TEST 8

Question 1

*Name low-level clouds-

Answer 1

Cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, statuscumulus,

Question 2

*Name mid-level clouds-

Answer 2

NIMBOSTRATUS, altocumulus, altostratus

Question 3

*Name high-level clouds-

Answer 3

CIRROSTRATUS, Cirrus, cirrocumulus

Question 4

Which type of air mass brings cool, wet weather?________________________

Answer 4

Maritime polar

Question 5

Which type of front forms when a warm air mass moves into a region occupied by a cold air mass?__________________________

Answer 5

Warm front

Question 6

Which type of front forms a Y shape?__________________________

Answer 6

occluded front

Question 7

What type of drought occurs when precipitation cannot supply enough moisture to the ground to support an area’s crops? _________________________________

Answer 7

agricultural drought

Question 8

What type of drought is based on a water shortage’s effect on people?____________________________________

Answer 8

socioeconomic drought

Question 9

Cooling air becomes saturated at a temperature called the________________________

Answer 9

dew point

Question 10

Which type of cloud forms a flat, gray layer of heavy clouds not far above the ground____________________

Answer 10

stratus

Question 11

Precipitation made of ice crystals that fall to the ground is called________________

Answer 11

snow

Question 12

*When the temperature of air rises, relative humidity will___________________

Answer 12

decrease

Question 13

The process of liquid becoming a gas________________________

Answer 13

evaporation

Question 14

Which type of air mass brings warm, moist weather?_________________________________

Answer 14

maritime tropical

Question 15

The movement of water from the earth’s surface, into the air, and back to the surface is the ________________ cycle

Answer 15

water

Question 16

An ______________ air mass brings very cold and dry weather.

Answer 16

Arctic

Question 17

*The year-round atmosphere conditions typical of a certain place are its___________________

Answer 17

climate

Question 18

An almond-shaped cloud is a ______________________________

Answer 18

lenticular cloud

Question 19

A low that forms along a front is called a ___________________________________

Answer 19

frontal cyclone

Question 20

List 3 factors that affect the density of an air mass________,__________,__________

Answer 20

temperature, humidity, pressure

Question 21

What is the study of weather and of the atmosphere conditions that produce weather?________________________

Answer 21

meteorology

Question 22

What phenomenon occurs when an area receives an abnormally low amount of precipitation over a loooong period of time?_________________________

Answer 22

drought

Question 23

What type of phenomenon occurs when an air mass remains stationary over a region for a loooong time?________________________________

Answer 23

air-mass weather

Question 24

What is a mixture of smoke and fog called?_____________________

Answer 24

smog

Question 25

What is rain that freezes before it hits the ground?__________________

Answer 25

sleet

Question 26

What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?_________________

Answer 26

humidity

Question 27

Which type of front forms when 2 air masses push against each other but neither advances?_______________________

Answer 27

stationary front

Question 28

A substance going from a solid to a liquid is____________________

Answer 28

melting

Question 29

Water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground and turns to liquid is_______________

Answer 29

dew

Question 30

Water vapor in the air that touches the ground and turns to ice is_______________

Answer 30

frost

Question 31

Ice crystals in clouds that grow large enough to fall to the ground are_____________________

Answer 31

snowflakes

Question 32

*White, billowy clouds that resemble piles of cotton puffs are_________________________

Answer 32

cumulus

Question 33

Drops of liquid water that have a diameter of 0.5 millimeter or greater and fall from the clouds to the Earth are called_____________________

Answer 33

rain

Question 34

Air that is completely full of water vapor and can hold no more is considered_______________________

Answer 34

saturated

Question 35

*The most frequent type of cloud is______________________

Answer 35

stratocumulus

Question 36

Snowflakes with white, feathery branches forming a leaf- or star-shaped pattern are________________________

Answer 36

dendrites

Question 37

What type of fog is found along the slopes of mountains?______________________

Answer 37

upslope fog

Question 38

Layered balls of ice?_________________________

Answer 38

hailstones

Question 39

The ratio comparing the actual humidity to the humidity of saturated air under the same conditions is ____________________________________

Answer 39

relative humidity

Question 40

*Airborne water vapor cannot turn into liquid without a small particle called a_______________________

Answer 40

condensation nucleus

Question 41

A thick, brownish haze that results from complex molecules released into the air by vehicles and some factories and plants is________________________________

Answer 41

photochemical smog

Question 42

A large body of air with relatively uniform properties is a(n)____________________________

Answer 42

air mass

Question 43

The 3 major factors that determine the earth’s weather are__________,___________,_________

Answer 43

heat energy, uneven distribution of heat energy, water vapor

Question 44

List 2 processes that form rain________________,_______________

Answer 44

Bergeron process, collision-coalescence process

Question 45

A cloud forms when a body of rising air reaches the __________ point.

Answer 45

dew

Question 46

Clouds consist of tiny _______ ______________ or droplets of liquid water.

Answer 46

ice crystals

Question 47

Most clouds result from _______________________ cooling of moist air.

Answer 47

adiabatic