Exam 15: Weather Systems

This stage of a thunderstorm is characterized by adiabatic cooling.

How large is a typical, single air mass?

Warm fronts slope more gently than cold fronts.

Where do most super-cells form?

Use the map below to answer this question. -Which location will become warmer in the next 12 hours?

Cumulonimbus clouds are more common along warm fronts than cold fronts.

Most people who die in a hurricane drown.

Use the map below to answer this question. -The map illustrates the relative positions of a warm and cold front. Where is the warm front located?

Cold fronts are more steeply inclined than warm fronts.

Hurricane-generated winds cause most of the damages along the coast when they reach landfall.

What air pressure and wind directions are present in hurricanes?

What air pressure and wind directions are present in tornadoes?

Largest tornado swarms are associated with warm fronts.

Use the map below to answer this question. -What direction is the mid-latitude cyclone traveling toward?

Air masses moving south from Canada are likely to be cold and dry.

Which situations produce the largest pressure gradients?

What characteristic of science best describes invention of thermometers and barometers as they relate to understanding weather?

About how long does it take for a typical frontal system (mid-latitude cyclone) to cross the United States?

Use the map to answer this question. -Identify the continental tropical air mass.

Air masses moving north from the Gulf of Mexico are likely to be warm and dry.