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Chapter 1: Clouds and Moisture Quiz
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1. Which data line is the temperature line on a skew-T diagram?

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2. The relative humidity is a better indicator than the dewpoint temperature of how “muggy” the air is in the summer.

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3. Why are condensation nuclei important for cloud formation?

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4. Rising air expands and warms.

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5. What is the reason that phase changes of water produce temperature changes in the environment?

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6. Localized lifting creates cumuliform clouds, while lifting of layers creates stratiform clouds.

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7. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of the process by which raindrops falling from a cloud into drier air below help to promote saturation?

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8. Where is the temperature axis on a skew-T diagram?

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9. What is the phase change from liquid water to water vapor?

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10. Please rate the quality of content in this chapter, on a scale from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent). (NOTE: You are not graded on this question.)

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11. Which cloud type is layered?

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12. How is relatively unsaturated air indicated on a skew-T diagram?

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Which of the following is NOT a process by which raindrops falling from a cloud into drier air below help to promote saturation?

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14. When liquid water freezes, the environment cools.

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15. Which of the following is NOT a lifting mechanism that helps to create clouds?

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16. What is the phase change from water vapor to solid ice?

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17. What are hydrometeors?

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18. Saturation is an equilibrium condition for transitions between different phases of water.

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19. What is true at saturation?

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20. What of the following is a middle type of cloud?

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21. The dewpoint temperature is an absolute measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.

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22. The relative humidity of saturated air is 100%.

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23. The relative humidity indicates the saturation condition of the air.

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