Question 1

What are the spatial and temporal conditions that create Tornado Alley? What are the specific weather conditions are necessary to create a tornado?

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Question 2

Air masses which develop over Canada are examples of ________ air masses.

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A) mT 
B) mP 
C) cT 
D) cP 
E) cAA 
A) mT 
B) mP 
C) cT 
D) cP 
E) cAA

Question 3

The severity of storm activity along a warm front is ________ than that along most cold fronts because the rate of uplift is ________ along a warm front.

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A) less slower 
B) less faster 
C) greater slower 
D) greater faster 
A) less slower 
B) less faster 
C) greater slower 
D) greater faster

Question 4

The location that experiences the greatest number of thunderstorms in a given year is in

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A) the Great Plains of the United States. 
B) central South America. 
C) southeast Asia. 
D) East Africa,north of Lake Victoria. 
E) central Australia. 
A) the Great Plains of the United States. 
B) central South America. 
C) southeast Asia. 
D) East Africa,north of Lake Victoria. 
E) central Australia.

Question 5

The term "rain shadow" is assigned to windward slopes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The highest rainfall in the world occurs in an area whose rainfall is generated by

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A) advectional cooling of air masses over cold ocean currents. 
B) orographic uplift of warm,moist air. 
C) convectional uplift of warm,moist air. 
D) radiative cooling of cold,moist air. 
E) convergent lifting of cold,moist air. 
A) advectional cooling of air masses over cold ocean currents. 
B) orographic uplift of warm,moist air. 
C) convectional uplift of warm,moist air. 
D) radiative cooling of cold,moist air. 
E) convergent lifting of cold,moist air.

Question 7

Lake effect snow involves

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A) light snowfall on the windward shores of Great Lakes. 
B) heavy snowfall on the windward shores of the Great Lakes. 
C) cP and cA air masses being humidified and warmed by the Great Lakes. 
D) stable air over the region 
E) mT air moving into the Great Lakes region. 
A) light snowfall on the windward shores of Great Lakes. 
B) heavy snowfall on the windward shores of the Great Lakes. 
C) cP and cA air masses being humidified and warmed by the Great Lakes. 
D) stable air over the region 
E) mT air moving into the Great Lakes region.

Question 8

-The weather conditions along point C are described by which of the following?

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A) wind shifting and strong,warm air abruptly lifted by colder air 
B) warm air being lifted gently and steadily over cooler air 
C) an area of clear skies and north winds 
D) mT air mass,warm,wet,and humid from the Gulf states 
E) rapidly falling air pressure and increasingly cloudy skies. 
A) wind shifting and strong,warm air abruptly lifted by colder air 
B) warm air being lifted gently and steadily over cooler air 
C) an area of clear skies and north winds 
D) mT air mass,warm,wet,and humid from the Gulf states 
E) rapidly falling air pressure and increasingly cloudy skies.

Question 9

Midlatitude cyclones often develop on the windward side of mountains and are related to the flow of air upslope.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the four types of atmospheric lifting and give typical geographic characteristics associated with each.

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Question 11

Using regional examples,explain how orographic precipitation and rain shadows are related.

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Question 12

Hurricanes die when they move over land because

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A) the Coriolis force is not sufficient to sustain them over land. 
B) the land temperature is not warm enough to sustain the low pressure system. 
C) evaporation and subsequent condensation are no longer sufficient to sustain them. 
D) friction overcomes the forward momentum and the storm decays. 
E) the specific heat and relative humidity ratios dissipate the storm's energy. 
A) the Coriolis force is not sufficient to sustain them over land. 
B) the land temperature is not warm enough to sustain the low pressure system. 
C) evaporation and subsequent condensation are no longer sufficient to sustain them. 
D) friction overcomes the forward momentum and the storm decays. 
E) the specific heat and relative humidity ratios dissipate the storm's energy.

Question 13

Continental polar air masses of cold,dry air are more developed during the summer over North America than in winter.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

How do air masses form? What are their general characteristics?

