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Name: Class: Date: CH 11 Review
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The most powerful severe storm is the ____.
a. thunderstorm
b. tornado
c. hurricane
d. front
2. High pressure means good weather because ____.
a. the air masses rise
b. the air masses sink, making it difficult for clouds to form
c. clouds are blown away by wind
d. none of the above
3. A severe weather watch means which of the following?
a. The conditions are right for severe weather, but it is not occurring yet.
b. Severe weather is occurring.
c. Severe weather has passed through and it is now safe to go outside.
d. It is the season during which the type of severe weather concerned occurs.
4. Which type of severe weather is NOT an intense tropical storm?
a. hurricane
b. typhoon
c. tropical cyclone
d. tornado
5. Which type of system is shown below?
a. cold front
c. stationary front
b. low pressure
d. high pressure
6. Current, short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as ____.
a. humidity
b. lapse rate
c. weather
d. the ionosphere
7. Which type of air mass is formed over the ocean near the equator?
a. Continental tropical
b. Maritime tropical
c. Maritime polar
d. Continental polar
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8. The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the ____.
a. dew point
b. rain point
c. wind point
d. relative humidity
9. A(n) ____ connects points of equal temperature.
a. isobar
b. isotherm
c. station model
d. none of the above
10. If the dots represent air molecules, what does the figure below demonstrate?
a. There are more air molecules at higher altitudes.
b. There are less air molecules at higher altitudes.
c. There are less air molecules at lower altitudes.
d. The top of the atmosphere contains the most dense concentration of air molecules.
11. Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass?
a. Continental polar
b. Continental tropical
c. Maritime polar
d. Arctic
12. A Doppler radar _____.
a. is a package of weather instruments carried many kilometers above the ground by a weather balloon
b. can detect precipitation as well as the movement of small particles, which can be used to approximate
wind speed
c. is a device that measures wind speed
d. is a computer model used to determine a weather forecast
13. ____ can be produced by thunderstorms.
a. Stationary fronts
b. Tornadoes
c. Volcanoes
d. Tsunamis
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14. Which part of the water cycle would be most noticeable on a summer day in an area under a low pressure
system?
a. A
c. C
b. B
d. D
15. Which classification of tornado on the Fujita scale does the most damage?
a. F0
b. F2
c. F4
d. F5
16. ____ humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for
saturation at a specific temperature.
a. Total
b. Partial
c. Relative
d. none of the above
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Use the diagram to answer the questions.
17. What type of front is being modeled in the diagram?
a. cold front
b. warm front
c. stationary front
d. occluded front
18. As altitude increases which of the following occurs?
a. Air pressure decreases.
b. Air pressure increases.
c. Air pressure remains the same.
d. Air pressure behaves unpredictably because the two are unrelated.
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19. Look carefully at the graphic below. What sort of weather would you expect to find within the circle?
a. Hot with little rain in the summer, cool with little rain in the winter.
b. Hot with little rain in the summer, cool and rainy in the winter.
c. Hot and rainy in the summer, cool with little rain in the winter.
d. Hot and rainy in the summer, cool and rainy in the winter.
20. A radiosonde is which of the following?
a. a package of weather instruments carried many kilometers above the ground by a weather balloon
b. a specialized type of radar that can detect precipitation as well as the movement of small particles, which
can be used to approximate wind speed
c. a device that measures relative humidity
d. a computer model used to determine a weather forecast
21. When severe weather conditions already exist, a(n) ____ is issued.
a. warning
b. advisory
c. watch
d. station model
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22. From the graph below, determine the maximum amount of water vapor present when the temperature is 5°C.
a. 45 g/m3
b. about 0.4 g/m3
c. 7 g/m3
d. 40 g/m3
23. A balloon-borne package of sensors that gathers upper-level temperature, air pressure, and humidity is ____.
a. a radiosonde
b. a satellite
c. a hygrometer
d. Doppler radar
24. To keep track of high-and low-pressure areas, weather maps are drawn with lines connecting points of equal
atmospheric pressure. These lines are called ____.
a. isotherms
b. equibars
c. fronts
d. isobars
25. Areas of low-pressure usually have ____.
a. cloudy weather
b. good weather
c. descending air
d. none of the above
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Use the diagram to answer the questions.
26. What type of weather is associated with this type of front?
a. widespread precipitation
b. light winds and precipitation
c. intense precipitation and thunderstorms
d. strong winds and heavy precipitation
27. Which type of system is shown below?
a. cold front
c. stationary front
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b. low pressure
d. high pressure
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Use the diagram to answer the following questions.
28. Which of the following shows the necessary elements for the formation of hail?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
29. The hot and humid weather in Texas during the summer is most likely due to what type of air mass?
a. Continental polar
b. Continental tropical
c. Maritime polar
d. Maritime tropical
30. When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we
are experiencing ____.
a. evaporation
b. condensation
c. precipitation
d. transpiration
31. Although typically wind speeds in tornadoes are faster than wind speeds in hurricanes, hurricanes inflict much
more overall damage. Why is this?
a. Hurricanes are much larger than tornadoes.
b. Hurricanes last for a longer time than tornadoes.
c. Hurricanes are also associated with flooding since they cause high waves and strong rains.
d. all of the above
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32. What front is being forecast for this state?
a. cold front
c. stationary front
b. warm front
d. occluded front
33. The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ____.
a. front
b. storm
c. climate
d. flood
34. When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature, it is ____.
a. at its dew point
b. saturated
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
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Answer Key
1. c
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. d
6. c
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. b
11. a
12. b
13. b
14. b
15. d
16. c
17. a
18. a
19. b
20. a
21. a
22. b
23. a
24. d
25. a
26. c
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27. b
28. d
29. d
30. c
31. d
32. c
33. a
34. c
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