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Valley Climates and Fog

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Zone where a warm air mass is trapped between colder air masses

a)

thermal belt

b)

smog

c)

katabatic

d)

anabatic

2.

A mixture of smoke and fog

a)

smoke

b)

inversion

c)

smog

d)

due

3.

The direction in which the slope faces in relation to the sun's rays

a)

direct

b)

temperature inversion

c)

north

d)

aspect

4.

Forms when nights are cold, clear and cloudless

a)

smog

b)

radiation fog

c)

katabatic wind

d)

anabatic wind

5.

Forms where conditions of heating and cooling occur regularly in a valley.

a)

frost

b)

hale

c)

snow

d)

fog

6.

Type of wind that results from air sinking down the valley slope at night

a)

katabatic wind/flow

b)

anabatic wind/flow

c)

land breeze

d)

berg wind

7.

Type of wind that results from air moving up the valley slope during the day

a)

land breeze

b)

katabatic wind

c)

fohn wind

d)

anabatic wind

8.

Inversion layers happen when air is warmed by the warmer sides of the valley- making the temperature decrease not increase with height.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Radiation fog is when

a)

the valley gets a gust of wind and radiates fog

b)

the valley sides appear to sweat from overheating during terrestrial radiation

c)

The valley slopes warm up and the cool air evaporates forming a cloud radiation

d)

The valley floor warms as the suns rays penetrate the fog and it appears to lift...

10.

Frost pockets form where the cold air ____________________ to the valley floor

a)

subsides

b)

subdues

c)

subdivides

d)

swooshes

11.

Fog that forms under frontal conditions

a)

Frontal fog

b)

Radiation fog

c)

Advection fog

d)

Upslope fog

12.

Fog that forms when air moves slowly upwards along a gradual slope and is cooled adiabatically.

a)

Frontal fog

b)

Radiation fog

c)

Advection fog

d)

Upslope fog

13.

Fog that forms when warm air encounters a cold surface as it moves along a horizontal plane

a)

Frontal fog

b)

Radiation fog

c)

Advection fog

d)

Upslope fog

14.

The Region in a valley where there is no direct heating from the sun.

a)

shadow zone

b)

south-facing slope

c)

north-facing slope

d)

thermal belt

15.

The inversion layer in a valley is where ........

a)

a layer in the atmosphere in which air temperature decreases with height.

b)

a layer in the atmosphere in which air temperature increases with height.