Weather Exam

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  1. The amount of water vapor the air can hold depends on air temperature. At higher temperatures the air
  2. Holds less water vapor
  3. Can hold more water vapor
  4. Is saturated
  5. Holds water vapor at its dew point
  6. The temperature to which air must be cooled for saturation to occur is called
  7. Relative humidity
  8. Its dew point
  9. Precipitation
  10. Its condensation point
  11. As air temperature decreases, relative humidity
  12. drops
  13. stays the same
  14. decreases
  15. increases
  16. As air rises, it
  17. compresses and warms.
  18. compresses and cools.
  19. expands and warms.
  20. expands and cools.
  21. If a volume of air is warmed, it expands. If a volume of air expands it
  22. Warms.
  23. Cool.
  24. Neither warms or cools.
  25. Clouds denoted by the prefix “alto” are called
  26. Low clouds
  27. Middle clouds
  28. High clouds
  29. Vertical clouds
  30. Clouds denoted by the prefix “cirro” are called
  31. Low clouds
  32. Middle clouds
  33. High clouds
  34. Vertical clouds
  35. Clouds occur when moist air is cooled by
  36. Expansion when it rises
  37. Compression when it rises
  38. Expansion when it falls
  39. Compression when it falls

Matching- (Questions 9-14)

Convectional lifting Temperature inversion

Frontal liftingCold Front

Warm FrontOrographic lifting

  1. When an air mass is pushed upward over an obstacle, it undergoes ______.
  2. The smog problem in Denver is caused by ______.
  3. When two air masses rise due to a temperature difference it is called______.
  4. Warming air rises from a “hot spot” and moves like a lava lamp. This type of movement is called______.
  5. A front where cold air moves into warm air.
  6. A front where warm air moves into cold air.

Free response:

  1. The thickest layer of atmosphere that we learned about is the ______.
  2. Airplanes fly in the ______layer of the atmosphere.
  3. Weather occurs in the ______layer of the atmosphere.
  4. Lightning is caused by ______.
  5. If I divide the amount of water vapor in the air by the possible amount of vapor that it could hold at that temp. I am talking about ______.