Question 1

Describe the weather conditions necessary for a cumulonimbus cloud to form. Why does this cloud have an anvil-like shape?

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Question 2

List the major height categories of clouds. What differences might you expect to find in the clouds that form at these different levels?

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Question 3

Which of the following statements describes the path of geostationary satellites?

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A)  They orbit the Earth twice each day.
B)  They remain above a fixed spot above the equator.
C)  They are placed in lower orbits than most polar orbiting satellites.
D)  They monitor a specific region at varying time intervals.

Question 4

Which of the following processes is the main reason that the cooling of the ground produces dew?

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A)  radiative cooling
B)  conduction
C)  advection
D)  cooling due to the release of latent heat

Question 5

Which of the following types of fog most likely form above a relatively warm lake on a cold, calm, autumn morning?

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A)  steam fog
B)  radiation fog
C)  frontal fog
D)  advection fog

Question 6

Which of the following cloud types are almost always composed of ice crystals?

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A)  stratus, stratocumulus, nimbostratus
B)  altostratus, altocumulus
C)  advection fog, upslope fog, radiation fog
D)  cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus

Question 7

Which of the following is a characteristic of cirrus clouds?

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A)  presence of ice crystals
B)  low elevation
C)  temperature above 0 C
D)  only found in tropical regions

Question 8

Which of the following statements describes how clouds appear on an infrared satellite image?

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A)  Low, warm clouds appear grey, and high, cold clouds appear grey.
B)  Low, warm clouds appear white, and high, cold clouds appear white.
C)  Low, warm clouds appear grey, and high, cold clouds appear white.
D)  Low, warm clouds appear white, and high, cold clouds appear grey.

Question 9

Which of the following describes a role that satellites cannot do?

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A)  They provide information about surface water temperatures.
B)  They provide information about the Earth-atmosphere energy balance.
C)  They monitor the percolation of water in soils.
D)  They monitor the amount of snow cover.

Question 10

How can you visually distinguish between cumulus, altocumulus, and cirrocumulus clouds?

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Question 11

Which cloud type is associated with each of the following phenomena?

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Question 12

Which of the following is the most likely place for radiation fog to form on a cold, winter morning?

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A)  in a valley
B)  over a body of water
C)  along the side of a hill
D)  at the top of a hill or mountain

Question 13

Clouds are classified according to which of the following characteristics?

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A)  appearance
B)  latitude
C)  altitude
D)  method of formation

Question 14

Which of the following is the name for a liquid drop of dew that freezes when the air temperature drops below freezing?

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A)  frost
B)  frozen dew
C)  black frost
D)  hoarfrost

Question 15

Which of the following types of fog are known as "arctic sea smoke" and "steam devils"?

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A)  advection fog
B)  radiational fog
C)  upslope fog
D)  evaporation fog

Question 16

Suppose the sky is covered with stratus clouds. How might you determine whether middle or high clouds are also present?

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Question 17

Which of the following provides another name for "luminous night clouds"?

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A)  noctilucent clouds
B)  nacreous clouds
C)  pileus clouds
D)  lenticular clouds

Question 18

Which form of fog results from two unsaturated air masses combining horizontally?

Accepted Answer

A)  upslope fog
B)  evaporation fog
C)  radiation fog
D)  mixing fog

Question 19

Which of the following describes why upslope fog forms as it flows up a hill or mountain range?

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A)  air warms radiatively
B)  air warms adiabatically
C)  air cools adiabatically
D)  air cools radiatively

Question 20

Which of the following cloud types is most often associated with an anvil-shaped top?

Accepted Answer

A)  cumulonimbus
B)  cumulus humilis
C)  altocumulus
D)  cumulus congestus

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Which of the following statements describes how clouds appear on an infrared satellite image?

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Clouds are classified according to which of the following characteristics?

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Which of the following types of fog most likely form above a relatively warm lake on a cold, calm, autumn morning?

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Which cloud type is associated with each of the following phenomena?

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Describe the weather conditions necessary for a cumulonimbus cloud to form. Why does this cloud have an anvil-like shape?

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List the major height categories of clouds. What differences might you expect to find in the clouds that form at these different levels?

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Which of the following describes why upslope fog forms as it flows up a hill or mountain range?

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Which of the following is a characteristic of cirrus clouds?

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Which of the following processes is the main reason that the cooling of the ground produces dew?

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How can you visually distinguish between cumulus, altocumulus, and cirrocumulus clouds?

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Which form of fog results from two unsaturated air masses combining horizontally?

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Which of the following statements describes the path of geostationary satellites?

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Suppose the sky is covered with stratus clouds. How might you determine whether middle or high clouds are also present?

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Which of the following is the name for a liquid drop of dew that freezes when the air temperature drops below freezing?

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Which of the following is the most likely place for radiation fog to form on a cold, winter morning?

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