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1) Huge rolling waves caused by high winds ahead of a hurricane:
A
vortex
B
gale winds
C
storm swells
D
malestroms
2) The largest storm of any storm on earth
A
Volcano
B
Lake effect storm
C
Blizzard
D
Hurricane
3) Another name for a hurricane is a
A
malestrom
B
cyclone
C
tornado
D
tropical inversion
4) A rapidly-spinning column of air extending down from a cumulonimbus cloud is a
A
dust devil
B
polar vortex
C
tornado
D
frontal cumulonimbal system
5) Large rotating storm systems are known as
A
supercells
B
airborne thunderstorms
C
funnel clouds
D
wind shears
6) What is a squall line?
A
a weather pattern that is conducive to extensive tornadoes
B
a group of thunderstorms along a cold front
C
a line of tornadoes scattered throughout a storm system
D
a line of thunderstorms that are associated with polar conditions
7) What are the components of a wintry mix?
A
Completely hail
B
Various kinds of liquid and solid precipitation
C
Completely snow
D
Completely rain
8) Frontal wedging is the effect that occurs when
A
The cold front pushes warm air downward, causing humid conditions
B
the cold front pushes warm air upward, causing it to cool
C
the warm front pushes the cold front upward, causing it to get warmer
D
the warm front pushes the cold front upward, causing it to further cool
9) The process when air lifts into the atmosphere after multiple horizontal air currents contact one another is called
A
convection
B
conduction
C
Coriolis effect
D
thunderhead formation
10) The effect where a windy side of a mountain is different (drier)than the non-windy side is called the
A
storm system
B
windward motion
C
rain shadow
D
pressure gradient
11) What is orographic lifting?
A
When mountains cause humidity and weather to differ on either side
B
The formation of a cumulonimbus cloud
C
When two fronts meet and are forced upward
D
The creation of an occluded front
12) Characteristics of a cold front passing through an area include:
A
temperature staying the same
B
temperature dropping
C
temperature fluctuating
D
temperature rising
13) A warm front includes:
A
stormy weather
B
rising temperatures
C
falling temperatures
D
tornadoes
14) Convection works by:
A
cyclonic movements over a continental region
B
influencing tidal regions with heat waves
C
ocean warming and creating ripe conditions for hurricane
D
sun heating the earth and the air above the ground warming as a result
15) A front is:
A
a boundary between two different air masses
B
an area of low pressure
C
a collection of intense thermal energy
D
an area of high pressure
16) The area that gives an air mass its characteristics is called a
A
supernova region
B
storm front
C
frontal region
D
source region
17) Maritime means
A
ocean
B
air
C
wind
D
land
18) Polar means
A
westward wind
B
cold/frigid
C
eastward wind
D
warm/windy
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