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1) ___________________ clouds are low flying, flat bottomed, and layered.
a) stratus
b) altocirrus
c) cumulus
d) cirrus
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2) Give a full weather forecast for any city you choose on this map. Include possible Millibar and
Inches of Mercury measurements.
vary
3) White puffy clouds that indicate fair weather are called ____________ clouds.
a) cirrus
b) cumulus
c) stratus
d) cumulonimbus
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4) ______________________________ is the measure of average energy of the air's particles.
a) Temperature
b) Humidity
c) Excitement
d) Evaporation
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5) What do Hurricanes need in order to form, grow and continue moving?
a) clear dry land
b) warm ocean water
c) cold ocean water
d) dense forrested land
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6) _____________________ means formed over land - DRY
a) Maritime
b) Polar
c) Continental
d) Tropical
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7) What type of conditions would a Continental Tropical air mass have?
a) cold and wet
b) hot and dry
c) cold and dry
d) hot and wet
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8) When 2 cold air masses "pinch" a warm air mass quickly pushing it upward a
________________ is formed.
a) cold front
b) warm front
c) occluded fornt
d) stationary front
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9) What type of front is moving through Middle Tennesse and what kind of weather might it be
causing?
cold front, possible severe weather
10) The Sun transfers its heat to the Earth by _____________________
a) convection
b) radiation
c) conduction
d) isolation
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11) When a Fast moving Polar air mass "bulldozes" a slower Tropical air mass forcing it up into the
atmosphere a _________________ forms.
a) occluded front
b) warm front
c) cold front
d) stationary front
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12) What type of Front does this symbol represent and what kind of weather does it cause?
warm - cloudy rainy conditions
13) ___________________ means formed near the Equator - Hot
a) Polar
b) Tropical
c) Maritime
d) Continental
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14) ____________________ means formed over the ocean – wet/moist
a) Tropical
b) Continental
c) Polar
d) Maritime
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15)
16)
c
d
17)
b
18)
g
19)
a
20)
f
21)
h
22)
e
rain, snow, sleet and hail
Clouds that produce thunderstorms
and tornadoes
Clouds that produce dreary, rainy
conditions
In order for a _____________ to
form, warm and cold air must collide
and a wind shear must be present
A large tropical storm whose winds
are in excess of 100mph
Clouds whose altitude is greater
than normal
Process of the water cycle that is
driven by Radiation and Convection
Water vapor in the atmosphere
cools and turns back into water
dropets or ice crystals
a) hurricane
b) nimbostratus
c) precipitation
d) cumulonimbus
e) condensation
f) altocirrus / altostratus
g) tornado
h) evaporation
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23) When a Fast tropical air mass overtakes a Polar air mass and slowly pushes it a
_________________ forms
a) cold front
b) occluded front
c) stationary front
d) warm front
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24) The boundary between two colliding air masses is called a _______________
a) border
b) humidity
c) front
d) trough
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25) What are the 4 things that need to be included in a good forecast?
kind of pressure, kind of front, temperature, type of precipitation
26) _______________________ is the Amount of moisture in the air
a) sweatiness
b) humidity
c) temperature
d) condensation
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27) What conditions can be expected in a Maritime Polar air mass?
a) Hot and Wet
b) Cold and Wet
c) Cold and Dry
d) Hot and Dry
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28) Large Pockets of air characterized by Humidity and Temperature are called _______________
a) cyclone
b) gulf
c) front
d) air mass
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29) Where an air mass is formed determines its _______________ and __________________.
a) speed
b) size
c) temperature
d) humidity
e) strength
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30) When 2 opposing warm and cold air masses collide and neither one can move the other a
___________________ is formed
a) warm front
b) cold front
c) occluded front
d) stationary front
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31) Describe the type of weather assosciated with a High pressure system and a Low pressure
system.
High = clear fair weather
Low = Cloudy, rainy, stormy
32) What type of cloud is being formed in this picture?
a) altocirrus
b) nimbostratus
c) cumulonimbus
d) cirrostratus
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33) The Calm center of a Hurricane is called the ____________________
a) cyclone
b) oasis
c) anticylcone
d) eye
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34) High altitude thin, wispy ice crystal clouds that usually indicate clear cool weather are called
______________ clouds.
a) cumulus
b) cirrus
c) nimbostratus
d) stratus
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35) A ________________ studies atmopheric conditions and the resulting weather.
a) meteorologist
b) cartographer
c) seismologist
d) astronomer
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36) What type of front is this and What kind of weather does it usually cause?
occluded - heavy rain and possible severe weather