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Chapter 18 Pearson Earth Science: Precipitation and Cloud
Chapter 18 Pearson Earth Science: Precipitation and Cloud
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What type of precipitation consists of small clear- to- translucent ice particles?
Hail
Glaze
Rime
Sleet
2
A low cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation
nimbostratus cloud
Cirrostratus cloud
altostratus cloud
cirrus cloud
3
Which of the following is not a process that lifts air?
Orographic lifting
Convergence
divergence
frontal wedging
4
What is the dry adiabatic rate?
3.0 degrees C/ 100 meters
0.5 degrees C/ 1000 meters
1 degree C/ 100 meters
10 degrees C/ 1000 meters
5
Which of the following is not produced by condensation?
Dew
Smog
Clouds
Fog
6
If the water-vapor content remains constant, lowering the temperature would
increase relative humidity
temperature inversion
Increase in evaporation
decrease relative humidity
7
Most fogs are the result of which of the following?
the movement of air over a cold surface
Both A and B
orographic lifting
Radiation cooling
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Which cloud type is best described as sheets or layers that cover much of all of the sky?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Alto
9
Air that has reached its water vapor capacity is said to be?
Unstable
Dry
Saturated
Stable
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Which is true about relative humidity?
It indicates how close to saturation the air is
Actual quantity of water in air
General term used to describe
Temperature air would need to be cooled to reach saturation
11
Orographic Lifting is associated with
flat plains
Rivers
mountains
fronts
12
Which gas is most important for understanding atmospheric processes?
oxygen
carbon dioxide
ozone
water vapor
13
Which term is used to describe clouds of middle height?
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulus
Alto
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Which term describes the conversation of a solid directly to a gas?
Evaporation
Condensation
Sublimation
Deposition
15
Rain, sleet, snow, and hail are examples of?
Precipitation
Condensation
Deposition
Evaporation
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Which cloud type consists of globular cloud masses with a cauliflower structure?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Alto
17
What is true about stable air?
It is never associated with precipitation
It is associated with severe storms
It tends to rise
It tends to resist rising
18
Which of the following is not a process that may explain the formation of precipitation
collision- coalescence process
Bergeron Process
None of the above
Atmospheric subduction process
19
Which clouds are associated with thunder and lightening?
Nimbostratus
Cumulonimbus
Cirrostratus
Altostratus
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What is true about warm, saturated air?
It doesn't contain any water vapor
Contains more water vapor than cold air
Contains less water vapor than cold air
Contains the same amount of water vapor
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The change of state from a gas to a liquid
Sublimation
Deposition
Condensation
Evaporation
