GY 101 - Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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1. 1) The formation of freezing rain involves: A) snow passing through a
fairly thick layer of above
A) snow passing through a fairly thick layer of above freezing air before pass-
freezing air before passing through a thin layer of ing through a thin layer of
subfreezing temperatures near the surface. subfreezing temperatures
near the surface.
B) air temperatures decreasing uniformly with height,
producing the cold conditions necessary for freezing
rain formation.
C) air temperatures increasing uniformly with height,
producing the cold conditions necessary for freezing
rain formation.
D) snow passing through a fairly thin layer of above
freezing air before passing through a thick layer of
subfreezing
temperatures near the surface.
2. 2) If a gas warms under constant pressure, the mole- c) more; require a larger
cules within it have kinetic energy (motions) and volume
can therefore .
A) less; be packed into a smaller volume
B) less; be packed into a larger volume
C) more; be packed into a larger volume
D) more; be packed into a smaller volume
3. 3) (See Practice Test) A) cumuliform clouds tend
to form with precip-
In the cross section of the front pictured here
, GY 101 - Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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itation being relatively
A) cumuliform clouds tend to form with precipitation short-lived.
being relatively short-lived.
B) cumuliform clouds tend to form with precipitation
being of relatively long duration.
C) stratiform clouds tend to form with precipitation
being relatively short-lived.
D) stratiform clouds tend to form with precipitation
being of relatively long duration.
4. 4) Why is the saturated adiabatic lapse rate less than B) Release of latent heat
the unsaturated adiabatic lapse rate? warms the local environ-
ment
A) The gradients of the lapse rate curves are identical
B) Release of latent heat warms the local environment
C) Absorption of latent heat causes a parcel of air to
contract
D) Absorption of latent heat warms the local environ-
ment
5. 5) Using the insolation diagram below, name the cor- a) low pressure, high pres-
rect sequence of surface pressure zones associated sure, low pressure, high
with latitude zones. Start from the pole and move to- pressure
ward the equator.
A) low pressure, high pressure, low pressure, high
pressure
, GY 101 - Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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B) high pressure, low pressure, high pressure, low
pressure
C) high pressure, high pressure, low pressure, low
pressure
D) low pressure, low pressure, high pressure, high
pressure
6. 6) Which of the following events is most like the forma- C) water entering the air
tion of a cloud? from the leaves of growing
plants
A) water running off a roof
B) water forming on a cold object on a hot, humid
summer day
C) water entering the air from the leaves of growing
plants
D) water moving downward into the soil after a sum-
mer rain storm
7. 7) Clouds that are high and are always composed en- D) cirrus
tirely of ice crystals are:
A) stratus.
B) thunderheads.
C) alto.
D) cirrus.
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1. 1) The formation of freezing rain involves: A) snow passing through a
fairly thick layer of above
A) snow passing through a fairly thick layer of above freezing air before pass-
freezing air before passing through a thin layer of ing through a thin layer of
subfreezing temperatures near the surface. subfreezing temperatures
near the surface.
B) air temperatures decreasing uniformly with height,
producing the cold conditions necessary for freezing
rain formation.
C) air temperatures increasing uniformly with height,
producing the cold conditions necessary for freezing
rain formation.
D) snow passing through a fairly thin layer of above
freezing air before passing through a thick layer of
subfreezing
temperatures near the surface.
2. 2) If a gas warms under constant pressure, the mole- c) more; require a larger
cules within it have kinetic energy (motions) and volume
can therefore .
A) less; be packed into a smaller volume
B) less; be packed into a larger volume
C) more; be packed into a larger volume
D) more; be packed into a smaller volume
3. 3) (See Practice Test) A) cumuliform clouds tend
to form with precip-
In the cross section of the front pictured here
, GY 101 - Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
itation being relatively
A) cumuliform clouds tend to form with precipitation short-lived.
being relatively short-lived.
B) cumuliform clouds tend to form with precipitation
being of relatively long duration.
C) stratiform clouds tend to form with precipitation
being relatively short-lived.
D) stratiform clouds tend to form with precipitation
being of relatively long duration.
4. 4) Why is the saturated adiabatic lapse rate less than B) Release of latent heat
the unsaturated adiabatic lapse rate? warms the local environ-
ment
A) The gradients of the lapse rate curves are identical
B) Release of latent heat warms the local environment
C) Absorption of latent heat causes a parcel of air to
contract
D) Absorption of latent heat warms the local environ-
ment
5. 5) Using the insolation diagram below, name the cor- a) low pressure, high pres-
rect sequence of surface pressure zones associated sure, low pressure, high
with latitude zones. Start from the pole and move to- pressure
ward the equator.
A) low pressure, high pressure, low pressure, high
pressure
, GY 101 - Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
B) high pressure, low pressure, high pressure, low
pressure
C) high pressure, high pressure, low pressure, low
pressure
D) low pressure, low pressure, high pressure, high
pressure
6. 6) Which of the following events is most like the forma- C) water entering the air
tion of a cloud? from the leaves of growing
plants
A) water running off a roof
B) water forming on a cold object on a hot, humid
summer day
C) water entering the air from the leaves of growing
plants
D) water moving downward into the soil after a sum-
mer rain storm
7. 7) Clouds that are high and are always composed en- D) cirrus
tirely of ice crystals are:
A) stratus.
B) thunderheads.
C) alto.
D) cirrus.
