ATMS 1001 SGTQ Exam 2

You are driving across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and can barely see through the fog. What kind of fog are you most likely experiencing?

• Advection

• Radiation

• Upslope

• Steam

You hear thunder and see lightning in the distance. What cloud would you expect to see?

• Nimbostratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Radiation fog occurs when the air _______ to ______ its dew point temperature.

• cools, above

• warms, above

• warms, below

• cools, below

What kind of cloud forms on top of mountains and is described as having a stacked pancake like structure?

• altostratus

• Mammatus

• lenticular

• asperatus

What is the shape of a raindrop?

• Cartoon raindrop

• oval

• round with flat bottom

What causes fog to dissipate?

• Human activity

• Cooling the ground

• Sunlight warming the ground

• Decrease in moisture

Which cloud forms when water vapor from aircraft’s mix with air?

• pileus

• lenticular

• contrail

• mammatus

Snow forms different formations based on:

• humidity

• pressure

• cloud type

• temperature

Freezing rain is _____ water that freezes upon impact with the surface.

• cold

• supercooled

• frozen

Which of the following is an example of Cloud Condensation Nuclei?

• combustion

• sea salt

• volcanoes

• all of the above