Apologia Physical Science Module 8

A thunderstorm cell is raining and there is no updraft. In what stage is the thunderstorm cell?

• dissipation

• formation

• organization

What happens first in a lightning bolt?

• stepped leader

• return stroke

What two factors influence dew point?

• humidity

• The type of clouds in the sky

• wind speed

• precipitation

• temperature

What is the temperature at which water vapor condenses out of the air on to the ground level surfaces?

• Bergeron Process

• Dew Point

• Humidity

• Return Stroke

A tornado is in the organization stage...

• It has touched the ground

• It has not touched the ground

Where is the safest place in the hurricane?

• The wall

• The leader bands

• The arm

• The eye

Why do you not see lightning from a nimbostratus cloud?

• It is not close enough to the ground

• It is too close to the ground

• It is not tall enough to provide enough collisions to build a charge imbalance

True or False, Thunder is caused by the heat generated by lightning which causes a pressure wave making sound?

• True

• False

True or False, there is no updraft in the thunderstorm cell. The chances of hail are very high.

• True

• False

The same cloud precipitates snow on a mountain and rain on the valley. Does the Bergeron or Collision-Coalescence theory best describe the process causing the precipitation?

• Bergeron

• Collision-coalescence