Environmental Science Questions

Contrails formed by aircrafts most closely mimic which type of cloud?A) cirrocumulusB) cirrusC) fair-weather cumulusD) stratus

which association is correct A) low cloud stratusB) low cloud cirrocumulus C) high cloud altostratusD) middle cloud cirrusE) verticial cloud nimbostratus

most of the percipitation that falls in the midde latitudes is formed byA) the bergeron processB) collision-calescenseC) condensation of water vapor D) spontanoes freezing of water droplets in the absence of condensed nuclei

the growth of a cloud droplet into a raindrop large enough to fall to earth in a warm cloud is accomplished primarly through A) collison and coalesence B) supercooling of waterC) condensation of water in the cloudD) evaporation of water in the cloudE) hygroscopic action

the ____________ cloud may have an "anvil head"A) altostratusB) nimbostratus C) cirrusD) cumulonimbusE) cirrostratus

of the following cloud types which is most likely to produce the msot rainA) altocumulusB) stratusC) stratocumulus D) nimbostratusE) cumulus

why are high altitude clouds always so thinA) winds are faster at higher levelsB) not enough particultates are present C) very little water vapor is presentD) air layers are stable thereE) air layers are unstable there

how does drizzel differ from rain A) it has a smaller diameter B) it forms at higher altitudusC) it is evaporating before it hits the ground D) it is warmer

under what conditions does light and fluffy snow formA) cold air and low humidityB) warm air and low humidityC) warm air and high humdity D) cold air and no humdity

a cumulios cloud is recognized mainley with the ________ cloud A) associated with high windsB) precipitationC) obvius vertical dimentions D) darkness or color E) layered structure

dew point is the tempeture at which water vapor in the air begins to condense. the tempeture inside the cloud would therefore be:A) below freezingB) about equal to the dew pointC) just above the dew point D) way above the dew point

the most imporant proccess for cloud formation in the atmoshere is A) cooling by compression of the airB) radiation coolingC) cooling by the expanstion of airD) cooling by loss of latent heatE) cooling by contact with the cold ground

the cloud form that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termedA) stratos B) cirrusC) mackerel skyD) cumulus E) alto

freezing rain (ice storm) or sleet occurs by its A) upper air is warm and urface air is coldB) upper air is cold and surface air is warmC) both surface and upper air are warm D) both surface and upper air are cold

all of the followong are nessary ingeridants for the cloud formation exept A) warm surface air tempeturesB) high mostier content C) condensation nucleiD) rising cooling air

which of these clouds is least likley to produce percipitation that reaches the ground A) nimbostratus B) cirrostratusC) cumulonimbusD) stratus

clouds are classified and named according to their altitude andA) water content B) form or appearnceC) size of dropplets in the cloud D) tempetureE) amount of percipitation produced

salt dust particals and smoke are all examples ofA) condensed nucleiB) freezing nucleiC) hydrophobic nucleiD) anthropogenically produced cloud nuclei

the most common way for air to be cooled in order that a cloud may form is by:A) reflecting radationB) sinking and contraction C) rising and expanding D) emitting radationE) evaporating water

the cloud droplets in a cloud are formed by water vapor molcules andA) condensed nuclieB) other water vapor molcules C) protons D) ionsE) molcules of air