Question 1

Which of the following names is commonly used to describe the drier region on the downwind (leeward) side of a mountain range?

Accepted Answer

A) rain shadow 
B) inversion region 
C) compression region 
D) orographic 
A) rain shadow 
B) inversion region 
C) compression region 
D) orographic A

Question 2

Which of the following describes a conditionally unstable atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

A) stable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air 
B) unstable with respect to unsaturated air and stable with respect to saturated air 
C) unstable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air 
D) stable with respect to unsaturated air and stable with respect to saturated air 
A) stable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air 
B) unstable with respect to unsaturated air and stable with respect to saturated air 
C) unstable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air 
D) stable with respect to unsaturated air and stable with respect to saturated air A

Question 3

Which of the following statements describes the air motions beneath and between fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) clouds?

Accepted Answer

A) Downdrafts occur beneath them, and updrafts occur between them. 
B) Updrafts occur beneath them, and horizontal motions occur between them. 
C) Downdrafts occur beneath them, and horizontal motions occur between them. 
D) Updrafts occur beneath them, and downdrafts occur between them. 
A) Downdrafts occur beneath them, and updrafts occur between them. 
B) Updrafts occur beneath them, and horizontal motions occur between them. 
C) Downdrafts occur beneath them, and horizontal motions occur between them. 
D) Updrafts occur beneath them, and downdrafts occur between them. D

Question 4

Which of the following gives an example of orographic clouds?

Accepted Answer

A) rotor clouds 
B) lee wave clouds 
C) cumulus clouds produced by surface heating 
D) clouds that form on the upwind slope of a mountain 
A) rotor clouds 
B) lee wave clouds 
C) cumulus clouds produced by surface heating 
D) clouds that form on the upwind slope of a mountain

Question 5

Which of the following describes what tends to happen to a large environmental lapse rate during vertical mixing of air?

Accepted Answer

A) it decreases 
B) it remains the same 
C) it increases 
D) it increases at first, followed by a decrease 
A) it decreases 
B) it remains the same 
C) it increases 
D) it increases at first, followed by a decrease

Question 6

Based on atmospheric stability considerations, do you think it would be best to burn agricultural debris in the early morning or the afternoon?

Accepted Answer

Based on atmospheric stability considera

Question 7

Which of the following conditions is necessary for a layer of altostratus clouds to change into alt°Cumulus?

Accepted Answer

A) The cloud layer becomes more stable. 
B) The top part of the cloud deck cools while the bottom part warms. 
C) The cloud layer mixes. 
D) Temperature increases with increasing altitude in the layer. 
A) The cloud layer becomes more stable. 
B) The top part of the cloud deck cools while the bottom part warms. 
C) The cloud layer mixes. 
D) Temperature increases with increasing altitude in the layer.

Question 8

Which of the following terms refers to the rate at which the actual air temperature changes with increasing height above the surface?

Accepted Answer

A) moist adiabatic rate 
B) environmental lapse rate 
C) dry adiabatic rate 
D) thermocline 
A) moist adiabatic rate 
B) environmental lapse rate 
C) dry adiabatic rate 
D) thermocline

Question 9

Which of the following accurately describes the relation between subsidence and stability?

Accepted Answer

A) Subsidence decreases stability. 
B) Subsidence has little effect on stability. 
C) Subsidence increases stability. 
A) Subsidence decreases stability. 
B) Subsidence has little effect on stability. 
C) Subsidence increases stability.

Question 10

Explain why the dry adiabatic lapse rate is different than the saturated adiabatic lapse rate.

Accepted Answer

The dry adiabatic lapse rate is differen

Question 11

Which of the following conditions describes when a parcel of saturated air releases the most latent heat?

Accepted Answer

A) when the air parcel is rising and cold 
B) when the air parcel is rising and warm 
C) when the air parcel is sinking and warm 
D) when the air parcel is sinking and cold 
A) when the air parcel is rising and cold 
B) when the air parcel is rising and warm 
C) when the air parcel is sinking and warm 
D) when the air parcel is sinking and cold

Question 12

Which of the following describes what an adiabatic chart is useful for determining?

Accepted Answer

A) isobars 
B) a station model 
C) the wind speed 
D) the lifting condensation level 
A) isobars 
B) a station model 
C) the wind speed 
D) the lifting condensation level

Question 13

Which of the following pr°Cesses can generate the convective instability ass°Ciated with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes?

Accepted Answer

A) forcing a layer of moist air to descend a mountain range 
B) creating shadows on the land surface 
C) heating the upper portion of an unsaturated layer of air 
D) lifting a stable air layer whose surface is humid and whose top is dry 
A) forcing a layer of moist air to descend a mountain range 
B) creating shadows on the land surface 
C) heating the upper portion of an unsaturated layer of air 
D) lifting a stable air layer whose surface is humid and whose top is dry

Question 14

-Which of the following describes air that resists vertical displacement?

Accepted Answer

A) neutral 
B) unstable 
C) stable 
D) latent 
A) neutral 
B) unstable 
C) stable 
D) latent

Question 15

Which of the following terms applies to the vertical motion of air caused by the sun heating the ground?

Accepted Answer

A) orographic lifting 
B) subsidence 
C) convection 
D) convergence 
A) orographic lifting 
B) subsidence 
C) convection 
D) convergence

Question 16

Which of the following can be determined when you have knowledge of air stability?

