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Weather test
1. Which is not one of the global winds?
a. Prevailing Westerlies
c. Polar Easterlies
b. Prevailing Easterlies
d. horse latitude
2. Which of the following means air mass over land?
a. Polar
c. tropical
b. Continental
d. maritime
3. Label the types of fronts: warm front, stationary front, occluded front, cold front
4. Which is not a type of precipitation?
a. Rain
c. snow
b. Hail
d. gas
5. Which means air mass over water?
a. Polar
c. tropical
b. Continental
d. maritime
6. Which means cold?
a. Polar
c. tropical
b. Continental
d. maritime
7. At which latitude are the trade winds?
a. 60 degrees
c. 90 degrees
b. 0 degrees
d. 30 degrees
8. At which latitude are the prevailing westerlies?
a. 30-60
c. 60-90
b. 0-30
d. 40
9. At what degree latitude do tornados typically occur?
a. 60 degrees
c. 90 degrees
b. 30 degrees
d. 0 degrees
10. Label the following diagram with the appropriate cloud name: stratus, cirro-stratus,
cumulo-nimbus, alto-stratus, cirro-cumulus, alto-cumulus, strato-cumulus, cirrus, nimbostratus, cumulus
11. What is the difference between local winds and global winds?
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12. Explain the Coriolis effect
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