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Week VII
Question 1
Air masses are classified according to their ____.
Answer
longitude
latitude
source region
relation to the equator
Question 2
The warmest part of the hurricane is located where?
Answer
northeast quadrant
southwest quadrant
eye
25-30 miles from the center of the eye
Question 3
If earth were not rotating ____.
Answer
it would lose its atmosphere
air would move directly from high to low pressure
all air would move in one direction only
friction would be eliminated
Question 4
Which of the following statements is false?
Answer
Studies have shown that at least half of the hurricanes that make landfall produce at least
one tornado.
Most tornado injuries and deaths result from flying debris.
When a cyclone’s strongest winds do not exceed 38 mph, it is called a tropical depression.
Because hurricanes strengthen as they move inland most of the damage occurs within 200
miles from the coast.
Question 5
When an active cold front overtakes a warm front and results in complex weather it is called ____.
Answer
overrunning
wind shear
lake effect snows
occluded front
Question 6
Which of the following statements is true?
Answer
Tornadoes are cyclonic while hurricanes are anticyclonic.
A tornado watch is issued by the National Weather Service after a tornado has been
sighted in an area.
Thunderstorms are usually associated with nimbostratus clouds.
Hurricanes form between the latitudes of 5 degrees and 20 degrees.
Question 7
Lines on a weather map connecting places of equal air pressure are called ____.
Answer
isovectors
isobars
isotherms
isogrids
Question 8
When the pressure gradient force is balanced and winds blow parallel to the isobars, this is called
____.
Answer
jet streams
anti-cyclones
westerlies
geostrophic winds
Question 9
Standard sea level pressure in inches of mercury is ____inches.
Answer
7.52
14.70
28.70
29.92
Question 10
Who said “Every wind has its weather”?
Answer
President Grant
Coriolis
Gilbert
Sir Francis Bacon
Question 11
“Perhaps more than any other single measurement, atmospheric pressure is the best indicator of current and
changing weather conditions.” Explain and discuss why this statement is correct. Provide some examples.
Answer
Question 12
Regarding the issue of climate change and global warming: NOTE: This essay will have a minimum word requirement of 250 words.
I. Briefly define and describe the terms climate change and global warming, then….
II. In trying to balance the pros and cons on the respective sides of this issue, provide one scientific statement and/or argument for your posi
discussion for both positions. Please make sure that you include where you obtained your resource material.
Example:
On one side Al Gore tells us that “a new scientific study shows that, for the first time, polar bears have been drowning in significant numbers.
Bear Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union that of the twenty distinct sub-populations of polar bears, one or possibly two were d
stable. In addition, there were two subpopulations that were actually increasing around the Beaufort Sea. (These would be your two opposin
Lomborg, Bjorn. (2007). Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming. New York, New York. Vintage Books.
The above example was taken from “Cool It, The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming” by Bjorn Lomborg, a scientifically w
perspectives on these issues.
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Week VIII
Question 1
When medium-mass stars collapse from red giants to white dwarfs, the remaining illuminated gas cloud is often referred
to as a _____.
Answer
supernova
neutron stars
planetary nebulae
pulsar
Question 2
What is the innermost of the Galilean moons?
Answer
Ganymeade
Callisto
Io
Metis
Question 3
This scientist explained the force that keeps the planets from going in a straight line out into space. Who is he?
Answer
Galileo
Brahe
Kepler
Newton
Question 4
The largest known volcano in the solar system is ____________.
Answer
Mauna Loa, Hawaii, on Earth
Vulcan on Venus
Solfatara on Jupiter
Mons Olympus on Mars
Question 5
The spherical shell around the solar system that produces comets, which rarely have orbits that bring them to the inner solar syste
Answer
Belt of Orion
Planetesimals
Regoliths
Oort cloud
Question 6
Which main-sequence stars are the least massive?
Answer
red
orange
yellow
blue
Question 7
According to the Ptolemaic (Greek) model of the universe, how many "heavenly" bodies could be observed wandering along the b
Answer
one
two
five
seven
Question 8
The discovery that the universe appears to be expanding led to a widely accepted theory called __________.
Answer
The Big Bang
Hubble’s Law
Einstein’s Law
The Doppler effect
Question 9
This property of a star can be determined from its color.
Answer
mass
stellar distance
volume
surface temperature
Question 10
The final stage in the evolution of the most massive stars is a ___________.
Answer
black hole
main-sequence star
red giant
white dwarf
Question 11
How do we calculate or determine the distances to stars?
What units do we use and what are the limitations (if any) of the method used for such calculations?
Answer
Question 12
Describe the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram. Where on an H-R diagram does a star spend most of its life?