Weather Vocabulary #2 Question Preview (ID: 35213)


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hurricane
a) Fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction.
b) Winds that move parallel to Earth's surface due to the spinning of the Earth.
c) Low pressure storm that forms over warm water with the eye as the center.
d) Low pressure storm that forms over land and has rapid whirling wind with a funnel shaped cloud.

tornado
a) Low pressure storm that forms over land and has rapid whirling wind with a funnel shaped cloud.
b) Low pressure storm that forms over warm water with the eye as the center.
c) Winds that move parallel to Earth's surface due to the spinning of the Earth.
d) Fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction.

storm
a) Fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction
b) A large body of air that forms over land or water and takes on the temperature and humidity level from where it forms.
c) Severe weather conditions that occur when pressure differences cause rapid air movement
d) Winds that move parallel to Earth's surface due to the spinning of the Earth.

low pressure system
a) Fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction
b) A large body of air that forms over land or water and takes on the temperature and humidity level from where it forms.
c) Severe weather conditions that occur when pressure differences cause rapid air movement
d) Bad weather with winds circulating in a counterclockwise direction

high pressure system
a) Bad weather with winds circulating in a counterclockwise direction
b) Fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction
c) Severe weather conditions that occur when pressure differences cause rapid air movement
d) A large body of air that forms over land or water and takes on the temperature and humidity level from where it forms.

warm front
a) A cold air mass and warm air mass battle at the boundary line. Neither move. Long periods of precipitation
b) A cold air mass, cool air mass, and warm air mass collide. Long periods of precipitation.
c) A cold air mass collides with a warm air mass pushing the warm air up quickly. Storms and cooler temperatures.
d) A warm air mass rise over a cold air mass. Long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures.

occluded front
a) A warm air mass rise over a cold air mass. Long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures.
b) A cold air mass collides with a warm air mass pushing the warm air up quickly. Storms and cooler temperatures.
c) A cold air mass and warm air mass battle at the boundary line. Neither move. Long periods of precipitation
d) A cold air mass, cool air mass, and warm air mass collide. Long periods of precipitation.

stationary front
a) A cold air mass, cool air mass, and warm air mass collide. Long periods of precipitation.
b) A cold air mass and warm air mass battle at the boundary line. Neither move. Long periods of precipitation
c) A cold air mass collides with a warm air mass pushing the warm air up quickly. Storms and cooler temperatures.
d) A warm air mass rise over a cold air mass. Long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures.

cold front
a) A warm air mass rise over a cold air mass. Long periods of precipitation and warmer temperatures.
b) A cold air mass collides with a warm air mass pushing the warm air up quickly. Storms and cooler temperatures.
c) A cold air mass and warm air mass battle at the boundary line. Neither move. Long periods of precipitation
d) A cold air mass, cool air mass, and warm air mass collide. Long periods of precipitation.

front
a) severe weather conditions that occur when pressure differences cause rapid air movement
b) boundary line between two air masses
c) bad weather with winds circulating in a counterclockwise direction
d) fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction

air mass
a) a large body of air that forms over land or water taking on the temperature and the humidity fro where it forms.
b) severe weather conditions that occur when pressure differences cause rapid air movement
c) fair weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction
d) bad weather with winds circulating in a counterclockwise direction

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