Earth Science Ch 19 Review

What are clouds composed of?

• water droplets and/or ice crystals

• water vapor only

• Carbon dioxide and liquid acids

• dust particles flowing in the wind

Why is the Equator permanently a low-pressure region?

• because the equator is colder, so the air is lower pressure

• the consistently warmed air from the sun rises to form a lower pressure

• the consistently warmed air from the sun condenses and falls to form a lower pressure

On the Celsius scale, what points do water freeze and boil

• boiling at 100, freezing at 32

• boiling at 212, freezing at 0

• boiling at 100, freezing at 0

• boiling at 212, freezing at 32

On the Fahrenheit scale, what points do water freeze and boil

• boiling at 100, freezing at 32

• boiling at 212, freezing at 0

• boiling at 100, freezing at 0

• boiling at 212, freezing at 32

Which of the following is not a type of precipitation

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

• all 4 are types of precipitation

When smaller raindrops combine to form larger drops and the large drop absorbs all the other smaller droplets, the process is called

• coalescence

• gradient

• condensation

• precipitation

clouds that occur in flat sheets or layers

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

clouds that occur in piles or lumpy pillars

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

clouds that occur in wispy curls

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

the local wind that blows during the night and into early morning along a coast is a

• mountain breeze

• valley breeze

• ocean breeze

• land breeze