Clouds and Precipitation Quiz

What are the ways air can rise?

• Surface Heating

• Mountains

• Surface Air Convergence

• Uplift along weather fronts

• Arch rising

What is the Adiabatic Dry Lapse Rate?

• 1°C per 100m

• 1° per 1,000m

• 3° per 100m

•  3° per 1,000m

Water vapor is ____ than air, causing it to ___.

• lighter, fall

• lighter, rise

• heavier, fall

• heavier, rise

What is the following fog: forms in low-lying areas on clear nights with little wind?

• Radiation Fog

• Advection Fog

• Upslope Fog

• Steam Fog

• Ice Fog

What is the following fog: forms when warm moist air moves over a cold surface?

• Radiation Fog

• Advection Fog

• Upslope Fog

• Steam Fog

• Ice Fog

What is the following fog: forms when moist, stable air is forced up into mountain ranges surfaces?

• Radiation Fog

• Advection Fog

• Upslope Fog

• Steam Fog

• Ice Fog

What is the following fog: forms when cold, dry air moves over warm water?

• Radiation Fog

• Advection Fog

• Upslope Fog

• Steam Fog

• Ice Fog

What is the following fog: forms when air is well below freezing and water vapor deposits into ice crystals?

• Radiation Fog

• Advection Fog

• Upslope Fog

• Steam Fog

• Ice Fog

What is needed for clouds to form?

• Sufficient Water Vapor

• Condensation Nuclei

• Cooling air

• Pressure

• Altitude over 600ft

Supercooled water droplets are both present in _______.

• Low Clouds

• Middle Clouds

• High Clouds