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Chapter 5 Test

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This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1.
When condensation occurs in the air above the ground, tiny particles known as __________ serve as surfaces on which water vapor can condense.
 
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Question 2.
Clouds are classified on the basis of two criteria: __________ and __________.
 
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Question 3.
Middle clouds that occur as a formless, gray layer covering all or a large portion of the sky are called __________ clouds.
 
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Question 4.
Low clouds are those that form below 2000 meters (6500 feet).
   
 
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Question 5.
Dew and white frost are most likely to form on __________ and __________ nights.
 
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Question 6.
When warm and moist air is blown over a cold surface, it becomes chilled and may form a blanket of fog called __________ fog.
 
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Question 7.
The incidence of fog is highest in coastal areas where warm currents prevail, as along the Pacific and New England coasts.
   
 
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Question 8.
White frost forms when the dew point of the air is slightly above freezing.
   
 
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Question 9.
Fogs formed by cooling include all of the following EXCEPT:
 
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Question 10.
For precipitation to form, cloud droplets must grow in volume by roughly __________ times.
 
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Question 11.
Supercooled water is water which is __________.
 
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Question 12.
Experimentation has indicated that the formation of raindrops by collision and coalescence of small cloud droplets is influenced by the presence of atmospheric electricity.
   
 
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Question 13.
As a method of frost prevention in fruit tree orchards, __________ probably produce the most successful results.
 
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Question 14.
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.
 
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Question 15.
Cloud seeding is a method of intentional weather modification used in attempts to __________.
 
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Question 16.
Studies have shown that in the United States, annual precipitation errors range from about 7 to 20 percent and are most often underestimated.
   
 
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Question 17.

Cloud Photograph by E. J. Tarbuck (Copyright © Prentice Hall, Inc.)

Which type of cloud is illustrated in the above photograph?
 
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Question 18.
Identify each of the indicated cloud types by selecting the correct response. (Cloud Type Diagram, Copyright © Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
The letters A through H appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 8 items numbered 18.1 through 18.8. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through H. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
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Question 19.
Choosing from the list provided, identify the most likely form of precipitation that will occur on the surface under each of the indicated atmospheric conditions. (Precipitation Diagram, Copyright © Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
The letters A through D appear on an image associated with this question.

This question presents 4 items numbered 19.1 through 19.4. Each item is presented with a pulldown menu containing the letters A through D. For each item below, use the pull-down menu to select the letter that labels the correct part of the image.
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Question 20.

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Which type of precipitation is illustrated in the above photograph?
 
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