ATSC 113 TEST QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What is precipitation fog? - Answer- When warm rain falls from slightly higher clouds
through cooler cloud-free air below, some water evaporates from the raindrops as they
fall. But this causes too much humidity in the colder air, forcing some of the water vapor
to re-condense back into tiny cloud droplets, making the fractus cloud. If this cloud
touches the ground, it would be called precipitation fog
What is a lifting condensation level? - Answer- the height at which lifted air parcels
become saturated, and hence where clouds will form.
Clouds formed by humans: - Answer- Fumulus and contrails
fumulus clouds: - Answer- Water-droplet clouds over cooling towers. Interesting to see,
though harmless for flying, sailing, or snow sports.
Contrails: - Answer- Aircraft condensation trail.
Layer clouds or stratiform clouds look like: - Answer- sheets or blankets that can extend
hundreds of kilometers horizontally.
Layer clouds or stratiform clouds are associated with: - Answer- layers in the
atmosphere with different relative temperatures
We often find Layer clouds or stratiform along: - Answer- warm fronts
In what order do you see stratiform clouds: - Answer- -As a warm front approaches you,
you normally see the high clouds first.....these clouds extend many hundreds of
kilometers ahead of the front, so you see them about half a day before the warm front
arrives.
-next comes the mid-level clouds, and finally the low clouds along with drizzle or light
rain/snow
3 sizes of stratiform clouds: - Answer- o High: cirrus (Ci), cirrostratus (Cs), and
cirrocumulus (Cc)
o Middle: altostratus (As) and altocumulus (Ac)
o Low: strstus (st) and nimbostratus (Ns)
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What is precipitation fog? - Answer- When warm rain falls from slightly higher clouds
through cooler cloud-free air below, some water evaporates from the raindrops as they
fall. But this causes too much humidity in the colder air, forcing some of the water vapor
to re-condense back into tiny cloud droplets, making the fractus cloud. If this cloud
touches the ground, it would be called precipitation fog
What is a lifting condensation level? - Answer- the height at which lifted air parcels
become saturated, and hence where clouds will form.
Clouds formed by humans: - Answer- Fumulus and contrails
fumulus clouds: - Answer- Water-droplet clouds over cooling towers. Interesting to see,
though harmless for flying, sailing, or snow sports.
Contrails: - Answer- Aircraft condensation trail.
Layer clouds or stratiform clouds look like: - Answer- sheets or blankets that can extend
hundreds of kilometers horizontally.
Layer clouds or stratiform clouds are associated with: - Answer- layers in the
atmosphere with different relative temperatures
We often find Layer clouds or stratiform along: - Answer- warm fronts
In what order do you see stratiform clouds: - Answer- -As a warm front approaches you,
you normally see the high clouds first.....these clouds extend many hundreds of
kilometers ahead of the front, so you see them about half a day before the warm front
arrives.
-next comes the mid-level clouds, and finally the low clouds along with drizzle or light
rain/snow
3 sizes of stratiform clouds: - Answer- o High: cirrus (Ci), cirrostratus (Cs), and
cirrocumulus (Cc)
o Middle: altostratus (As) and altocumulus (Ac)
o Low: strstus (st) and nimbostratus (Ns)
