Atmosphere 2 Quiz Review 

Pressure and Wind

- interpret isobars

- translate wind vector symbols

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Humidity

-HEAT:PHASE (solid, liquid, or vapor) linkages

-phase change processes & energy flux

-expressions & measurement of humidity

-content vs. capacity (and what indicators)

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Lapse Rates & Stability

-is it saturated; is it rising (unstable)?

-condensation lifting level ("dew Point altitude")

-spontaneous cloud top altitude

-ELR, DALR, SALR: what they mean, when we use them

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Weather Maps

-translate station symbol

-isobar interpretation

-fronts, frontal weather, frontal motions

PRACTICE ATMOSPHERE 2 QUIZ

[NOTE!!! - these will NOT be the exact same questions that you will receive. These are EXAMPLES ONLY from prior exams; I never reuse exact questions.

[Treat each question as if it is fill-in-the-blank first; then leftclick the links to view the multiple choice list of answer options.]

1. The strongest winds should be [     ?     ly] at Point [ ? ].

2. If, in [ ? ] air, 1 gram of liquid water [   ?     s], then [ ? ] calories of heat were added to the water molecules.

3. If dry air temperature is 23�C, cloud development does not occur unless the depression of the wet bulb is [ ? ] and the dew point temperature is [ ? ], so that the air has become [ ? ].

4. Which site has the lowest cloud base height?

5. Which site has the greatest likelihood for rain?

6. Of the five sites labeled with purple letters below, [ ? ] has the lowest relative humidity.

7. Of the five sites labeled with purple letters above, [ ? ] has the strongest southerly winds.

8. Of the five sites labeled with purple letters above, [ ? ] has the highest condensation lifting level and cloud base height.

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