exam 3 review

in a stable atmosphere air is:

• colder and denser than its surroundings

• warmer and less dense than its surroundings

• able to move on its own

• bouyant

The warm front:

• pushes cold air up above the warm air

• has heavy, short-lived precipitation

• is associated with cumulus clouds

• is associated with stratus/nimbostratus clouds

mid-latitude cyclones develop at the:

• polar front

• ITCZ

• subtropical front

what is the "fair weather" cloud

• cirrus

• altostratus

• cumulus

• nimbostratus

how does a cumulus cloud form?

• convergence

• convection

In mid-latitude cyclones, after the cold front has passed:

• a shift to cooler, drier conditions than before, with winds likely from the southwest

• a shift to cooler, drier conditions than before, with winds likely from the northwest

• a shift to warmer, wetter conditions than before, with winds likely from the southwest

• a shift to warmer, drier conditions than before, with winds likely from the southeast

which type of precipitation freezes on impact with objects?

• snow

• sleet

• freezing rain

• hail

a cold front is

• slow-moving and associated with heavy rain

• fast-moving and associated with light rain

• slow-moving and associated with light rain

• fast-moving and associated with heavy rain

in a conditionally stable atmosphere when a parcel is saturated it acts:

• stable

• unstable

Why is the MALR less than the DALR

• the MALR is more than the DALR

• 
  as the parcel rises and cools, condensation occurs, releasing heat into the parcel

• the MALR is the same as the DALR depending on saturation

• 
  as the parcel descends, condensation occurs making the MALR cooler than the DALR