AFS Quiz 4

Virga is:

• Water droplets smaller than 0.5mm in diameter.

• Rain that falls through a temperature inversion.

• Rain that falls but evaporates prior to striking the ground.

• Frozen water droplets.

Which type of thunderstorm is associated with weather fronts?

• Steady-state

• Air mass

In the dissipating stage of a thunderstorm:

• Lifting action of the air begins.

• The downdrafts spread out and replace the updrafts.

• Drops of moisture are too heavy and begin falling.

• The top of the cloud spreads out and takes on an anvil-like shape.

In the cumulus stage of a thunderstorm:

• Lifting action of the air begins.

• The downdrafts spread out and replace the updrafts.

• Drops of moisture are too heavy and begin falling.

• The top of the cloud spreads out and takes on an anvil-like shape.

Drizzle is classified as:

• Rain that falls through a temperature inversion.

• Water droplets smaller than 0.5mm in diameter.

• Frozen water droplets.

• Rain that falls but evaporates prior to striking the ground.

A narrow band of active thunderstorms is called a:

• turbulence line

• squall line

• cumulus line

• hail line