Semester 2 - Test

What is the term for any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

What is the process called when a substance changes from a liquid to a gas?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Deposition

• Sublimation

What is the term for the change of state from a gas to a liquid?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Deposition

What is the process called when a substance changes directly from a solid to a gas without becoming liquid?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Deposition

What is the term for the amount of water vapor in the air?

• Dew Point

• Humidity

• Relative Humidity

• Precipitation

What is the temperature at which condensation begins called?

• Dew Point

• Humidity

• Relative Humidity

• Condensation Point

What instrument is used to measure relative humidity?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Psychrometer

• Hygrometer

What is the term for cloud formation that occurs when warm moist air is forced to rise up the side of a mountain?

• Frontal Wedging

• Orographic Lifting

• Air Convergence

• Air Divergence

What is a boundary between two air masses called?

• Front

• Confluence

• Pressure Front

• Convergence

What is the term for lifting of air resulting when cool air acts as a barrier over which warmer, lighter air will rise?

• Orographic Lifting

• Frontal Wedging

• Air Convergence

• Air Divergence