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WX 201 FINAL EXAM VERSION 1,2 &3 EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Which cloud type is composed of ice crystalsand can cause a
halo to form around the Sun orthe Moon?
a) Altostratus
b) Stratus
c) Nimbostratus
d) Cirrostratus
e) Angelitus - ANSWER-cirrostratus
louds that have significant verticaldevelopment include
_________ clouds.
a) cirrus
b) stratus
c) cumulonimbus
d) stratocumulus
e) altostratus - ANSWER-cumulonimbus
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nimbostratus cloud is a cloud that, bydefinition, will not have
precipitation falling
true or false - ANSWER-false
The rate at which the actual air temperaturedecreases with
increasing height above thesurface is referred to as the ____ rate.
a) dry adiabatic
b) environmental lapse
c) moist adiabatic
d) thermoclinic
e) absolute stability - ANSWER-environmental lapse
a rising unsaturated air parcel cools at the
a) moist adiabatic rate.
b) dry adiabatic rate.
c) condensation rate.
d) saturation rate.
e) development rate - ANSWER-dry adiabatic rate
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The difference between "moist" and "dry"adiabatic rates is due to
the fact that
a) saturated air is always unstable.
b) an unsaturated air parcel expands more rapidlythan a
saturated air parcel.
c) moist air weighs less than dry air.
d) latent heat is released by a rising parcel ofsaturated air.
e) moist air weighs more than dry ai - ANSWER-latent heat is
released by a rising parcel ofsaturated air.
Which of the following is not a mechanismprimarily responsible for
most clouds observed?
a) Surface heating and free convection.
b) Uplift along topography
.c) Differences in air pressure caused by a rapidlyincreasing moist
adiabatic rate in a thermal.
d) Widespread ascent due to convergence ofsurface air.
e) Uplift along weather front - ANSWER-Differences in air
pressure caused by a rapidlyincreasing moist adiabatic rate in a
thermal.
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The elevation where the cloud base forms iscalled the ____ level.
a) condensation
b) saturation
c) precipitation
d) cloud formation
e) adiabatic - ANSWER-condensation
A rock sitting on the top of a hill describes a/an_______ situation -
ANSWER-unstable
Air that ____ vertical displacements is consideredto be stable.
a) resists
b) exacerbates
c) intensifies
d) ionizes
e) entrain - ANSWER-resists
WX 201 FINAL EXAM VERSION 1,2 &3 EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Which cloud type is composed of ice crystalsand can cause a
halo to form around the Sun orthe Moon?
a) Altostratus
b) Stratus
c) Nimbostratus
d) Cirrostratus
e) Angelitus - ANSWER-cirrostratus
louds that have significant verticaldevelopment include
_________ clouds.
a) cirrus
b) stratus
c) cumulonimbus
d) stratocumulus
e) altostratus - ANSWER-cumulonimbus
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nimbostratus cloud is a cloud that, bydefinition, will not have
precipitation falling
true or false - ANSWER-false
The rate at which the actual air temperaturedecreases with
increasing height above thesurface is referred to as the ____ rate.
a) dry adiabatic
b) environmental lapse
c) moist adiabatic
d) thermoclinic
e) absolute stability - ANSWER-environmental lapse
a rising unsaturated air parcel cools at the
a) moist adiabatic rate.
b) dry adiabatic rate.
c) condensation rate.
d) saturation rate.
e) development rate - ANSWER-dry adiabatic rate
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The difference between "moist" and "dry"adiabatic rates is due to
the fact that
a) saturated air is always unstable.
b) an unsaturated air parcel expands more rapidlythan a
saturated air parcel.
c) moist air weighs less than dry air.
d) latent heat is released by a rising parcel ofsaturated air.
e) moist air weighs more than dry ai - ANSWER-latent heat is
released by a rising parcel ofsaturated air.
Which of the following is not a mechanismprimarily responsible for
most clouds observed?
a) Surface heating and free convection.
b) Uplift along topography
.c) Differences in air pressure caused by a rapidlyincreasing moist
adiabatic rate in a thermal.
d) Widespread ascent due to convergence ofsurface air.
e) Uplift along weather front - ANSWER-Differences in air
pressure caused by a rapidlyincreasing moist adiabatic rate in a
thermal.
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The elevation where the cloud base forms iscalled the ____ level.
a) condensation
b) saturation
c) precipitation
d) cloud formation
e) adiabatic - ANSWER-condensation
A rock sitting on the top of a hill describes a/an_______ situation -
ANSWER-unstable
Air that ____ vertical displacements is consideredto be stable.
a) resists
b) exacerbates
c) intensifies
d) ionizes
e) entrain - ANSWER-resists
