Which of the Following Is True of the Occluded Stage

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of the occluded stage of a midlatitude cyclone?

• A) It occurs when the cold front overruns the slower moving warm front.
• B) It occurs as soon as air begins to be uplifted along the cold front.
• C) It occurs at the time when the cold front and warm front are clearly and distinctly separated from one another.
• D) This stage is characteristic of an early stage of cyclone development.

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Definitions:

Foreign Particles

Unfamiliar substances or materials present in an organism or environment that can be inorganic or organic, potentially triggering an immune response.

Osmotic Pressure

The pressure required to prevent the flow of a solvent into a solution through a semipermeable membrane, driven by differences in solute concentration.

Selectively Permeable Membrane

A barrier that allows certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion and occasionally specialized processes.

Osmosis

The movement of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration to equalize the concentrations on both sides of the membrane.