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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitation
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1. When using a psychrometer and the two temperatures read nearly the same, you can conclude that ________.
2. This cloud sometimes produces mare's tails.""
3. When air is unstable, the environmental lapse rate is ________.
4. Under what circumstances could the relative humidity exceed 100% without producing condensation in the air?
5. The process of converting a liquid to vapor is termed ________.
6. The process by which water vapor changes directly to a solid is called ________.
7. The most important process of cloud formation in the atmosphere is ________.
8. Which one of the fogs listed below may be categorized as an evaporation fog?
9. A halo around the Sun or Moon indicates that this cloud type is present.
10. These clouds are often called fair weather" clouds."
11. When supercooled raindrops freeze on contact with solid objects, ________ forms.
12. Stability prevails when the environmental lapse rate is ________.
13. If air at sea level with a temperature of 27°C is forced up a mountain slope and the air's dew point at the condensation level is 14°C, at what elevation will condensation begin?
14. Deserts such as the Great Basin, Gobi, and Takla Makan are examples of ________.
15. This fog forms in valleys at night.
16. Which of the following would NOT be associated with stable atmospheric conditions?
17. This term is used to describe clouds that produce precipitation.
18. A dark gray cloud that blankets the sky and often generates precipitation is called ________.
19. The dew point is the temperature at which ________.
20. This cloud type is confined to the middle height range.
21. Which of the following will NOT cause air to become unstable?
22. When warm moist air moves over a cold surface, ________ fog may result.
23. Tornadoes can be associated with this cloud type.
24. The amount of water vapor in the air (by volume) usually does not exceed ________.
25. The cloud form that consists of globular cloud masses that take on a billowy or cauliflowerlike" structure is called ________."

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