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Climates are classified according to two major factors:
a) elevation and temperature
b) temperature and latitude
c) latitude and elevation
d) precipitation and temperature

On a psychrometer If the dry bulb is 10 and the wet bulb is 10, what type of weather are you having?
a) rain
b) clear skies
c) snow
d) tornadoes

on a psychrometer If the dry bulb is 11, and the wet bulb is 1, what type of weather are you having?
a) rain
b) hot and dry
c) clear skies
d) cold and dry

On a psychrometer If the dry bulb is 10 and the wet bulb is 10, what is the relative humidity?
a) 88 %
b) 56%
c) 0 %
d) 100%

When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, it forms a(n)
a) occluded front
b) warm front
c) stationary front
d) cold front

What kind of weather would a continental tropical air mass that formed over northern Mexico bring to the southwestern United States?
a) monsoon rains
b) warm and moist
c) cold and moist
d) warm and dry

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n)
a) occluded front
b) warm front
c) stationary front
d) cold front.

Any form of water that falls from clouds is called
a) dew
b) evaporation
c) condensation
d) precipitation.

Weather associated with a cyclone is generally
a) cloudy but dry
b) sunny and hot
c) wet and cloudy
d) dry and clear

Large storm clouds that often produce severe storms like thunderstorms and are called
a) stratus clouds
b) cumulonimbus clouds
c) cirrus clouds
d) nimbostratus clouds.

Weather associated with an anticyclone is generally
a) cloudy but dry
b) unpredictable
c) wet and cloudy
d) dry and clear

Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from
a) maritime polar air masses
b) maritime tropical air masses
c) continental polar air masses
d) continental tropical air masses.

Relative humidity can be measured with a(an)
a) anemometer
b) barometer
c) psychrometer
d) thermometer

The closer you live to an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a
a) maritime
b) continental
c) tropical
d) subtropical

What is the name of the process by which water vapor enters the atmosphere during the water cycle?
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) precipitation
d) convection

The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a
a) maritime
b) continental
c) tropical
d) subtropical

The sun’s rays are least direct
a) near the poles
b) near the equator
c) at high altitudes
d) far from the ocean

A maritime polar air mass will be
a) cold and dry
b) wet and warm
c) wet and cold
d) warm and dry

A continental polar air mass will be
a) cold and dry
b) wet and warm
c) wet and cold
d) warm and dry

A maritime tropical air mass will be
a) cold and dry
b) wet and warm
c) wet and cold
d) warm and dry

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