Download Study Guide for Meteorology Test Part II

Study Guide for Meteorology Test
1. In which direction does a jet stream flow?
2. How are winds named?
3. What type of pressure are cyclones?
4. What are the characteristics of the air above the poles? (cold/warm; rising/ sinking)
5. What instrument measures wind speed?
6. What does the Coriolis effect influence about the wind?
7. What is a front?
8. What type of air is forced upwards when a front passes?
9. What type of front is created when a cold front catches up to a warm front?
10. What will the weather be like after a cold front passes?
11. What happens to a cold air mass after it moves over a tropical area?
12. What is a stationary front?
13. How do the slopes compare in a cold front and a warm front?
a. Speed?
b. Cloud conditions?
c. Temperature after the front leaves the area?
14. What is an air mass?
15. What is the ultimate energy source for winds?
16. What type of environment favors a thunderstorm? Why do they often form in the summer?
17. What are the 3 stages of a thunderstorm?
18. Which stage is most intense?
19. What causes the updrafts to die down?
20. What type of pressure exists at the center of a tornado?
21. What about “Tornado Alley” makes it conducive for tornadoes to form?
22. What scale is used to measure the intensity of a tornado?
23. During which time of the year are most tornado outbreaks?
24. What is a mesocyclone?
25. What type of pressure drives the creation of a hurricane?
26. What is the fuel for a hurricane?
27. What type of conditions exists at the eye of a hurricane?
28. What are the characteristics of the eye wall?
29. What makes a hurricane lose its energy as it travels over land?
30. What scale is used to measure the intensity of a hurricane?
Continental Polar (cP)
Continental Tropical (cT)
31. Forms over the Gulf of Mexico
32. Forms over Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico
33. Warm and moist air
34. Warm and dry air
35. Cold and dry air
36. Forms over Canada
37. Forms over N. Pacific Ocean and N. Atlantic Ocean
38. Cold and moist air
Maritime Polar (mP) Maritime Tropical (mT)