Meteorology Test#2

What is the EF rating of a hurricane with wind speeds 111-135 mph with considerable damage?

• EF0

• EF1

• EF2

• EF3

What are Rossby waves?

• long waves

• short waves

• advection waves

• barotropic waves

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In the distribution of ice and water in a cumulonimbus cloud formation, what does the top layer (above 25,000 ft) consist of:

• snow only

• mixture of ice and liquid water vapor

• ice only

• liquid water only

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The Bergeron Process of rain formation consists of what process?

• water droplets

• ice and water

• Snow

• Crystallization

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Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

• drizzle

• rain

• graupel

• sleet

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____________________ is a round pellet of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds.

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• freezing rain

Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton are _________________ clouds.

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

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Clouds are formed by the process of ______________________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• collection

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This picture of branches coated in thick ice was caused by

• rain

• freezing rain

• sleet

• snow

The ice crystal process of rain formation is also known as the:

• Fermi's Law

• Hailey's Process

• Newtons Law

• Bergeron Process

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