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___________ clouds often cover
the whole sky.
A 100
Stratus
A 100
Low pressure areas tend to
bring ________weather.
A 200
Rainy, stormy, cloudy, “poor”
(because of rising air)
A 200
The dominant airflow over
the United States are the
_________.
A 300
Prevailing westerlies
Jet Stream
A 300
When looking at isobars on a
weather map, the (closer
together or farther apart), the
stronger the wind.
A 400
Closer together
A 400
What temperature is always
lower, air temperature or dew
point?
A 500
Dew point
A 500
True or false: Lightning
never strikes the same place
twice.
B 100
FALSE
B 100
A(n) _______ air mass has
cold air beneath warm air.
B 200
Stable
B 200
The temperature of a
lightning bolt is _______.
B 300
50,000 F or 30,000 C
B 300
True/False:
Dew forms by the process of
evaporation.
B 400
FALSE Condensation
B 400
Temperature has NO effect on
air pressure.
B 500
FALSE
Differences in temperature
and humidity create
differences in air pressure.
B 500
Vertical air movement is
known as wind.
C 100
False
Wind is horizontal air
movement.
C 100
Pennsylvania’s tornado peak
month is May.
C 200
False
U.S. – May
PA - June
C 200
The winds around a high
pressure center are clockwise
and outward.
C 300
TRUE
C 300
DAILY
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C 400
What three things are
necessary to form a cloud?
C 500
Water vapor
Condensation nuclei
Cooling air (to the dew point)
C 500
A Ridge in the Jet Stream
brings cold air southward.
C 400
FALSE
C 400
Cumulus clouds are high, thin
ice crystal clouds.
D 100
FALSE
“Cirrus” clouds
D 100
A cloud with its base at the
surface is called fog.
D 200
TRUE
D 200
Thunder can be heard 100
miles away from a storm.
D 300
FALSE
D 300
Air pressure is measured in
what two measurements?
D 400
Inches of mercury
and millibars
D 400
The largest hailstone ever
recorded in the United States
was how large?
D 500
South Dakota –
8 inches in diameter and
falling over 100 miles per
hour!
D 500
A RISING barometer would
most likely bring clear skies
and fair weather.
E 100
True
E 100
The number one killer
associated with hurricanes is
____________.
E 200
Storm Surge.
E 200
Most lightning occurs inside
a thunderstorm cloud.
E 300
TRUE
90%
10% is cloud to ground.
E 300
Tornado intensity is judged
by the _______ Scale
E 400
Fujita
E 400
The number of hurricanes in
the Atlantic is usually the
same as the number of
typhoons in the Pacific
Ocean.
E 500
False
Atlantic/Pacific Oscillation
E 500
How many of the eight
features of a station model
should be labeled.
F 100
None!!!
Better know the eight things
shown in a station model…
You have to draw one on the
test!!!
F 100
Two variables that would
determine the climate of a
city, other than latitude, are:
F 200
Elevation
Proximity to a large body of
water
F 200
Weather is the average
atmospheric condition over a
long period of time.
F 300
FALSE
Climate
F 300
True or false: The intensities
of both tornadoes and
hurricanes are judged only on
wind speed.
F 400
FALSE
Fujita scale is based on wind
speed AND damage.
F 400
Tornado warnings mean that
a tornado has formed and
been sighted.
F 500
True
F 500
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We know that tropical cyclones
have different names depending
on which ocean they form.
What is the name given to a
tropical cyclone that forms over
the Arctic Ocean?
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None!!!
Tropical Cyclones need WARM water
to form (hence the name tropical)!
But remember…
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones
do form over warm water.
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