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Chapter 6

Multiple-Choice Quiz

Multiple-Choice Quiz
Our Multiple-Choice Quiz will test your knowledge of the basic concepts and ideas offered in Chapter 6. By successfully reviewing these concepts, you will reinforce your comprehension of these geographic ideas.

This activity contains 20 questions.

	The ratio of the actual amount of water in the atmosphere to the maximum possible at that temperature is the   absolute humidity. dew point temperature. specific humidity. relative humidity. sensible temperature.

	When water changes phase, what always happens?   it rains it snows a cloud is formed latent heat heat is consumed or released some form of precipitation occurs

	Which of the following statements is true?   Condensation absorbs heat and thus warms the atmosphere. Evaporation absorbs heat and thus warms the atmosphere. Condensation releases heat and thus cools the atmosphere. Evaporation releases heat and thus cools the atmosphere. Evaporation absorbs heat and thus cools the atmosphere.

	The saturated adiabatic lapse rate is less than the adiabatic lapse rate because   they are the same. evaporation warms the dry adiabatic lapse rate. moist air is always warmer than dry air. condensation releases latent heat. condensation absorbs latent heat.

	Identify this cloud type.   cumulonimbus cirrus cumulus stratus altocumulus

	Unstable air is best associated with   convective lifting. orographic lifting. a temperature inversion. very low surface temperatures. descending air.

	Which of the following is true of the collision–coalscence process?   water droplets evaporate ice crystals grow at the expense of water droplets water droplets merge and grow in size it is the same as the Bergeron process it causes most precipitation in middle and high latitudes

	An air parcel experiences a buoyant force when its   density is greater than the surrounding air. temperature is greater than the surrounding air. water content is greater than the surrounding air. pressure is greater than the surrounding air. dew point temperature is higher than the surrounding air.

	Low precipitation amounts are typical of   equatorial latitudes. the ITCZ. the summer monsoon in India. polar latitudes. midlatitude west coast locations.

	Why might condensation occur below 100% relative humidity?   droplet curvature effects hygroscopic nuclei present ice absent, even in cold clouds latent heat effects none of the above

	If water droplets and ice crystals are both present in the same cloud,   the ice crystals will shrink while the drops grow. the ice crystals will grow while the drops shrink. both will grow if the temperature is at the dew point. the ice crystals will behave independently of one another. neither the droplets nor the crystals will grow.

	When raindrops fall through a shallow layer of subfreezing air near the surface, what type of precipitation occurs?   snow hail drizzle rain glaze

	If the amount of water vapor in the air stays the same and the air temperature decreases, the relative humidity will   increase. decrease. stay the same.

	Which place is likely to experience the highest frequency of advection fog?   Jacksonville, Florida Minneapolis, Minnesota Chicago, Illinois San Francisco, California

	Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?   rain snow sleet dew

	Which of the following requires the most heat energy?   sublimation melting evaporation

	Which of the following is likely to suppress the development of precipitation?   convergence convection windward sides of mountain ranges the subtropical highs fronts

	The rain shadow of a mountain is found on the   windward side leeward side

	As the amount of water vapor in the air increases the dew point temperature   increases. decreases. stays the same.

	The highest relative humidity during the day usually occurs   at dawn in the early afternoon at sunset in the evening. around midnight.

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