Chapter 25 Multiple Choice Quiz 1

Please answer all questions


1	How does the average amount of water that returns to the oceans by precipitation compare to the water that leaves by evaporation?
		A)	Evaporation is greater than precipitation.
		B)	Precipitation and evaporation are equal.
		C)	Precipitation is greater than evaporation.
		D)	There is no pattern that can be generalized.


2	Which of the following is not considered to be a form of precipitation?
		A)	rain
		B)	dew
		C)	snow
		D)	hail


3	When water vapor in the atmosphere condenses to liquid water,
		A)	dew falls to the ground.
		B)	it rains or snows
		C)	a cloud forms.
		D)	all of these are correct.


4	Which cloud type is usually associated with the arrival of a cold front?
		A)	high, thin cirrus
		B)	towering cumulus
		C)	low stratus
		D)	any of these


5	A warm front forms when
		A)	a cold air mass displaces warmer air.
		B)	masses of cold air and warm air move past one another in opposite directions.
		C)	the suns warms a stationary cold air mass.
		D)	a warm air mass advances over a mass of cooler air.


6	A cyclone is centered about a
		A)	region of low pressure.
		B)	region of high pressure.
		C)	cold front.
		D)	occluded front.


7	Longer periods of drizzle, rain or snow are usually associated with which cloud type?
		A)	stratus
		B)	cumulus
		C)	cirrus
		D)	None of these are correct.


8	A condition that lifts a parcel of air to form cumulus clouds is
		A)	differential heating.
		B)	mountain barriers.
		C)	a cold front.
		D)	any of these.


9	Brief periods of showers are usually associated with which cloud type?
		A)	stratus
		B)	cumulus
		C)	cirrus
		D)	None of these.


10	Most of the great deserts in the world are located
		A)	near the equator.
		B)	30° north or south latitude.
		C)	60° north or south latitude.
		D)	Deserts can be found at any latitude.

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