ASVAB: GENERAL SCIENCE- EARTH SCIENCE:

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ASVAB: GENERAL SCIENCE- EARTH SCIENCE:

METEOROLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans - Expert-Verified Explanation -Guaranteed passing score -11 Questions and Answers

-Format: Multiple-choice / Flashcard

Question 1: troposphere

Answer:

the lowest level of the atmosphere where all weather takes place; it is the region of rising and falling packets of air

Question 2: cold front

Answer:

when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass

Question 3: cumulus clouds

Answer:

which are massive clouds that are puffy, like popcorn, with relatively flat bottoms and rounded tops.When cumulus clouds darken you can expect heavy rain.

Question 4: thermosphere

Answer:

the temperature continues to increase with the altitude, with recorded temperatures reaching as high as 2,000 degrees celsius

Question 5: warm front

Answer:

when a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass

Question 6: stratosphere

Answer:

above the troposphere, where airflow is mostly horizontal. The thin ozone layer in the upper stratosphere has a high concentration of ozone, a particularly reactive form of oxygen

Question 7: cirrus clouds

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are thin, wispy clouds that occur much higher in the atmosphere, at elevations of 20,000 feet or more

Question 8: mesosphere

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above the stratosphere, which extends to about 90 kilometers above the Earth

Question 9: stratus cloud

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are low-hanging, broad, flat clouds that blanket the sky. The lowest of low clouds, when they occur on the ground they are called fog. Dark stratus clouds indicated that rain will soon occur.

Question 10: meteorology

Answer:

the study of weather, and the atmosphere and atmospheric phenomena

Question 11: stationary front

Answer:

when two air masses meet and neither is displaced, the two fronts push against each other in a stalemate, causing cloudy, wet weather, that can last a week or more