weather quiz 2

Question 1

what determines how much water vapor air can hold

Answer 1

temperature

Question 2

what is relative humidity

Answer 2

the ratio of actual water content to the maximum possible water content at that temp

Question 3

temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated by the water vapor already present in the air

Answer 3

dew point

Question 4

solid to gas

Answer 4

sublimation

Question 5

gas to solid

Answer 5

deposition

Question 6

4 types of precipitation

Answer 6

snow
hail
sleet
rain

Question 7

if and AirPort is reporting precipitation, expect clouds to be more than _______ ft thick

Answer 7

4000 ft

Question 8

fog is formed when the temperature dew point spread is

Answer 8

3*C or less

Question 9

a stable atmosphere __________ vertical displacement

Answer 9

resist

Question 10

an unstable atmosphere _________ vertical displacement

Answer 10

allows

Question 11

T/F: Thunderstorms may be embedded in stratiform clouds formation

Answer 11

true

Question 12

turbulence is usually encountered _______ cumulus clouds

Answer 12

below

Question 13

clouds formed by vertical currents in unstable air are _______.

Answer 13

Cumulus

Question 14

Clouds formed by the cooling of a stable layer are

Answer 14

stratus

Question 15

the prefix nimbus means

Answer 15

rain cloud

Question 16

the most dangerous cloud by far is the

Answer 16

cumulonimbus

Question 17

when flying near CB clouds, always fly on the _________ side

Answer 17

upwind

Question 18

the zone between two different air masses is known as

Answer 18

frontal zone

Question 19

what 3 things always change across a front

Answer 19

temp
wind
pressure

Question 20

4 principal types of fronts are

Answer 20

cold front
worm front
stationary front
occluded front

Question 21

what are the most dangerous characteristics of a warm front

Answer 21

embedded thunderstorms

Question 22

high clouds are called

Answer 22

cirrus

Question 23

water vapor is

Answer 23

clear gas

Question 24

air that can not hold any more water is considered

Answer 24

saturated

Question 25

if water remains in a liquid state at temps below freezing it is said to be

Answer 25

super cooled

Question 26

clouds give indications of what

Answer 26

wind direction
stability
moisture

Question 27

the area over which the air mass acquires its identifying characteristics is known as its

Answer 27

source region

Question 28

normally associated with a cold front , a _________ _________ precedes frontal passage and can contain ________ _________

Answer 28

squall lines

severe thunderstorms