Question 1

Which of the following gives an example of orographic clouds?

Accepted Answer

A)  rotor clouds
B)  lee wave clouds
C)  cumulus clouds produced by surface heating
D)  clouds that form on the upwind slope of a mountainE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following describes what an adiabatic chart is useful for determining?

Accepted Answer

A)  isobars
B)  a station model
C)  the wind speed
D)  the lifting condensation levelE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following names is commonly used to describe the drier region on the downwind (leeward)  side of a mountain range?

Accepted Answer

A)  rain shadow
B)  inversion region
C)  compression region
D)  orographicE) C) and D)
F) A) and D) A

Question 4

Which of the following pr°Cesses can generate the convective instability ass°Ciated with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes?

Accepted Answer

A)  forcing a layer of moist air to descend a mountain range
B)  creating shadows on the land surface
C)  heating the upper portion of an unsaturated layer of air
D)  lifting a stable air layer whose surface is humid and whose top is dryE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 5

Which of the following accurately describes the relation between subsidence and stability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subsidence decreases stability.
B)  Subsidence has little effect on stability.
C)  Subsidence increases stability.D) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 6

Which of the following describes a conditionally unstable atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

A)  stable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air
B)  unstable with respect to unsaturated air and stable with respect to saturated air
C)  unstable with respect to unsaturated air and unstable with respect to saturated air
D)  stable with respect to unsaturated air and stable with respect to saturated airE) A) and B)
F) A) and C) A

Question 7

Which of the following statements describes the air motions beneath and between fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis)  clouds?

Accepted Answer

A)  Downdrafts occur beneath them, and updrafts occur between them.
B)  Updrafts occur beneath them, and horizontal motions occur between them.
C)  Downdrafts occur beneath them, and horizontal motions occur between them.
D)  Updrafts occur beneath them, and downdrafts occur between them.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C) D

Question 8

Which of the following can be determined when you have knowledge of air stability?

Accepted Answer

A)  the direction of movement of storms
B)  the movement of high pressure areas
C)  the vertical motion of air
D)  seasonal weather patternsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Explain why the dry adiabatic lapse rate is different than the saturated adiabatic lapse rate.

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Question 10

Which of the following conditions describes when a parcel of saturated air releases the most latent heat?

Accepted Answer

A)  when the air parcel is rising and cold
B)  when the air parcel is rising and warm
C)  when the air parcel is sinking and warm
D)  when the air parcel is sinking and coldE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

Which of the following describes what tends to happen to a large environmental lapse rate during vertical mixing of air?

Accepted Answer

A)  it decreases
B)  it remains the same
C)  it increases
D)  it increases at first, followed by a decreaseE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Based on atmospheric stability considerations, do you think it would be best to burn agricultural debris in the early morning or the afternoon?

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Question 13

Which of the following terms applies to the vertical motion of air caused by the sun heating the ground?

Accepted Answer

A)  orographic lifting
B)  subsidence
C)  convection
D)  convergenceE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately compares the dry adiabatic lapse rate with the moist adiabatic lapse rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The dry adiabatic lapse rate is sometimes greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate.
B)  The dry adiabatic lapse rate is never greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate.
C)  The dry adiabatic lapse rate is always greater than the moist adiabatic lapse rate.D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 15

Which of the following describes the behaviour of sinking air?

Accepted Answer

A)  warms adiabatically
B)  cools adiabatically
C)  remains adiabatically constant
D)  constantly varies adiabaticallyE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following atmospheric conditions °Ccurs when the environmental lapse rate decreases more rapidly with height than the dry adiabatic rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  absolutely unstable
B)  absolutely stable
C)  convectively unstable
D)  conditionally unstableE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 17

-Which of the following describes air that resists vertical displacement?

Accepted Answer

A)  neutral
B)  unstable
C)  stable
D)  latentE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Which of the following terms refers to the rate at which the actual air temperature changes with increasing height above the surface?

Accepted Answer

A)  moist adiabatic rate
B)  environmental lapse rate
C)  dry adiabatic rate
D)  thermoclineE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following conditions is necessary for a layer of altostratus clouds to change into alt°Cumulus?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cloud layer becomes more stable.
B)  The top part of the cloud deck cools while the bottom part warms.
C)  The cloud layer mixes.
D)  Temperature increases with increasing altitude in the layer.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Referring to the figure below, which of the following accurately describes the air temperature and dew point at A and B. ​

Accepted Answer

A)  The temperature and dew point are both colder at A compared to B
B)  The temperature is colder and the dew point is higher at A compared to B
C)  The temperature is warmer and the dew point is lower at A compared to B.
D)  The temperature is warmer and the dew point is higher at A compared to B.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Exam 6: Stability and Cloud Development

Which of the following gives an example of orographic clouds?

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Which of the following describes what an adiabatic chart is useful for determining?

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Which of the following names is commonly used to describe the drier region on the downwind (leeward) side of a mountain range?

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Which of the following pr°Cesses can generate the convective instability ass°Ciated with severe thunderstorms and tornadoes?

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Which of the following accurately describes the relation between subsidence and stability?

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Which of the following describes a conditionally unstable atmosphere?

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Which of the following statements describes the air motions beneath and between fair-weather cumulus (cumulus humilis) clouds?

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Which of the following can be determined when you have knowledge of air stability?

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Explain why the dry adiabatic lapse rate is different than the saturated adiabatic lapse rate.

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Which of the following conditions describes when a parcel of saturated air releases the most latent heat?

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Which of the following describes what tends to happen to a large environmental lapse rate during vertical mixing of air?

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Based on atmospheric stability considerations, do you think it would be best to burn agricultural debris in the early morning or the afternoon?

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Which of the following terms applies to the vertical motion of air caused by the sun heating the ground?

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Which of the following statements accurately compares the dry adiabatic lapse rate with the moist adiabatic lapse rate?

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Which of the following describes the behaviour of sinking air?

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Which of the following atmospheric conditions °Ccurs when the environmental lapse rate decreases more rapidly with height than the dry adiabatic rate?

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-Which of the following describes air that resists vertical displacement?

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Which of the following terms refers to the rate at which the actual air temperature changes with increasing height above the surface?

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Which of the following conditions is necessary for a layer of altostratus clouds to change into alt°Cumulus?

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Referring to the figure below, which of the following accurately describes the air temperature and dew point at A and B. ​

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