EAPS 106 HOMEWORK 10 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\Q\.Which of the following describes what happens with increasing altitude? - ANSWERS✔-Air
pressure decreases and the temperature drops
\Q\.Which of the following can be produced by cumulonimbus clouds? - ANSWERS✔-All of the
above: lightning, tornadoes, and hailstones
\Q\.What happens when a mass of colder air moves into where warmer air is present? -
ANSWERS✔-The drier, colder air forms a steeply sloping boundary under the warmer, moister
air at the surface and lifts that air
\Q\.What is CAPE? - ANSWERS✔-A measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support
upward air movement that can lead to cloud formation and storms
\Q\.What are lightning leaders? - ANSWERS✔-Electrically conductive channels of ionized gas
that connect regions of opposite charge, creating a path for lightning (flash)
\Q\.Which of the following environments will produce hail? - ANSWERS✔-Strong, upward
motion of air within a thunderstorm and lowered heights of the freezing level
\Q\.What is a downburst? - ANSWERS✔-A strong downward and outward gushing wind system
\Q\.Which distinguishes supercells from all other thunderstorms? - ANSWERS✔-Its rotation
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\Q\.Which of the following describes what happens with increasing altitude? - ANSWERS✔-Air
pressure decreases and the temperature drops
\Q\.Which of the following can be produced by cumulonimbus clouds? - ANSWERS✔-All of the
above: lightning, tornadoes, and hailstones
\Q\.What happens when a mass of colder air moves into where warmer air is present? -
ANSWERS✔-The drier, colder air forms a steeply sloping boundary under the warmer, moister
air at the surface and lifts that air
\Q\.What is CAPE? - ANSWERS✔-A measure of the capacity of the atmosphere to support
upward air movement that can lead to cloud formation and storms
\Q\.What are lightning leaders? - ANSWERS✔-Electrically conductive channels of ionized gas
that connect regions of opposite charge, creating a path for lightning (flash)
\Q\.Which of the following environments will produce hail? - ANSWERS✔-Strong, upward
motion of air within a thunderstorm and lowered heights of the freezing level
\Q\.What is a downburst? - ANSWERS✔-A strong downward and outward gushing wind system
\Q\.Which distinguishes supercells from all other thunderstorms? - ANSWERS✔-Its rotation
