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Question 31

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Cloud seeding can sometimes be used to disperse fog.

A) True
B) False

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All of the following are necessary ingredients for cloud formation EXCEPT:

A) warm surface air temperatures.
B) rising,cooling air.
C) high moisture content.
D) condensation nuclei.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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It is difficult to distinguish between cloud droplets and raindrops on a radar image,because the radar wavelengths are reflected by both of them.

A cumulus cloud is recognized mainly by its:

The Bergeron process is associated with supercooled clouds.

The Bergeron process may result in snow or rain.

Clouds are named by their height and water content.

When warm moist air moves over a cold surface,________ fog may result.

Frost is an example of ________.

Which type of fog occurs during nights when skies are clear and relative humidity is high?

A halo around the Sun is associated with an altocumulus cloud.

Freezing rain and sleet are both the same form of precipitation.

Clouds,dew and frost all form because air has become saturated.This condition of saturation is usually caused by:

Most of the precipitation that falls in the middle latitudes is formed by:

What measurement does radar provide concerning clouds and precipitation?

Frost prevention by air mixing requires that a temperature inversion be present in the air layer near the ground.

Fog is simply a cloud with a base at or near the ground.

Cumulus clouds can develop as a consequence of local convection.

The cloud form that is best described as sheets or layers that cover much or all of the sky is termed:

Accurate measurement of precipitation is limited by the effects of the wind.