Met - Ch. 4 Quizizz

The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.

• weather
• humidity
• air mass
• dew point

What type of breeze is created when the land is warmer than the ocean?

• Seabreeze
• Landbreeze

Warm air rises because it is __________ dense than cold air.

• More

• Less

Before condensation can occur, the air must  be ____________________________.

• Humid

• Cold

• Hot

• Saturated

This property of air describes its tendency to remain in its original position.

• convective lifting

• stability

• instability

• lifting condensation level

the temperature at which air needs to be cooled to reach saturation.

• freezing point

• boiling point

• dew point temperature

This occurs when elevated terrains, such as mountains, act as barriers to the flow of air.

• frontal lifting

• convective lifting

• convergent lifting

• orographic lifting

A temperature change in which heat is neither added nor subtracted.

• adiabatic temperature change

• convergence

• latent heat

Why does a rising air parcel cool?

• it loses heat to its surroundings

• compression of air

• expansion of air

• it is unstable

warmer, less dense air is forced over cooler, denser air.

• convergent lifting

• frontal lifting

• orographic lifting

• convective lifting