Transcript clicker questrions march 17.ppt

05.03
The highest relative humidity in a 24-hour period
(assuming no moisture is added or deleted) is likely
to occur _____.
a) during mid-afternoon
b) about midnight
c) around sunrise
d) in early evening
e) at noon
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
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05.03
The highest relative humidity in a 24-hour period
(assuming no moisture is added or deleted) is likely
to occur _____.
a) during mid-afternoon
b) about midnight
c) around sunrise
d) in early evening
e) at noon
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.05
The temperature at which a mass of air becomes
saturated is called the _____.
a) dew point temperature
b) vapor pressure temperature
c) relative humidity
d) specific humidity
e) vapor pressure
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.05
The temperature at which a mass of air becomes
saturated is called the _____.
a) dew point temperature
b) vapor pressure temperature
c) relative humidity
d) specific humidity
e) vapor pressure
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.06
Air that returns to its original position after an initial
vertical displacement is called _____.
a) unstable
b) neutral
c) stable
d) adiabatic
e) conditionally unstable
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.06
Air that returns to its original position after an initial
vertical displacement is called _____.
a) unstable
b) neutral
c) stable
d) adiabatic
e) conditionally unstable
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.07
The primary process of cloud formation is cooling
via _____.
a) lifting
b) release of latent heat
c) radiation
d) conduction to a cold surface
e) compression of air
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.07
The primary process of cloud formation is cooling
via _____.
a) lifting
b) release of latent heat
c) radiation
d) conduction to a cold surface
e) compression of air
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.11
The type of lifting that occurs when warm, moist air is
forced over cool, dry air is _____ lifting.
a) orographic
b) convective
c) convergent
d) frontal
e) cyclonic
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.11
The type of lifting that occurs when warm, moist air is
forced over cool, dry air is _____ lifting.
a) orographic
b) convective
c) convergent
d) frontal
e) cyclonic
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.12
Which type of lifting mechanism is associated with
topographic barriers and rain shadows?
a) convective
b) orographic
c) frontal
d) cyclonic
e) convergent
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.
05.12
Which type of lifting mechanism is associated with
topographic barriers and rain shadows?
a) convective
b) orographic
c) frontal
d) cyclonic
e) convergent
Christopherson, Elemental Geosystems, Sixth Edition
Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc.