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Concept 5 Quiz

Discuss the formation and types of precipitation.

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Question 1.
Which of the following is not major form of precipitation?

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Question 2.
All cloud droplets fall and reach the surface of Earth.

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Question 3.
Which form of precipitation is likely to occur as the cloud droplets fall from a layer of warmer air with temperatures above freezing through a colder subfreezing layer closer to the ground?

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Question 4.
A general snow/water ratio of ten units of snow to one unit of water is often used when exact information is not available.

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Question 5.
Which of the following processes or properties helps us understand snow and precipitation formed as a result of the Bergeron process?

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Question 6.
Hail can be produced in large cumulonimbus clouds.

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Question 7.
Pine needles can act as freezing nuclei allowing rime to form.

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Question 8.
Tor Bergeron developed the mechanism known as the collision-coalescence process.

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Question 9.
Radar used to monitor precipitation is most useful at wavelengths between 3 and 10 centimeters.

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Question 10.
Small uniform drops less than .5 mm are called drizzle.

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