezing - Correct Answers -Frozen dew
This is the name given to the vertical motion of air rising from the ground - Correct
Answers -Convection
These two things are needed to "enhance" evaporation - Correct Answers -warm
air/higher temperature and wind
A rising parcel of air that does not exchange heat with its surroundings is an example of
this - Correct Answers -Adiabatic process
As the difference between the air temperature and dewpoint increases, relative humidity
does this - Correct Answers -Decreases, goes down
The relative humidity typically reaches its maximum value at this time - Correct Answers
-during the morning when the temperature is at its lowest
What city is most likely experiencing fog - Correct Answers -City B because dew point
and temperature are equal
This is the recipe for creating an unstable atmosphere - Correct Answers -Cooling the
air aloft and warming the air at the surface
The process of which water is recycled - Correct Answers -The hydrologic cycle (water
cycle)
If the environmental lapse rate is 5°C per 1000 m and the temperature at the earth's
surface is 25°C, then the air temperature at 2000 m above the ground is - Correct
Answers -15 C
___________ are found beneath fair-weather cumulus clouds, whereas _________ are
found between the clouds - Correct Answers -Updrafts / downdrafts
Dew is most likely to form on _________ and ________ nights - Correct Answers -Clear
/ calm
(ALDRICH)
The name given to a liquid drop of dew that freezes when the air temperature drops
below freezing - Correct Answers -Frozen dew
This is the name given to the vertical motion of air rising from the ground - Correct
Answers -Convection
These two things are needed to "enhance" evaporation - Correct Answers -warm
air/higher temperature and wind
A rising parcel of air that does not exchange heat with its surroundings is an example of
this - Correct Answers -Adiabatic process
As the difference between the air temperature and dewpoint increases, relative humidity
does this - Correct Answers -Decreases, goes down
The relative humidity typically reaches its maximum value at this time - Correct Answers
-during the morning when the temperature is at its lowest
What city is most likely experiencing fog - Correct Answers -City B because dew point
and temperature are equal
This is the recipe for creating an unstable atmosphere - Correct Answers -Cooling the
air aloft and warming the air at the surface
The process of which water is recycled - Correct Answers -The hydrologic cycle (water
cycle)
If the environmental lapse rate is 5°C per 1000 m and the temperature at the earth's
surface is 25°C, then the air temperature at 2000 m above the ground is - Correct
Answers -15 C
___________ are found beneath fair-weather cumulus clouds, whereas _________ are
found between the clouds - Correct Answers -Updrafts / downdrafts
Dew is most likely to form on _________ and ________ nights - Correct Answers -Clear
/ calm
