1. Clouds & Weather iClick Review Quiz

2. Warm air has the ability to hold ______________ water than cold air? A) more B) less C) same amount D) saltier

3. General term for air's water vapor content? A) adiabatic B) humidity C) dew point D) Relative humidity E) condensation

4. Clouds are classified based on their ____________ and ____________. A) form and function B) height and color C) length and width D) height and form E) color and texture

5. The process of a liquid going to a gas state is known as A) condensation B) evaporation C) precipitation D) sublimation E) deposition

6. The process of a gas going to liquid state is known as _____. A) precipitation B) condensation C) deposition D) dew point E) regulation

7. When the air is saturated, it is holding __________ of its capacity? A) 100% B) 50% C) 0% D) content E) none of the above is correct

8. What will a parcel of air usually do as it rises? A) expand and cool B) contract and warm C) pretty much nothing D) expand and warm E) contract and cool

9. Air lifting that involves air going up and over mountains is A) Orographic Lifting B) Convergence C) Localized Convective Lifting D) Frontal Lifting E) Frontal Wedging

10. Air lifting where same temperature air masses collide and rise is called: A) Convergence B) Orographic Lifting C) Frontal Wedging D) Localized Convective Lifting E) Frontal Lifting

11. What happens when air rises, expands, and cools causing water vapor to condense? A) clouds form B) clouds disappear C) air turns into a solid mass D) a rain shadow desert is formed E) all the water is evaporated by the sun

12. What do we call the TEMPERATURE at which air becomes saturated? A) condensation level B) dew point C) saturation location D) relative humidity E) condensation nuclei

13. What does adiabatic lapse rate tell you? A) The rate at which temperature changes as air rises or falls under wet and dry conditions. B) The rate at which air can rise up and over mountains of various heights. C) The hourly rate at which a cloud can make snow flakes. D) The rate at which precipitation is formed relative to the number of 5 gallon buckets it can fill. E) Rate at which clouds disappear into space

14. What does water in the air do to temperatures in general? A) it stabilizes or moderates temperature B) it makes extreme highs and lows C) it makes temperature impossible to record D) nothing at all

15. Layered clouds that can be found at many altitudes. A) Cirrus B) Stratus C) Cumulus D) Nimbus E) Platypus

16. What happens to relative humidity as temperature increases? A) relative humidity reaches 100% B) relative humidity stays the same C) relative humidity increases D) relative humidity decreases E) Relative humidity reaches dew point

17. The state change from gas to solid is called _______________? A) evaporation B) sublimation C) deposition D) condensation E) corporation

18. What is the energy that is absorbed or released during changes of state? A) Saturated B) Sublimated heat C) Deposted heat D) Dew Point E) Latent heat

19. High, wispy clouds that are made of ice only: A) cirrus B) cumulus C) stratus D) altocumulus E) nimbostratus

20. ______________ air does not rise very much. A) unstable B) stable C) warm D) less dense E) moist

21. Particles that water vapor condenses around to make clouds A) condensation nuclei B) dust C) ash D) salts E) all of the above

22. A) cirrus B) cumulus C) stratus D) altocumulus E) nimbostratus

23. A) cirrus B) stratocumulus C) stratus D) altocumulus E) nimbostratus