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PHYSICS 137                     QUIZ #5                        October 19, 2005

 

               1.  The outside temperature just before class began this morning was 52°F.
  •                2.  This morning's dominant cloud type is    stratus   .
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  • ______   3.  Winds blow roughly parallel to isobars (or, equivalently, to lines of constant height on
                        an isobaric chart)     (a) aloft, (b) at the surface, (c) at all levels, (d) nowhere.
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  • ______   4.  If sky conditions remain as at present throughout the day, the temperature range
                        today (this afternoon's high minus this morning's low) will probably be, for this time
                        of year,     (a) less than the normal range, (b) about equal to the normal range, (c)
                        greater than the normal range, (d) there is no basis for making such a prediction.
                       
  • ______   5.  This morning's sky would be best described as (a) clear, (b) partly cloudy, (c) mostly
                        cloudy,     (d) overcast.
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