Meteorology Midterm Quiz

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The Corilois force is the force that causes the wind to blow.

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Hot air with a low relative humidity may actually contain more water vapor than cool air with a high relative humidity.

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On a cloudless day, the tropopause is easily visible with the naked eye.

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The ground is a better emitter of infrared radiation and cools more quickly than air.

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The temperature in a rising parcel of air will always be the same as that of the surrounding air.

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Visibility generally improves after a rain storm.

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The air pressure at the summit of Mount Everest is higher than the air pressure at sea level.

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Clouds, fogs, and precipitation are more likely to form where prevailing winds are upslope than where the winds are downslope.

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Dense fog is more prevalent in mountainous areas (especially those regions where rising cold air cools and condenses) than coastal margins.

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Frost occurs when dew freezes.

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On a windy day, you would expect to record warmer daytime and warmer nighttime temperatures than on a day with calm winds.

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The formation of ice releases heat and warms the surroundings.

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A cloud with an anvil-shaped top is most often associated with

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Which process results in a decrease in relative humidity?

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The moist adiabatic rate is _ than the dry adiabatic heat because latent heat is _ the rising air.

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During atmospheric convection, rising air bubbles are called ___.

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The ___ force is an apparent force created by Earth's rotation.

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Which cloud type would most lickely form in absolutely stable air?

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On an upper-air chart, normally we find warm air associated with _ pressure, and cold air associated with _ pressure.

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In clear weather, the air next to the ground is usually _ than the air above it at night, and _ than the air above it during the day.

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The letter H and L on a surface weather map refer to regions of high and low ___.

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Beneath a lenticular cloud downwind of a mountain, a large swirling eddy forms what type of cloud?

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If you observe large raindrops hitting the ground, you could conclude that the cloud overhead was _ and had _ updrafts.

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Clouds often form in ___.

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The energy of motion is known as ___.

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What is responsible for the cold feeling that you experience after leaving a swimming pool on a hot, dry summer day?

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As the air temperature increases, the air's capacity for water vapor ___.

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On an upper-air chart, the wind aloft tends to blow ___.

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A ridge on an upper-air isobaric chart indicates ___.

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Cyclonic flow means ___ in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere.

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If upper-level divergence exceeds surface convergence, the air pressure at the center of the low will _, and the isobars will become _ tightly packed.

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An inversion represents an extremely stable atmosphere because ___.

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Particles that serve as surfaces on which water vapor may condense are called ___.

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A good example of ___ fog is observed along the Pacific Coast during summer, when warm, moist air from the ocean is carried over colder coastal waters.

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In the lower atmosphere, any air that rises will ___ and cool.

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As the air temperature increases, with no addition of water vapor to the air, the dew point will ___.

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If an air parcel is given a small push upward and it continues to move upward on its own accord, the atmosphere is said to be ___.

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The movement of smoke in the atmosphere from one area to another by wind is an example of ___.

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Which environmental lapse rate represents the most unstable condition in a layer of unsaturated air?

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In a temperature inversion, air temperature ___.

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Condensation is more likely to occur when air ___.

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Which chemical process is an example of condensation?

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Nightime radiation inversions occur on most ___ nights.

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Which type of cloud shows the greatest vertical growth?

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Which cloud type would be most likely to form ina an unstable atmophere?

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What set of conditions, working together, will make the atmophere the most unstable?

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Which set of conditions, working together, will make the atmosphere the most stable?

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Areas of high atmospheric pressure are also known as ___.

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Dew is most likely to form on ___.

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In the middle latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, surface winds tend to blow _ and _ around an area of surface low pressure.

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On a cold, winter morning, the most likely place for radiation fog to form is ___.

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The surface air around a strengthening low pressure area normally _, while, above the system the air normally _.

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Frost forms when ___.

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Radiation fog forms when ___.

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Cold and cloudy nights are warmer than cold and clear nights (other factors being equal) because ___.

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The wind around a surface low pressure in the Southern Hemisphere blows ___ the center.

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All of the weather we are familiar with on Earth occurs in the ___.

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As the difference between the air temperature and the dew point increases, the relative humidity ___.

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The force that causes the wind to blow is the ___ force.

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The wind around a surface high pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere blows ___ the center.

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A ___ pressure usually indicates clearing weather or fair weather.

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Light or moderate continuous precipitation is most often associated with ___ clouds.

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What pattern is most likely associated with clear skies and fair weather?

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A baseball will travel slightly farther on a ___ day.

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Which combination produces the strongest Coriolis force?

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The name given to a towering cloud that produces precipitation that is showery with frequent changes in intensity is ___.

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Midterm Quiz

Meteorology Midterm Quiz

The Corilois force is the force that causes the wind to blow.

Hot air with a low relative humidity may actually contain more water vapor than cool air with a high relative humidity.

On a cloudless day, the tropopause is easily visible with the naked eye.

The ground is a better emitter of infrared radiation and cools more quickly than air.

The temperature in a rising parcel of air will always be the same as that of the surrounding air.

Visibility generally improves after a rain storm.

The air pressure at the summit of Mount Everest is higher than the air pressure at sea level.

Clouds, fogs, and precipitation are more likely to form where prevailing winds are upslope than where the winds are downslope.

Dense fog is more prevalent in mountainous areas (especially those regions where rising cold air cools and condenses) than coastal margins.

Frost occurs when dew freezes.

On a windy day, you would expect to record warmer daytime and warmer nighttime temperatures than on a day with calm winds.

The formation of ice releases heat and warms the surroundings.

A cloud with an anvil-shaped top is most often associated with

Which process results in a decrease in relative humidity?

The moist adiabatic rate is ___ than the dry adiabatic heat because latent heat is ___ the rising air.

During atmospheric convection, rising air bubbles are called ___.

The ___ force is an apparent force created by Earth's rotation.

Which cloud type would most lickely form in absolutely stable air?

On an upper-air chart, normally we find warm air associated with ___ pressure, and cold air associated with ___ pressure.

In clear weather, the air next to the ground is usually ___ than the air above it at night, and ___ than the air above it during the day.

The moist adiabatic rate is _ than the dry adiabatic heat because latent heat is _ the rising air.

On an upper-air chart, normally we find warm air associated with _ pressure, and cold air associated with _ pressure.

In clear weather, the air next to the ground is usually _ than the air above it at night, and _ than the air above it during the day.

If you observe large raindrops hitting the ground, you could conclude that the cloud overhead was _ and had _ updrafts.

If upper-level divergence exceeds surface convergence, the air pressure at the center of the low will _, and the isobars will become _ tightly packed.