Exam 3 Agry 335 questions with
complete solutions graded A+
a. 1km - correct answer ✔✔Temperatures in a rising parcel of air are shown at various altitudes
above. The data indicate that a cloud must have formed at ____.
a. 1km
b. 2km
c.3 km
d. 4km
a. 1km - correct answer ✔✔If the environmental lapse rate in the figure above is 8*C/km, at
which altitude below will the air parcel be warmer than its environment?
a. 1km
b.2km
c. 3km
d. 4km
c. rain shadow - correct answer ✔✔The name commonly used to describe the drier region
observed on the downwind (leeward) side of a mountain range is:
a. orographic
b. inversion region
c. rain shadow
d. compression region
a. coalescence - correct answer ✔✔The merging of liquid cloud droplets by collision is called:
a. coalescence
, b. riming
c. accretion
d. deposition
b. thick, strong - correct answer ✔✔If you observe large raindrops hitting the ground, you could
probably say that the cloud overhead was ____ and had ___updrafts.
a. thick, weak
b. thick, strong
c. thin, weak
d. thin, strong
b. ice crystal grow larger at the expense of the surrounding liquid cloud droplets - correct
answer ✔✔During the ice crystal process of rain formation:
a. only ice crystals need to be present in a cloud
b. ice crystal grow larger at the expense of the surrounding liquid cloud droplets
c. the temperature in the cloud must be -40*C (-40*F) or below
d. the cloud must be a cumuliform cloud
d. water droplets that have had all their latent heat removed - correct answer ✔✔Supercooled
cloud droplets are:
a. ice crystals surrounded by air warmer than 0* C (32*F)
b. liquid droplets that are cooler than the air around them
c. liquid droplets observed at temperatures below 0*C(32*F)
d.water droplets that have had all their latent heat removed
c. water droplets dissolve hygroscopic nuclei and condensation can occur at relative humidities
less than 100 percent - correct answer ✔✔Which below best describes the solute effect?
complete solutions graded A+
a. 1km - correct answer ✔✔Temperatures in a rising parcel of air are shown at various altitudes
above. The data indicate that a cloud must have formed at ____.
a. 1km
b. 2km
c.3 km
d. 4km
a. 1km - correct answer ✔✔If the environmental lapse rate in the figure above is 8*C/km, at
which altitude below will the air parcel be warmer than its environment?
a. 1km
b.2km
c. 3km
d. 4km
c. rain shadow - correct answer ✔✔The name commonly used to describe the drier region
observed on the downwind (leeward) side of a mountain range is:
a. orographic
b. inversion region
c. rain shadow
d. compression region
a. coalescence - correct answer ✔✔The merging of liquid cloud droplets by collision is called:
a. coalescence
, b. riming
c. accretion
d. deposition
b. thick, strong - correct answer ✔✔If you observe large raindrops hitting the ground, you could
probably say that the cloud overhead was ____ and had ___updrafts.
a. thick, weak
b. thick, strong
c. thin, weak
d. thin, strong
b. ice crystal grow larger at the expense of the surrounding liquid cloud droplets - correct
answer ✔✔During the ice crystal process of rain formation:
a. only ice crystals need to be present in a cloud
b. ice crystal grow larger at the expense of the surrounding liquid cloud droplets
c. the temperature in the cloud must be -40*C (-40*F) or below
d. the cloud must be a cumuliform cloud
d. water droplets that have had all their latent heat removed - correct answer ✔✔Supercooled
cloud droplets are:
a. ice crystals surrounded by air warmer than 0* C (32*F)
b. liquid droplets that are cooler than the air around them
c. liquid droplets observed at temperatures below 0*C(32*F)
d.water droplets that have had all their latent heat removed
c. water droplets dissolve hygroscopic nuclei and condensation can occur at relative humidities
less than 100 percent - correct answer ✔✔Which below best describes the solute effect?