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Question 15

Follow a parcel of warm,moist air eastward up and over the Coast Ranges of British Columbia,discussing where and why precipitation forms and what happens to the air parcel on the eastern slope of the mountains.

Accepted Answer

As the warm, moist air moves eastward up

Question 16

Easterly waves travel from ________ in the ________ belt.

Accepted Answer

A) east to west trade wind 
B) west to east trade wind belt 
C) east to west westerly 
D) west to east westerly 
E) south to north,westerly 
A) east to west trade wind 
B) west to east trade wind belt 
C) east to west westerly 
D) west to east westerly 
E) south to north,westerly

Question 17

Which hurricane holds the western hemisphere records for lowest barometric pressure?

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A) Hurricane Camille 
B) Hurricane Hugo 
C) Hurricane Agnes 
D) Hurricane Wilma 
E) Hurricane Katrina 
A) Hurricane Camille 
B) Hurricane Hugo 
C) Hurricane Agnes 
D) Hurricane Wilma 
E) Hurricane Katrina

Question 18

Weather is

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A) the climate of a region. 
B) the short-term condition of the atmosphere. 
C) the long-term atmospheric condition,including extremes that may occur. 
D) a reference to temperature patterns only. 
E) a method to describe moisture in the atmosphere. 
A) the climate of a region. 
B) the short-term condition of the atmosphere. 
C) the long-term atmospheric condition,including extremes that may occur. 
D) a reference to temperature patterns only. 
E) a method to describe moisture in the atmosphere.

Question 19

A mT air mass ________ than a cT air mass.

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A) forms over tropical rainforests and is usually more humid 
B) forms over an ocean and is usually more humid 
C) forms over an ocean and is usually less humid 
D) forms under the equatorial low and is usually less humid 
E) forms over tropical rainforests and is usually less humid 
A) forms over tropical rainforests and is usually more humid 
B) forms over an ocean and is usually more humid 
C) forms over an ocean and is usually less humid 
D) forms under the equatorial low and is usually less humid 
E) forms over tropical rainforests and is usually less humid

Question 20

A mT air mass is likely to be ________ than a cT air mass because the mT air mass ________.

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A) wetter is warmer than the cT air mass 
B) wetter forms over the ocean 
C) drier is a cold air mass 
D) drier forms under the equatorial low 
E) hotter forms over the ocean 
A) wetter is warmer than the cT air mass 
B) wetter forms over the ocean 
C) drier is a cold air mass 
D) drier forms under the equatorial low 
E) hotter forms over the ocean

Exam 8: Weather

What are the spatial and temporal conditions that create Tornado Alley? What are the specific weather conditions are necessary to create a tornado?

Air masses which develop over Canada are examples of ________ air masses.

The severity of storm activity along a warm front is ________ than that along most cold fronts because the rate of uplift is ________ along a warm front.

The location that experiences the greatest number of thunderstorms in a given year is in

The term "rain shadow" is assigned to windward slopes.

The highest rainfall in the world occurs in an area whose rainfall is generated by

Lake effect snow involves

-The weather conditions along point C are described by which of the following?

Midlatitude cyclones often develop on the windward side of mountains and are related to the flow of air upslope.

Describe the four types of atmospheric lifting and give typical geographic characteristics associated with each.

Using regional examples,explain how orographic precipitation and rain shadows are related.

Hurricanes die when they move over land because

Continental polar air masses of cold,dry air are more developed during the summer over North America than in winter.

How do air masses form? What are their general characteristics?

Follow a parcel of warm,moist air eastward up and over the Coast Ranges of British Columbia,discussing where and why precipitation forms and what happens to the air parcel on the eastern slope of the mountains.

Easterly waves travel from ________ in the ________ belt.

Which hurricane holds the western hemisphere records for lowest barometric pressure?

Weather is

A mT air mass ________ than a cT air mass.

A mT air mass is likely to be ________ than a cT air mass because the mT air mass ________.

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