MET - Precipitation

MET - Precipitation

University

22 Qs

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MET - Precipitation

MET - Precipitation

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is precipitation?

Water that falls from clouds

Water that contacts earths surface after falling from cloud

Rain that falls from cloud

Liquid that contacts earths surface after falling from cloud

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Bergeon process?

water deposits onto ice crystals

water molecules fuse together through collision

ice collides with liquid to form a larger ice crystal

water vapour deposits onto ice crystals

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the requirements for deposition process?

Select all that apply.

Part of cloud colder than freezing

Some turbulence in the cloud to encourage fusion

Ice crystals and water vapour

RH <90%

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the coalescence process?

Cloud formation through collision of air

Smaller drops sucked into wake of larger drop

Ice crystal grows through deposition

Precipitation created through ice crystals colliding

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the requirements for the coalescence process?

Select all that apply

High vertical extent of cloud

Large condensation nuclei

Large cloud drops

Ice crystals

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What statement is incorrect?

Drops or crystals must be heavier than the buoyancy of air to form precipitation

Coalescence involves a large cloud drop increasing in size

If clouds don’t have crystals or large liquid drops precipitation is unlikely

Virga is a form of precipitation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is virga?

Water that evaporated before reaching earths surface

Ice crystal precipitation

Another name for heavy rain

Precipitation that falls from CU cloud

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