Exam 4: Condensation in the Atmosphere

Suppose the sky is covered with stratus clouds.How might you determine whether middle or high clouds are also present?

An anvil-shaped top is most often associated with:

Exhaled breath from your mouth can condense when:

Under what conditions can a cloud form when air is sinking?

Which cloud type is composed of ice crystals and can cause a halo to form around the sun or moon?

Light or moderate-but-steady precipitation is most often associated with __________ clouds.

An air parcel that is warmer than its surroundings will rise.What force accounts for this upward motion?

How can you visually distinguish between cumulus,altocumulus,and cirrocumulus clouds?

The cooling of the ground to produce dew is mainly the result of:

At which city might you be able to observe cirrus clouds at an altitude of 3,000 m (10,000 feet)above the surface?

Which two clouds can produce precipitation?

What kinds of information about clouds can you determine using infrared and visible satellite photographs?

List one or more key identifying features for each of the ten basic cloud types.Which cloud types might have fairly similar appearances and thus be difficult to identify?

The largest concentration of condensation nuclei are usually observed near the earth's surface.

Explain how the stability of the atmosphere can affect the types of clouds that form.

Cirrocumulus clouds rarely produce precipitation that reaches the ground.

Explain why clouds form in rising air.Would it be possible for rising air to remain cloud-free? If so,how?

In what ways are the formation of fog and clouds similar and different?

Describe the difference between the orbital paths followed by geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites.

Does radiational cooling at the ground at night act to increase or decrease atmospheric stability? How does daytime heating at the ground during the day affect atmospheric stability?