Clouds & Weather

iClick Review Quiz

Warm air has the ability to hold ______________ water than cold air?A) moreB) lessC) same amountD) saltier

General term for air's water vapor content?

A) adiabaticB) humidityC) dew pointD) Relative humidityE) condensation

Clouds are classified based on their ____________ and ____________.

A) form and functionB) height and colorC) length and widthD) height and formE) color and texture

The process of a liquid going to a gas state is known as

A) condensationB) evaporationC) precipitationD) sublimationE) deposition

The process of a gas going to liquid state is known as _____.

A) precipitationB) condensationC) depositionD) dew pointE) regulation

When the air is saturated, it is holding __________ of its capacity?

A) 100%B) 50%C) 0%D) contentE) none of the above is correct

What will a parcel of air usually do as it rises?

A) expand and coolB) contract and warmC) pretty much nothingD) expand and warmE) contract and cool

Air lifting that involves air going up and over mountains is

A) Orographic LiftingB) ConvergenceC) Localized Convective LiftingD) Frontal LiftingE) Frontal Wedging

Air lifting where same temperature air masses collide and rise is called:

A) ConvergenceB) Orographic LiftingC) Frontal WedgingD) Localized Convective LiftingE) Frontal Lifting

What happens when air rises, expands, and cools causing water vapor to condense?

A) clouds formB) clouds disappearC) air turns into a solid massD) a rain shadow desert is formedE) all the water is evaporated by the sun

What do we call the TEMPERATURE at which air becomes saturated?

A) condensation levelB) dew pointC) saturation locationD) relative humidityE) condensation nuclei

What does adiabatic lapse rate tell you?

A) The rate at which temperature changes as air rises or falls under wet and dry conditions.B) The rate at which air can rise up and over mountains of various heights.C) The hourly rate at which a cloud can make snow flakes.D) The rate at which precipitation is formed relative to the number of 5 gallon buckets it can fill.E) Rate at which clouds disappear into space

What does water in the air do to temperatures in general?

A) it stabilizes or moderates temperatureB) it makes extreme highs and lowsC) it makes temperature impossible to recordD) nothing at all

Layered clouds that can be found at many altitudes.

A) CirrusB) StratusC) CumulusD) NimbusE) Platypus

What happens to relative humidity as temperature increases?

A) relative humidity reaches 100%B) relative humidity stays the sameC) relative humidity increasesD) relative humidity decreasesE) Relative humidity reaches dew

point

The state change from gas to solid is called _______________?

A) evaporationB) sublimationC) depositionD) condensationE) corporation

What is the energy that is absorbed or released during changes of state?

A) SaturatedB) Sublimated heatC) Deposted heatD) Dew PointE) Latent heat

High, wispy clouds that are made of ice only:

A) cirrusB) cumulusC) stratusD) altocumulusE) nimbostratus

______________ air does not rise very much.

A) unstableB) stableC) warmD) less denseE) moist

Particles that water vapor condenses around to make clouds A) condensation nucleiB) dustC) ashD) saltsE) all of the above

A) cirrusB) cumulusC) stratusD) altocumulusE) nimbostratus

A) cirrusB) stratocumulusC) stratusD) altocumulusE) nimbostratus