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Precipitation
True or False Quiz
Choose the best answer.
1
The only precipitation that forms entirely due to condensation or deposition is freezing rain.
A)
True
B)
False
2
Once a raindrop has grown to about 5 millimeters in diameter, it breaks into smaller drops due to turbulence and other factors.
A)
True
B)
False
3
The Bergeron process depends on the fact that equilibrium over an ice surface occurs at higher water vapor pressures than over supercooled water at the same temperature.
A)
True
B)
False
4
Even in a summer thunderstorm, the precipitation forms originally as snow.
A)
True
B)
False
5
Weather radar operating at the 10-centimeter wavelength can detect both precipitation and cloud droplets.
A)
True
B)
False
6
Snowflakes are actually a hundred or so individual snow crystals clumped together.
A)
True
B)
False
7
The percentage of hail falling through the freezing layer and actually reaching the ground would be higher in Phoenix, Arizona than in Alberta, Canada because the updrafts associated with the Arizona storm would be weaker.
A)
True
B)
False
8
Global precipitation amounts vary radically with location but not with time.
A)
True
B)
False
9
By carefully observing the precipitation
forms
during a winter storm, you can learn a great deal about conditions aloft and impending weather changes.
A)
True
B)
False
10
Freezing rain is liquid rain that freezes when it strikes the ground, trees, or other structures.
A)
True
B)
False
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