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PHYSICS 137                     QUIZ #9                         November 11, 2005

 

               1.  The outside temperature just before class began this morning was   50°F  .
  •                2.  This morning's dominant cloud type is   stratus or altostratus  .
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  • ______   3.  The sky this morning is (a) clear, (b) partly cloudy, (c) mostly cloudy, (d) overcast.
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  • ______   4.  The lowest cloud bases this morning are nearest an elevation closest to (a) 5 000', (b)
                        8 000',     (c) 12 000', (d) 20 000'.
                       
  • ______   5.  Severe thunderstorms usually form in regions (a) where the vertical wind shear is
                        strong, (b) where vertical wind shear is nearly absent, (c) of variable vertical wind
                        shear, (d) none of the preceding.
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