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1. | Mid-latitude cyclones | |
a. Lack a warm front and a cold front
b. Are a type of hurricane c. Are large high-pressure systems |
d. Rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere |
- If a warm front is approaching, you can expect after its passage
- Lower pressure Rising temperatures
- Higher pressure Both a and c
- The continental U.S. lies within this wind belt.
- Westerlies Northerlies
- Polar Easterlies Trade Winds
- The two properties that are relatively homogeneous (the same) at the same altitude in an air mass are
- Humidity and temperature Pressure and temperature
- Temperature and carbon dioxide None of these
- If an air mass were designated with the letters “cA”, what kind of air mass would it be?
- Warm and moist air Cold and wet air
- Warm and dry air Very cold and dry air c. Cold and dry air
- What force is ultimately responsible for the three cells of circulation we see in each hemisphere?
- Pressure Gradient Friction
- Coriolis None of these
- The prevailing winds that blow between 30 and 60 degrees latitude are called:
- Westerlies Subtropical northerlies
- Polar easterlies e. None of these c. Trade winds
- When warmer than normal water exists off the coast of Peru, we are said to have what is called:
- La Nina Polar easterlies
- El Nino Jet Stream c. Polar Front
- An air mass that forms over the deserts is called?
- Maritime Tropical Continental Tropical
- Maritime Polar Continental Polar
10. Which of these is common for all types of fronts? | |
a. Decreasing precipitation rates
b. Lifting of cold air over warm c. Divergence of surface winds 11. What does El Nino involve? |
d. Light to calm winds
e. None of the above |
a. Warm water moves east along the equator
b. Weakening of the trade winds |
c. Strengthening of the trade winds
d. Both “a” and “b” e. Both “a” and “c” |
- What is the stage of lightning called where electrons are making a path towards the earth’s surface?
- Downdrafts Thunder
- Updrafts Step-leader c. Return Stroke
- If an air mass were designated with the letters “cT”, what kind of air mass would it be?
- Moist and warm air Moist and cold air
- Dry and warm air Very dry and cold air c. Dry and cold air
- The location where warm air from the mid-latitudes converges with cold air from the poles is called:
- La Nina Polar Front
- El Nino Polar easterlies
- What is the flash of light commonly associated with thunderstorms called?
- Downdrafts Thunder
- Updrafts Step-leader c. Return Stroke
- Where does the majority of precipitation happen in a thunderstorm?
- Within the updrafts of a thunderstorm With lightning’s return stroke
- Within the downdrafts of a thunderstorm With the step-leader of lightning
- What is the sound generated from violently expanding gasses in the atmosphere during a lightning event called?
- Downdrafts Thunder
- Updrafts Step-leader c. Return Stroke
- A geostrophic wind that blows quickly due to a steep pressure gradient is called:
- La Nina Polar easterlies
- El Nino Jet stream c. Polar Front
- When colder than normal water exists off the coast of Peru, we are said to have what is called:
- La Nina Polar easterlies
- El Nino Jet Stream c. Polar Front
- Surface winds that blow from the poles to the lower latitudes are called:
- La Nina Polar easterlies
- El Nino Jet Stream c. Polar Front
- The trade winds are:
- Easterly winds Southerly winds
- Westerly winds Northerly winds
- The “Hadley Cell” is a cell of circulating air that circulates
- From the equator to the poles In the mid-latitudes
- In the tropics At the poles
- If an air mass were designated with the letters “cP”, what kind of air mass would it be?
- Moist and warm air Moist and cold air
- Dry and warm air Very dry and cold air c. Dry and cold air
- What is special about the tropics to have hurricanes develop only in that region?
- Stronger pressure gradients Coriolis is weaker
- Subsiding air currents Warmer water temperatures
- At what time of day is an air-mass thunderstorm more likely to develop?
- midafternoon these storms are equally common
- midnight at all of these times
- midmorning
- The terms leader, flash, and stroke are used when describing:
- a tornado the stages of a cumulonimbus
- the passage of a hurricane cloud during a thunderstorm
- squall line formation none of these
- If an air mass were designated with the letters “mP”, what kind of air mass would it be?
- Moist and warm air Moist and cold air
- Dry and warm air Very dry and cold air c. Dry and cold air
- Thunderstorms and large cumulus clouds are characteristic of
- isothermal lapse rates unstable air
- stable air all warm fronts
- all polar air masses
- Which of the following is likely during the mature stage of a thunderstorm?
- lightning a, b, and c
- heavy precipitation none of these
- gusty winds
- If an air mass were designated with the letters “mT”, what kind of air mass would it be?
- Moist and warm air Moist and cold air
- Dry and warm air Very dry and cold air c. Dry and cold air
- Tornadoes and mid-latitude cyclones are similar in that:
- both form in the trade-wind belt
- both are most common and welldeveloped in the winter season
- How are thunderstorms kept alive?
- Downdrafts
- Updrafts
- Return Stroke
- both have areas of low pressure
- both have conspicuous surface
fronts
- Thunder
- Step-leader
- What causes the winds of a hurricane to be so fast?
- Weaker Coriolis force Very strong pressure
- Coupling with the jet stream gradient force
- Stronger Coriolis force
- Which of the following can diminish the intensity of a hurricane?
a. Moving over land
b. Decrease in large-scale flow aloft 35. Hurricanes are generally: |
c. Moving over cooler water
d. a, b & c |
a. smaller than mid-latitude cyclones
b. late summer and early fall storms |
c. areas of strong rainfall and winds
d. larger than tornadoes e. all of these |
- Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide stays in the atmosphere __________ years.
- 25 100
- 10 1000
- Which country is the world leader in Carbon Dioxide emissions:
- India United States
- Russia China
- Volcanic Ash released by a major volcanic eruption can cause the climate to:
- Cool Not change at all
- Warm
Please select “a” for True and “b” for False.
- Cumulonimbus clouds are often associated with passing cold fronts.
- Tornadoes are not classified as such until they touch the ground.
- Maritime polar air masses commonly travel to the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
- The trade winds from both hemispheres meet at the equator..
- La Nina occurs after every El Nino event.
- A mesocyclone is a type of tornado.
- The terms “typhoon” and “cyclone” refer to the initial weaker stages in the development of a hurricane.
- The earth is currently in the interglacial period of an ice age right now.
- Earth’s tilt over geologic time has stayed at 23.5 degrees since it was created. It has not varied.
- Relatively colder temperatures will prevail after the cold front passes.
- The “flash” that happens during a lightning strike moves from the cloud to the ground.
- Methane stays in the atmosphere only 10 years.