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Weather and Climate Test Review
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1. The process of liquid water changing to gas is called
a. precipitation
b. condensation
c. evaporation
d. water vapor
2. A maritime tropical air mass contains
a. Warm, wet air
b. Cold, moist air
c. Warm, dry air
d. Cold, dry air
3. A front that forms when a warm air mass is trapped between cold air masses and
forced to rise is called a(n)
a. Stationary front
b. Warm front
c. Occluded front
d. Cold front
4. A severe storm that forms as a rapidly rotating funnel cloud is called
a. Hurricane
b. Tornado
c. Typhoon
d. Thunderstorm
5. Describe the conditions along a stationary front.
6. What are the characteristics of an air mass that forms over the Gulf of Mexico?
7. List the major similarities and differences between hurricanes and tornadoes.
8. On the local news, the weather forecast calls for high winds and heavy rainfall.
Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to be the cause of this predicted
weather?
a. A cold air mass is colliding with a moist, warm air mass
b. A cold air mass is remaining stationary for an extended period of time
c. A warm air mass is remaining stationary for an extended period of time
d. A moist, warm air mass is colliding with a dry air mass of the same
temperature.
9. Clouds are classified by their
and
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