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PHYSICS 137                        QUIZ #3                          October 3, 2005

 

               1.  The outside temperature as class began this morning was   48  °F.
  •                2.  This morning's dominant cloud type is           stratus          .
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  • ______   3.  Which of the following does not increase atmospheric stability?  (a) nighttime
                        radiative cooling of the surface,     (b) daytime radiative heating of the surface, (c) cold
                        surface advection, (d) warm advection aloft, (e) subsidence (sinking) of an air layer.
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  • ______   4.  Which of the following systems is experiencing a change which is not approximately
                        adiabatic?  (a) a rising, expanding air parcel,     (b) a pitcher of water, initially at room
                         temperature, being chilled in a refrigerator, (c) an exploding firecracker, (d) the air in
                        a bicycle pump which has been rapidly compressed by a quick depression of the
                        pump handle.
                       
  • ______   5.  This morning's sky condition would be best described as (a) clear, (b) partly
                         cloudy,     (c) mostly cloudy, OR (d) overcast.
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