Forms and Types of Precipitation

Q. A tropical cyclone in a northern hemisphere is a wind stream with

1. High pressure zone of anticlockwise rotation.
2. High pressure zone of clockwise rotation
3. Low pressure zone of anticlockwise rotation
4. Low pressure zone of clockwise rotation

Q. Which one of the following is not a major type of storm precipitation?

1. Frontal storm
2. Air mass storm
3. Orographic storm
4. Continental storm

Q. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. A fine sprinkle of precipitation of small and rather uniform water drops with all drop diameters below 0.10 mm is called as drizzle.
2. The precipitation of liquid water with every drop diameter less than 0.5 mm is known as rain.
3. Precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice each over 8 mm in diameter is called as hail.
4. Dew is formed directly by condensation on the ground mainly during night when the surface has been cooled by outgoing radiation.

1. 1 and 2
2. 2 and 3
3. 3 and 4
4. 1 and 4

Q.

List different types of storms.

Q. Rainfall occurring due to upward movement of air caused by convergence of extensive air masses is called:

1. Orographic rainfall
2. Frontal rainfall
3. Convectional rainfall
4. None of the above