Meteorology Final Day 1 Part A

An mT air mass is associated with ____________ and _______________air.​

• warm and moist

• hot and dry

• wet and dry

What cloud usually produces thunder and lightning?

• Cirrus
• Convection

• Cumulonimbus
• Puffy

What is driven by differences in density?

• Chemical reactions
• Magnetic fields
• Fluid movement
• convection

What provides surfaces for water vapor to condense to?

• Rough surfaces
• Dry surfaces
• compressions

• condensation nuclei

What does a sling psychrometer measure?

• Humidity/moisture

• Pressure

• Wind speed
• Temperature

Weather vane measures wind ____________________.

• humidity
• direction
• temperature
• speed

When is radiation fog most likely to occur?

• During the night or early morning
• During a heatwave
• During a snowstorm
• When it's windy

Hurricanes are steered by __________________

• atmospheric conditions

• planetary winds

• ocean currents

• volcanic eruptions

Rain that falls and freezes is known as _____________________________.

• heavy rain

• snow rain

• chilled rain
• freezing rain

A brief period of heavy participation is typical with a _________________ frontal passage.

• cold
• warm
• sunny
• dry