Accepted Answer

A) the direction of movement of storms 
B) the movement of high pressure areas 
C) the vertical motion of air 
D) seasonal weather patterns 
A) the direction of movement of storms 
B) the movement of high pressure areas 
C) the vertical motion of air 
D) seasonal weather patterns

Question 17

Which of the following atmospheric conditions °Ccurs when the environmental lapse rate decreases more rapidly with height than the dry adiabatic rate?

Accepted Answer

A) absolutely unstable 
B) absolutely stable 
C) convectively unstable 
D) conditionally unstable 
A) absolutely unstable 
B) absolutely stable 
C) convectively unstable 
D) conditionally unstable

Question 18

Referring to the figure below, which of the following accurately describes the air temperature and dew point at A and B. ​

Accepted Answer

A) The temperature and dew point are both colder at A compared to B 
B) The temperature is colder and the dew point is higher at A compared to B 
C) The temperature is warmer and the dew point is lower at A compared to B. 
D) The temperature is warmer and the dew point is higher at A compared to B. 
A) The temperature and dew point are both colder at A compared to B 
B) The temperature is colder and the dew point is higher at A compared to B 
C) The temperature is warmer and the dew point is lower at A compared to B. 
D) The temperature is warmer and the dew point is higher at A compared to B.

Question 19

Which of the following statements accurately compares the dry adiabatic lapse rate with the moist adiabatic lapse rate?

Accepted Answer

A) The dry adiabatic lapse rate is sometimes greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate. 
B) The dry adiabatic lapse rate is never greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate. 
C) The dry adiabatic lapse rate is always greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate. 
A) The dry adiabatic lapse rate is sometimes greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate. 
B) The dry adiabatic lapse rate is never greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate. 
C) The dry adiabatic lapse rate is always greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate.

Question 20

Which of the following describes the behaviour of sinking air?

Accepted Answer

A) warms adiabatically 
B) cools adiabatically 
C) remains adiabatically constant 
D) constantly varies adiabatically 
A) warms adiabatically 
B) cools adiabatically 
C) remains adiabatically constant 
D) constantly varies adiabatically

Which of the following names is commonly used to describe the drier region on the downwind (leeward) side of a mountain range?

Which of the following describes a conditionally unstable atmosphere?

Which of the following statements describes the air motions beneath and between fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) clouds?

Which of the following gives an example of orographic clouds?

Which of the following describes what tends to happen to a large environmental lapse rate during vertical mixing of air?

Based on atmospheric stability considerations, do you think it would be best to burn agricultural debris in the early morning or the afternoon?

Which of the following conditions is necessary for a layer of altostratus clouds to change into alt°Cumulus?

Which of the following terms refers to the rate at which the actual air temperature changes with increasing height above the surface?

Which of the following accurately describes the relation between subsidence and stability?

Explain why the dry adiabatic lapse rate is different than the saturated adiabatic lapse rate.

Which of the following conditions describes when a parcel of saturated air releases the most latent heat?

Which of the following describes what an adiabatic chart is useful for determining?

Which of the following pr°Cesses can generate the convective instability ass°Ciated with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes?

-Which of the following describes air that resists vertical displacement?

Which of the following terms applies to the vertical motion of air caused by the sun heating the ground?

Which of the following can be determined when you have knowledge of air stability?

Which of the following atmospheric conditions °Ccurs when the environmental lapse rate decreases more rapidly with height than the dry adiabatic rate?

Referring to the figure below, which of the following accurately describes the air temperature and dew point at A and B.

Which of the following statements accurately compares the dry adiabatic lapse rate with the moist adiabatic lapse rate?

Which of the following describes the behaviour of sinking air?

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Exam 6: Stability and Cloud Development

Which of the following names is commonly used to describe the drier region on the downwind (leeward) side of a mountain range?

Which of the following describes a conditionally unstable atmosphere?

Which of the following statements describes the air motions beneath and between fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) clouds?

Which of the following gives an example of orographic clouds?

Which of the following describes what tends to happen to a large environmental lapse rate during vertical mixing of air?

Based on atmospheric stability considerations, do you think it would be best to burn agricultural debris in the early morning or the afternoon?

Which of the following conditions is necessary for a layer of altostratus clouds to change into alt°Cumulus?

Which of the following terms refers to the rate at which the actual air temperature changes with increasing height above the surface?

Which of the following accurately describes the relation between subsidence and stability?

Explain why the dry adiabatic lapse rate is different than the saturated adiabatic lapse rate.

Which of the following conditions describes when a parcel of saturated air releases the most latent heat?

Which of the following describes what an adiabatic chart is useful for determining?

Which of the following pr°Cesses can generate the convective instability ass°Ciated with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes?

-Which of the following describes air that resists vertical displacement?

Which of the following terms applies to the vertical motion of air caused by the sun heating the ground?

Which of the following can be determined when you have knowledge of air stability?

Which of the following atmospheric conditions °Ccurs when the environmental lapse rate decreases more rapidly with height than the dry adiabatic rate?

Referring to the figure below, which of the following accurately describes the air temperature and dew point at A and B. ​

Which of the following statements accurately compares the dry adiabatic lapse rate with the moist adiabatic lapse rate?

Which of the following describes the behaviour of sinking air?

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Seasonal and Daily Temperatures

Atmospheric Humidity

Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds

Precipitation

Air Pressure and Winds

Wind: Small-Scale and Local Systems

Wind: Global Systems

Air Masses and Fronts

Middle-Latitude Cyclones

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Hurricanes

Earths Changing Climate

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Referring to the figure below, which of the following accurately describes the air temperature and dew point at A and B.