Concept Quiz 4

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This quiz covers key concepts 7 and 8 from Chapter 5. 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.

As a method of frost prevention in fruit tree orchards, __________ probably produce the most successful results.

smudge fireswater sprinklersplant coversair mixersorchard heaters

When exact information is not available, a general ratio of __________ units of snow to 1 unit of water is often used to calculate the water equivalent of a given volume of snow.

2571015

Cloud seeding is a method of intentional weather modification used in attempts to __________.

dispense fogproduce precipitationsuppress haildisperse cloudsdo all of the above

Data from __________ gauge can be used to calculate the intensity of rainfall.

a weighinga tipping-bucketa standard rainboth a standard and a tipping-bucketboth a tipping-bucket and a weighing

	Studies have shown that in the United States, annual precipitation errors range from about 7 to 20 percent and are most often underestimated.

	True False

According to the radar image, where is heavy rain closest to?

South BendMadisonMolineChicago

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