Concept Quiz 4

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This quiz covers key concepts 7 and 8 from Chapter 4. Answer the questions by darkening in the circle next to the correct answer. When completed with the quiz, click on "submit answers for grading" at the bottom of the page.

This activity contains 6 questions.

The temperature of a rising parcel of air __________ as it ascends.

increasesdecreasesincreases then decreasesdecreases then increasesremains constant

Which one of the following is NOT a mechanism that causes air to rise?

localized convective liftingorographic liftingentrainmentconvergencefrontal wedging

When air is allowed to expand it ____, whereas when air is compressed it _.

cools; becomes saturatedwarms; becomes saturatedwarms; coolscools; warms

Temperature changes in which heat is neither added nor subtracted are called ___________________ temperature changes.

dewpointadiabaticlow-moisturelatent heat

	If air is lifted sufficiently high enough, it will cool to its dewpoint, and clouds will develop.

	True False

The dry adiabatic rate is:

10 degrees C for every 1,000 meters in altitudeequal to the rate of cooling or warming of vertically moving unsaturated ("dry") airboth a and bneither a nor b

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