Abeka Earth and Space Test 8 Part 2

A cloud that has a low-level base and a top composed of ice crystals is:

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

The ratio of the amount of water in the air to the amount of water in saturated air is called:

• Absolute humidity

• Relative humidity

• Dew point

• Precipitation rate

The term that refers to the temperature at which cooling air begins condensing is:

• Freezing point

• Condensation temperature

• Dew point

• Saturation level

A brownish haze that develops as complex molecules are broken down into ozone and other harmful substances is called:

• Industrial smog

• Photochemical smog

• Acid rain

• Fog

The boundary between two air masses of different temperatures is called a:

• Barrier

• Front

• Cyclone

• Convection line

The general term for fog that forms when air near the ground cools rapidly on a clear night is:

• Advection fog

• Sea fog

• Radiation fog

• Steam fog

The least common type of high-level cloud is:

• Cirrostratus

• Cirrocumulus

• Cirrus

• Nimbostratus

An occluded front forms when:

• A warm front overtakes a cold front

• A cold front overtakes a warm front

• Two warm fronts collide

• Two cold fronts collide

The type of fog that occurs when wind heated by warm ocean water blows over cool ocean water is:

• Steam fog

• Radiation fog

• Sea fog

• Advection fog

The type of fog that occurs due to adiabatic cooling of upward-moving air is:

• Steam fog

• Advection fog

• Radiation fog

• Upslope fog