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WEATHER... EXAM QUESTIONS
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-Guarantee passing score -96 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Hurricanes which form in the tropics off the coast of Africa ride this path of the Tropical Atlantic bringing hurricanes to the ________.
Answer:
southeastern USA Question 2: anti cyclones are waves of air moving in _ direction around a high pressure area.
Answer:
an outward
Question 3: ______ form within a front.
Answer:
Waves Question 4: boundary formed where cold polar air meets the warmer air of the middle lats
Answer:
polar front
Question 5: In winter the air is colder and ___ and sinks farther _ toward the equator.
Answer:
heavier; south Question 6: when temperatures of 2 air masses is very similar, neither can displace the other and weather is like a warm front and typically stays the same
Answer:
stationary front Question 7: pattern of clouds:
Answer:
cirrus- cirrostratus- altostratus- stratus- nimbostratus
Question 8: So, low pressure areas are _ and _.
Answer:
rainy and cloudy
Question 9: Sign for Polar Pacific
Answer:
mP
Question 10: Describe the Tropical Atlantic.
Answer:
the same as Tropical gulf
Question 11: Warm moist air rises quickly to form _.
Answer:
clouds
Question 12: boundary formed where two air masses meet and neither is displaced
Answer:
stationary front
Question 13: boundary formed where a cold air mass overtakes and lifts a warm air mass
Answer:
cold front
Question 14: Polar Atlantic Sign
Answer:
mP
Question 15: In summer, the air is not as _ so it retreats farther north.
Answer:
dense
Question 16: cold air rushes in and _ warm air
Answer:
lifts
Question 17: _______ air masses tend to be moist.
Answer:
maritime Question 18: The earth's rotation creates 3 major wind cells:
Answer:
trade, prevailing, and polar
Question 19: A squall line forms along a _.
Answer:
cold front
Question 20: Over land, the lack of moisture causes the storm to _ _.
Answer:
die out
Question 21: Latent heat is produced by _ _ and _ gives the storm power.
Answer:
rapid evaporation; condensation Question 22: Warm moist air trapped in the middle begins to rise, _ causes clouds and storms to occur.
Answer:
condensation Question 23: high speed western river of air which separates the polar front from the warmer southern air
Answer:
jet stream
Question 24: Tropical continental forms over -.
Answer:
Mexico affects the Southwest; brings clear, dry, hot weather
Question 25: A tornado is a _ shaped cloud.
Answer:
funnel
Question 26: Tornado forms when a _.
Answer:
thunderstorm meets high altitude horizontal winds which cause it to spin Question 27: The ____ _____ is the deflection of wind due to the earth's rotation.
Answer:
Coriolis effect
Question 28: _ _ _ in the doldrums evaporate quickly.
Answer:
Warm ocean water
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