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Question: Sleet forms when
Answer:
Rain begins to fall from a thick layer of warm air (above freezing) as it moves over a thick layer of cold
air (below freezing)
Question: Your clothes become damp on a hot summer day because of which of the following?
Answer:
The relative humidity is high and your sweat is not completely evaporated.
Question: What is the definition of aggregation?
Answer:
The growth of snowflakes as ice crystals stick together
Question: You plan a day trip into the mountains and want to estimate the temperature at the mountain
peak. You measure an air temperature of 25°C and the peak is 2.5 km above your starting location. What
is the temperature at the peak if the air is dry (no clouds)?
Answer:
0°C
Question: Which of the following is the cause of sea breezes?
Answer:
The land becomes warmer than the ocean and wind blows towards the land
Question: Which of the following is true about the pressure gradient force (PGF)?
Answer:
all of the above
Question: Which cloud consists only of ice crystals and forms a thin veil across the sky?
Answer:
cirrostratus
Question: Why is the moist lapse rate less than the dry lapse rate?
Answer:
Rising moist air forms condensation which releases heat into the atmosphere
, Question: In a thermal circulation what is happening at the surface of warm column of air?
Answer:
the Air is converging on low pressure and rising air forms clouds.
Question: If the air above liquid water is warm and dry, which of the following is most likely occurring?
Answer:
More water is evaporating from the surface than is condensing on the surface
Question: Which is the correct description of a dry haze?
Answer:
Consists of small particles that preferentially scatter blue light.
Question: Which of the following statements is true when comparing humidity levels in the Sahara desert
to humidity levels in Antarctica?
Answer:
Saturation vapor pressure is lower in Antarctica than in the Sahara
Question: Which mechanism of forced instability is defined as "air moving into a low pressure system
causes air to rise?
Answer:
convergence
Question: What does the Latin word 'cirrus' mean?
Answer:
wisp of hair
Question: The environmental lapse rate is measured at 7 °C. What is the stability of this air?
Answer:
conditionally unstable
Question: On a warm summer day you see cumulus clouds form due to rising thermals from the surface.
If the surface air temperature is 32°C and the dew point temperature is 20°C, what is the altitude of the
cloud base?
Answer:
1.5 km
Question: Which of the following conditions is compatible with seeing rainbow?
Answer:
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Question: Sleet forms when
Answer:
Rain begins to fall from a thick layer of warm air (above freezing) as it moves over a thick layer of cold
air (below freezing)
Question: Your clothes become damp on a hot summer day because of which of the following?
Answer:
The relative humidity is high and your sweat is not completely evaporated.
Question: What is the definition of aggregation?
Answer:
The growth of snowflakes as ice crystals stick together
Question: You plan a day trip into the mountains and want to estimate the temperature at the mountain
peak. You measure an air temperature of 25°C and the peak is 2.5 km above your starting location. What
is the temperature at the peak if the air is dry (no clouds)?
Answer:
0°C
Question: Which of the following is the cause of sea breezes?
Answer:
The land becomes warmer than the ocean and wind blows towards the land
Question: Which of the following is true about the pressure gradient force (PGF)?
Answer:
all of the above
Question: Which cloud consists only of ice crystals and forms a thin veil across the sky?
Answer:
cirrostratus
Question: Why is the moist lapse rate less than the dry lapse rate?
Answer:
Rising moist air forms condensation which releases heat into the atmosphere
, Question: In a thermal circulation what is happening at the surface of warm column of air?
Answer:
the Air is converging on low pressure and rising air forms clouds.
Question: If the air above liquid water is warm and dry, which of the following is most likely occurring?
Answer:
More water is evaporating from the surface than is condensing on the surface
Question: Which is the correct description of a dry haze?
Answer:
Consists of small particles that preferentially scatter blue light.
Question: Which of the following statements is true when comparing humidity levels in the Sahara desert
to humidity levels in Antarctica?
Answer:
Saturation vapor pressure is lower in Antarctica than in the Sahara
Question: Which mechanism of forced instability is defined as "air moving into a low pressure system
causes air to rise?
Answer:
convergence
Question: What does the Latin word 'cirrus' mean?
Answer:
wisp of hair
Question: The environmental lapse rate is measured at 7 °C. What is the stability of this air?
Answer:
conditionally unstable
Question: On a warm summer day you see cumulus clouds form due to rising thermals from the surface.
If the surface air temperature is 32°C and the dew point temperature is 20°C, what is the altitude of the
cloud base?
Answer:
1.5 km
Question: Which of the following conditions is compatible with seeing rainbow?
Answer:
