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Please read and answer the questions below. Then go to the Quizzes section of Canvas and enter your answers in the quiz titled "Homework #5". If you have any questions, please let me know. Note: your answers can only be submitted ONCE for this assignment.
1. What is the name of the process by which cloud droplets grow in size due to the fact that larger cloud droplets will fall faster than smaller cloud droplets?
a. Collision and Coalescence Process
b. Bergeron Process
c. None of the above
2. Hail tends to form in ___________________.
a. cumulus clouds
b. stratus clouds
c. cirrus clouds
d. altostratus clouds
3. Raindrops are shaped like a ______________.
a. teardrop
b. sphere
c. flattened sphere
d. Answers B and C
4. What is 12Z Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) in mountain standard time?
a. 5:00 am
b. 6:00 am
c. 6:00 pm
d. 7:00 pm
5. What is the wind speed and wind direction depicted by the wind barb shown in the figure above?
a. 5 knots; northwesterly
b. 5 knots; southeasterly
c. 10 knots; northwesterly
d. 10 knots; southeasterly
6. What is the wind speed and wind direction depicted by the wind barb shown in
the figure above?
a. 55 knots; northerly
b. 55 knots; southerly
c. 60 knots; northerly
d. 60 knots; southerly
7. The pressure gradient force points from areas of _________ pressure towards areas of ___________ pressure ______________.
a. low; high; only in the Southern Hemisphere
b. low; high; everywhere on Earth
c. high; low; only in the Northern Hemisphere
d. high; low; everywhere on Earth
8. Meteorologists convert pressure to ______________ to account for pressure differences that arise due to elevation differences.
a. barometric pressure
b. surface pressure
c. sea level pressure
9. Let's think about our in-class example of a warm and cold column of air.
True/False: The warm column of air is associated with low pressure aloft.
a. True
b. False
10. In the vertical, the pressure gradient force is balanced by the force of gravity.
This is called ___________________.
a. geostrophic balance
b. gradient wind balance
c. Coriolis balance
d. hydrostatic balance
11. The Coriolis force deflects moving objects to the right of motion _______________________.
a. everywhere on Earth
b. only in the Northern Hemisphere
c. only in the Southern Hemisphere
12. The figure above shows an upper-level 500 mb weather map drawn over North America. The contours on this map represent geopotential height contours. Assume lines A and B are the same length. Which line is located in a region with
a stronger pressure gradient?
a. Line A
b. Line B
c. The pressure gradient is the same for lines A and B.