Question 1

When viewed from the surface,the smallest individual cloud elements (puffs)are observed with which cloud?

Accepted Answer

A)  stratocumulus 
B)  cumulus 
C)  cirrocumulus 
D)  altocumulus 
E)  cumulonimbus

Question 2

Which of the following pairs of cloud types could be very similar in appearance?

Accepted Answer

A)  cumulus and cirrus 
B)  cirrostratus and stratus 
C)  altocumulus and cirrocumulus 
D)  cirrocumulus and cumulonimbus

Question 3

List the main types of fog,then briefly explain how each one forms.Where might you expect each of these different types of fog to form?

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Question 4

A dim,"watery" sun visible through a gray sheet-like cloud layer is often a good indication of ____ clouds.

Accepted Answer

A)  stratocumulus 
B)  cirrostratus 
C)  cumulonimbus 
D)  altostratus 
E)  nimbostratus

Question 5

With which cloud type would each of the following phenomena be associated?
lightning hail tornadoes
brief heavy rain steady rain milky sun
halo mackerel sky

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Question 6

Hail is usually associated with what cloud?

Accepted Answer

A)  stratus 
B)  cumulus 
C)  stratocumulus 
D)  altocumulus 
E)  cumulonimbus

Question 7

If fog is forming at Denver,Colorado,and the wind is blowing from the east,then the fog is most likely

Accepted Answer

A)  advection fog. 
B)  frontal fog. 
C)  upslope fog. 
D)  radiation fog.

Question 8

In hilly areas,cold air typically collects

Accepted Answer

A)  on hilltops. 
B)  in valleys.

Question 9

List the major height categories of clouds.What differences might you expect to find in the clouds that form at these different levels?

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Question 10

Radiation fog typically forms on

Accepted Answer

A)  clear,calm days. 
B)  clear,windy days. 
C)  clear,calm nights. 
D)  clear,windy nights.

Question 11

Describe,with the aid of a figure,the orbital paths followed by geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites.

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Question 12

Exhaled breath from your mouth can condense when

Accepted Answer

A)  it is very cold. 
B)  it is very warm and humid. 
C)  the addition of water vapor from your breath causes the air's relative humidity to exceed 100 percent. 
D)  all of the above

Question 13

As Apollo 12 ascended into the atmosphere,the height of the surrounding clouds was noted to be 42,000 feet.A lightning stroke was seen within these clouds,indicating that they must have been

Accepted Answer

A)  cumulus congestus. 
B)  cumulonimbus. 
C)  cirrus. 
D)  cirrocumulus. 
E)  lenticular.

Question 14

The fog that forms along the Pacific coastline of North America is mainly which type?

Accepted Answer

A)  radiation fog 
B)  upslope fog 
C)  frontal fog 
D)  advection fog 
E)  steam fog

Question 15

If a pilot balloon rises at a rate of 100 m per minute,and if it disappears into a deck of stratus clouds 1,500 m (5,000 ft)thick in 5 minutes,what is the ceiling of the cloud layer?

Accepted Answer

A)  100 m (300 ft) 
B)  300 m (1,000 ft) 
C)  500 m (1,600 ft) 
D)  1,500 m (5,000 ft) 
E)  2,000 m (6,400 ft)

Question 16

Under what conditions can a cloud form when air is sinking?

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Question 17

What kinds of information about clouds could you hope to determine using infrared and visible satellite photographs?

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Question 18

Explain why clouds form in rising air.

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Question 19

Which cloud forms in descending air?

Accepted Answer

A)  cumulus fractus 
B)  cumulonimbus 
C)  mammatus 
D)  pileus

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  hydrophobic nuclei. 
B)  nacreous nuclei. 
C)  condensation nuclei. 
D)  scud.

Exam 5: Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds

When viewed from the surface,the smallest individual cloud elements (puffs) are observed with which cloud?