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Weather
1.
Which of the following processes occurs in Earth’s stratosphere?
A. Clouds form.
B. Ozone forms.
C. Meteors burn up.
D. Radio waves are propagated.
2. Which type of light intensity and climate will occur on the part of Earth that receives sunlight at the
most direct angle?
A. highest intensity and warmest climate
B. highest intensity and coldest climate
C. lowest intensity and warmest climate
D. lowest intensity and coldest climate
3. When air reaches its dew point temperature, which process of the hydrologic cycle occurs?
A. evaporation
C. precipitation
B. condensation
D. convection
4. In which of the following processes is water changed directly from the solid state to the gaseous
state?
A. evaporation
C. sublimation
B. condensation
D. deposition
5. What name is given to thick, gray, undefined clouds that produce continuous precipitation?
A. cirrus
C. nimbostratus
B. stratus
D. cumulonimbus
6. When the Sun beats down on sunbathers on a beach, they are receiving heat through which process?
A. radiation
C. convection
B. conduction
D. infiltration
7. A cold, dry air mass originating in Canada is described by what symbol?
A. cA
C. mP
B. cP
D. mT
8. Which kind of front is occurring when cool, cold, and warm air masses collide, forcing the warm air
mass aloft?
A. cold front
C. stationary front
B. warm front
D. occluded front
9. What name and description best fits a high-pressure region inside an air mass that is associated with
sunny, cloudless skies?
A. anticyclone, with clockwise sinking winds
B. anticyclone, with counterclockwise sinking winds
C. cyclone, with clockwise rising winds
D. cyclone, with counterclockwise rising winds
10. The Coriolis force, which deflects wind direction, results from which of the following?
A. the pressure gradient force
C. Earth’s rotation under the atmosphere
B. the tilt of Earth’s axis
D. wind friction against Earth’s surface