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Question #1
Temperature does not have a significant impact on relative humidity.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
What is the term for the warming and cooling rates for a parcel of expanding or compressing air?
A.   Dew point temperature
B.   Adiabatic rates
C.   Specific humidity
D.   Convergent lifting
Question #3
Water is the only substance that is less dense in its solid state than in its liquid state.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Which of the following is not another name for the saturated adiabatic rate (SAR).
A.   saturated wet rate
B.   moist adiabatic rate
C.   saturated adiabatic lapse rate
D.   wet adiabatic rate
Question #5
Which of the following is the phase when ice transforms into water vapor?
A.   Sublimation
B.   Deposition
C.   Condensation
D.   Melting
Question #6
Which of the following best describes Orographic Lifting?
A.   Air that is forced up and over a mountain.
B.   Two different air masses intersecting with the warm, humid air forced upward.
C.   Air forced down a canyon.
D.   Air that is heated and forced upwards.
Question #7
Using your completed Table 6.1. Provide the energy required for one milliliter of water. What are the heat calories exchanged for the phase change below? Liquid (0°C) → Solid (0°C)
A.   100 cal absorbed
B.   80 cal released
C.   100 cal released
D.   80 cal absorbed
Question #8
Suspended water droplets in the form of fog or clouds are created by ?
A.   Evaporation
B.   Wet bulb depression
C.   Dew point temperature
D.   Condensation
Question #9
Air that is coming from two different directions and "crashes" into one another is called ___________.
A.   Orographic Lifting
B.   Frontal Lifting
C.   Convergent Lifting
D.   Convectional Lifting
Question #10
In the video, Using the Adiabatic Rates. The term leeward side describes the winds
A.   descending on this side.
B.   coming from that side.
Question #11
Which of the following term best fits the instrument described below. This instrument has two thermometers, a dry bulb thermometer and a wet bulb thermometer. This instrument is twirled or swung around, both temperatures are used to measure humidity.
A.   relative humidity
B.   dew point temperature
C.   sling psychrometer
Question #12
As an air parcel increases in elevation and decreases in temperature we call that ________.
A.   adiabatic cooling
B.   adiabatic warming
Question #13
Relative Humidity = (actual water vapor content / water vapor capacity )x 100 Temperature = 15° C Specific Humidity = 1 gH20/kg air Capacity @ 15° C = 10 gH20/kg air What is the relative humidity?
A.   5%
B.   15%
C.   10%
Question #14
What is the rate we use when relative humidity (RH) is less than 100%
A.   Saturated Adiabatic Rate (SAR)
B.   Dense Adiabatic Rate (DAR)
C.   Dry Adiabatic Rate (DAR)
Question #15
What is the term we use to define temperature where relative humidity reaches 100%?
A.   Condensation
B.   dew point temperature
C.   Evaporation
Question #16
Clouds that form near the ground are called ___________.
A.   smog
B.   dust
C.   haze
D.   fog
Question #17
What is an instrument that is used to measure humidity?
A.   pressure gradient
B.   psychrometer
C.   thermometer
Question #18
What is the term that is the ratio of the amount of water in an air parcel (the specific humidity), compared to the amount of water an air parcel can hold (maximum water vapor).
A.   relative humidity
B.   latent heat
C.   air parcel
Question #19
The transfer of energy between water and the surrounding environment is referred to as _____________.
A.   relative heat
B.   specific humidity
C.   latent heat
Question #20
Relative Humidity = (actual water vapor content / water vapor capacity )x 100 Temperature = 0° C Specific Humidity = 1 gH20/kg air Capacity @ 0° C = 3.5 gH20/kg air What is the relative humidity?
A.   3.5%
B.   0%
C.   2.8%
D.   28.5%

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