Exam 5: Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds

It is a cold winter night and a fog cloud forms.If it continues to cool during the night would you expect to find that the dew point has changed overnight? If so,would you expect to find that dew point has increased or decreased?

Which cloud type is composed of ice crystals and can cause a halo to form around the sun or moon?

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

Which of the following associations is not correct?

Frost forms when

Fog that most often forms as warm rain falls into a cold layer of surface air is called

Which two clouds can produce precipitation?

Dew is most likely to form on

When radiation fog "burns off",the fog tends to dissipate

Even at high elevations where cirrus clouds are found,liquid water still exists in the clouds.

Clouds are classified by their

Advection fog is often observed along the Pacific coast during summer,as westerly winds carry moist air toward the shore.The fog forms because the surface water near the coast is ____ the surface water farther offshore.

Which cloud is least likely to produce precipitation that reaches the ground?

Cirrus clouds are composed primarily of

Upslope fog forms because air ____ as it flows up a hill or mountain range.

The cloud with the greatest vertical growth is

A low,lumpy cloud layer that appears in rows,patches,or rounded masses would be classified

Suppose the sky is covered with stratus clouds.How might you determine whether middle or high clouds are also present?

Radiation fog forms best on a

Satellites can