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Precipitation

Multiple Choice Quiz

Choose the best answer.



1

Which of the following is considered as precipitation.
A)dew
B)snow
C)frost
D)water vapor
2

The minimum diameter for liquid precipitation is:
A)100 micrometers
B)200 micrometers
C)300 micrometers
D)400 micrometers
3

Cloud physicists use this term to describe collision rates among cloud droplets.
A)collection efficiency
B)wake capture
C)collision efficiency
D)coalescence efficiency
4

The so-called warm rain process is caused by which of the following.
A)collision-coalescence
B)condensation-deposition
C)condensation-coalescence
D)three-phase process
5

Any number of factors can prevent a cloud from precipitating. The most obvious of these factors is:
A)air temperature
B)cloud height
C)latitude
D)quantity available
6

Weather radar operating at which of the following wavelengths is able to detect cloud droplets.
A)8 -centimeters
B)6 -centimeters
C)3 -centimeters
D)1 -centimeters
7

This is the normal useful range for normal ground-based weather radar.
A)400 miles
B)300 miles
C)200 miles
D)100 miles
8

Hail is precipitation in the form of spherical or irregular chunks of ice 5 millimeters or more in diameter. The cloud type that it forms in is:
A)stratocumulus
B)cumulonimbus
C)cirrocumulus
D)nimbostratus
9

Mean annual worldwide precipitation is determined by:
A)the rate of condensation
B)the amount of surface runoff
C)the amount of condensation
D)the amount of evaporation
10

Which two U.S. states have areas receiving more than 150 centimeters of precipitation annually.
A)Washington and Alabama
B)Florida and Texas
C)California and Texas
D)Washington and South Carolina