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Humidity and Clouds

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Freezing is...
a)
Solid to gas
b)
Liquid to solid
c)
Gas to solid
d)
Liquid to gas
2.
Melting is ...
a)
liquid to solid
b)
solid to liquid
c)
solid to gas
d)
gas to liquid
3.
Boiling is ...
a)
liquid to gas
b)
gas to solid
c)
gas to liquid
d)
solid to liquid
4.
What are the states of water?
a)
freezing, melting, boiling
b)
solids, liquids, and gases
c)
warm, cold, and hot
5.

Condensation is...

a)

liquid to solid

b)

solid to liquid

c)

solid to gas

d)

gas to liquid

6.

Sublimation is....

a)

solid to gas

b)

gas to solid

c)

solid to liquid

d)

liquid to solid

7.

Water is solid

a)

below 0 degrees Celcius

b)

between 0 and 100 degrees Celcius

c)

above 100 degrees Celcius

8.

The actual amount of water vapor in the air at a given time and place is called the

a)

humidity

b)

specific humidity

c)

specific heat

d)

heat

9.

When there is so much water vapor in the air that the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation, the air is

a)

specific humidity.

b)

condensation.

c)

heat transfer.

d)

saturated.

10.

How near the air is to its maximum capacity for holding water vapor is

a)

specific humidity.

b)

saturated.

c)

relative humidity.

d)

evaporation.

11.

Humidity is measured using a(n)

a)

barometer.

b)

psychrometer.

c)

anemometer.

d)

thermometer.

12.

The temperature at which saturation occurs and condensation begins is called the

a)

relative humidity.

b)

specific humidity.

c)

specific heat.

d)

dew point.

13.

When fog or clouds form, the water vapor is condensing on tiny particles called

a)

the mitochondria.

b)

condensation nuclei.

c)

chromotography.

d)

a psychrometer.

14.

Which cloud type is high in the sky, feathery looking, made of ice crystals and usually predict fair weather with a change in weather in the next 24 hours.

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

stratus

d)

cumulonimbus

15.

Which clouds are sheetlike, thin clouds that usually cover the entire sky. The sun or moon can shine through them. These clouds usually come 12-24 hours before a rain or snow storm.

a)

cirrostratus

b)

stratus

c)

cirrus

d)

cumulus

16.

Which types of clouds are small, rounded puffs that usually appear in long rows. They are usually white, but sometimes appear gray. These clouds are usually seen in the winter and indicate fair, but cold, weather. In the tropics, they may indicate an approaching hurricane.

a)

cirrostratus

b)

cirrus

c)

cirrocumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

17.

Middle altitude clouds that are flat and sheetlike that neither outline of the sun nor moon can be seen through are

a)

stratus

b)

cirrostratus

c)

nimbostratus

d)

altostratus

18.

Middle altitude clouds that are clumpy and fluffy that neither the outline of the sun nor moon can be seen through are

a)

cumulus

b)

altocumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrocumulus

19.

Low altitude clouds that are flat and sheetlike that neither the outline of the sun nor moon can be seen through are

a)

stratus

b)

altostratus

c)

cirrostratus

d)

nimbostratus

20.

Low altitude clouds that are clumpy and fluffy that neither the outline of the sun nor moon can be seen through are

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrocumulus

c)

altocumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

21.

Large, fluffy clouds with precipitation coming out of them are called

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrocumulus

c)

altocumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

22.

Large, flat, sheetlike clouds with precipitation coming out of them are called

a)

stratus

b)

altostratus

c)

cirrostratus

d)

nimbostratus

23.

Which are severe weather cloud types that look like big anvils in the sky, that can produce, very high winds, lightning, thunder, hail, tornadoes, and hurricanes?

a)

cumulus

b)

nimbostratus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

24.

The atmospheric level at which condensation occurs is called the

a)

relative humidity.

b)

condensation level.

c)

dew point.

d)

specific humidity.

25.

The rate at which unsaturated air cools as it rises is called the

a)

condensation level.

b)

dew point.

c)

dry-adiabatic lapse rate.

d)

moist-adiabatic lapse rate.

26.

The rate at which saturated air cools as it rises is called the

a)

dew point.

b)

condensation level.

c)

dry-adiabatic lapse rate.

d)

moist-adiabatic lapse rate.