CHAPTER FIVE: QUESTIONS 1.
When you talk about an adiabatic processes, what aspect of the process remains the same by definition? a. Volume b. Temperature c. Pressure d. Density
2.
If you have warm air parcel and lift it to higher altitudes, what would happen to it? a. It would cool and contract b. It would expand and warm up c. It would condense into clouds d. It would expand and cool
3.
What is the wet adiabatic lapse rate for any air mass that has moisture in degrees Celsius per kilometer in elevation? a. 1.5 b. 3.0 c. 4.5 d. 7.0
4.
What is the altitude called when the bottom of the cloud layer can be seen, above which the air parcel is hundred percent condensed? a. Equilibrium level b. Level of free condensation c. Level of free convection d. Lifting condensation level
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