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1) Huge rolling waves caused by high winds ahead of a hurricane:

Astorm swells Bmalestroms Cvortex Dgale winds

2) The largest storm of any storm on earth

AHurricane BVolcano CLake effect storm DBlizzard

3) Another name for a hurricane is a

Acyclone Bmalestrom Ctropical inversion Dtornado

4) A rapidly-spinning column of air extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud is a

Apolar vortex Bfrontal cumulonimbal system Ctornado Ddust devil

5) Large rotating storm systems are known as

Aairborne thunderstorms Bfunnel clouds Cwind shears Dsupercells

6) What is a squall line?

Aa line of tornadoes scattered throughout a storm system Ba weather pattern that is conducive to extensive tornadoes Ca line of thunderstorms that are associated with polar conditions Da group of thunderstorms along a cold front

7) What are the components of a wintry mix?

ACompletely rain BVarious kinds of liquid and solid precipitation CCompletely hail DCompletely snow

8) Frontal wedging is the effect that occurs when

Athe cold front pushes warm air upward, causing it to cool Bthe warm front pushes the cold front upward, causing it to get warmer Cthe warm front pushes the cold front upward, causing it to further cool DThe cold front pushes warm air downward, causing humid conditions

9) The process when air lifts into the atmosphere after multiple horizontal air currents contact one another is called

ACoriolis effect Bconvection Cconduction Dthunderhead formation

10) The effect where a windy side of a mountain is different (drier)than the non-windy side is called the

Arain shadow Bpressure gradient Cstorm system Dwindward motion

11) What is orographic lifting?

AWhen two fronts meet and are forced upward BWhen mountains cause humidity and weather to differ on either side CThe creation of an occluded front DThe formation of a cumulonimbus cloud

12) Characteristics of a cold front passing through an area include:

Atemperature fluctuating Btemperature dropping Ctemperature staying the same Dtemperature rising

13) A warm front includes:

Arising temperatures Bstormy weather Ctornadoes Dfalling temperatures

14) Convection works by:

Aocean warming and creating ripe conditions for hurricane Bcyclonic movements over a continental region Csun heating the earth and the air above the ground warming as a result Dinfluencing tidal regions with heat waves

15) A front is:

Aa collection of intense thermal energy Ban area of low pressure Ca boundary between two different air masses Dan area of high pressure

16) The area that gives an air mass its characteristics is called a

Asupernova region Bsource region Cfrontal region Dstorm front

17) Maritime means

Aair Bwind Cland Docean

18) Polar means

Aeastward wind Bcold/frigid Cwestward wind Dwarm/windy

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