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GY101 EXAM 2 |Questions with CorrectAnswers
A parcel of rising air is least likely to do this:
A) contract.
B) cool.
C) reach the lifting condensation level.
D) reach an area of lower pressure. - ✔A
For precipitation to occur
A) the force of gravity is incapable of overcoming the buoyant forces keeping water
droplets and ice crystals suspended.
B) instability within the clouds must exceed the pull of gravity.
C) downdrafts must be active to force precipitation downward
D) buoyant forces keeping water droplet and ice crystals suspended must be greater than
the force of gravity.
E) buoyant forces keeping water droplets and ice crystals suspended must be less than
the force of gravity. - ✔E
A mountain (or katabatic) breeze is created when
A) air from lower elevations is cooled more efficiently and rises.
B) air from higher elevations is cooled more efficiently and rises.
C) air from lower elevations is cooled less efficiently and sinks.
D) air from higher elevations is cooled more efficiently and sinks. - ✔D
, The development of a Mid-latitude Cyclone is called:
A) Frontolysis.
B) Frontogenesis.
C) Cyclogenesis.
D) Generation. - ✔C
Which of the following is true about the important Bergeron precipitation process?
A) More water vapor can exist in air that is in contact with ice than in air that is in contact with
liquid water, regardless of temperature.
B) Less water vapor can exist in air that is in contact with ice than in air that is in contact
with liquid water, regardless of temperature.
C) Less water vapor can exist in air that is in contact with ice than in air that is in contact with
liquid water, even if both are at the same temperature.
D) More water vapor can exist in air that is in contact with ice than in air that is in contact
with liquid water, even if both are at the same temperature. - ✔C
As the temperature increases, generally, the relative humidity:
A) is erratic.
B) stabilizes
C) decreases.
D) increases.
E) is unaffected. - ✔C
The formation of sleet involves
A) snow passing through a layer of freezing air forming a glaze of ice when reaching the surface.
B) air temperatures decreasing with height, producing the cold conditions necessary for
freezing rain formation.
C) air temperatures increasing with height, producing the cold conditions necessary for
freezing rain formation.
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