GY 101 UA Test 2 Questions With
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A percentage relating the amount of water vapor present to the amount
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of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Relative Humidity |
The temperature at which air becomes saturated and condensation
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begins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Dew Point
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What is the prefix for rain producing clouds? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Nimbo-
Does air rise or sink when it is Low Pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Rise
Does air rise or sink when it is High Pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Sink
Formed by the slow HORIZONTAL passage of relatively warm, moist,
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stable air over a colder surface - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Advection Fog
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, What is the prefix associated with high level clouds? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Cirro-
What is the prefix associated with middle level clouds? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Alto-
Name the two precipitation formation processes - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Collision Coalescence |
Bergeron Process |
What temperature air is associated with Collision Coalescence? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Warmer air (cool)
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What temperature air is associated with the Bergeron Process? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cold air
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Extremely heavy liquid precipitation with a fall rate of >=5 in/hr -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cloudburst
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Snow that is formed by the Bergeron Process in the clouds melts on its
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way down, and then refreezes before it hits the ground? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sleet
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A percentage relating the amount of water vapor present to the amount
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of water vapor the air can hold at a given temperature - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Relative Humidity |
The temperature at which air becomes saturated and condensation
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begins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Dew Point
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What is the prefix for rain producing clouds? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Nimbo-
Does air rise or sink when it is Low Pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Rise
Does air rise or sink when it is High Pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Sink
Formed by the slow HORIZONTAL passage of relatively warm, moist,
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stable air over a colder surface - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Advection Fog
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, What is the prefix associated with high level clouds? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Cirro-
What is the prefix associated with middle level clouds? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Alto-
Name the two precipitation formation processes - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Collision Coalescence |
Bergeron Process |
What temperature air is associated with Collision Coalescence? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Warmer air (cool)
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What temperature air is associated with the Bergeron Process? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cold air
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Extremely heavy liquid precipitation with a fall rate of >=5 in/hr -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Cloudburst
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Snow that is formed by the Bergeron Process in the clouds melts on its
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way down, and then refreezes before it hits the ground? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Sleet