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Earth Science Chapter 13 Notes
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Use the two diagrams to answer the following
questions.
____1.
Diagram A represents a land breeze.
____2. The weather in diagram A is more likely to
produce a thunderstorm than the weather in diagram B.
____3. The weather in diagram B would be considered
stable.
____4. The air circulates counterclockwise in diagram B
because the water cools slower than the land.
Modified True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false,
change the identified word or phrase to make the statement
true.
____1. The cumulonimbus clouds associated with
thunderstorms form from cumulus clouds and
convection. _________________________
____2. All tropical cyclones thrive on the energy in warm
and cold air masses. _________________________
____3. A Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind scale is more dangerous than a
Category 5 hurricane. _________________________
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
____1. Which is NOT a condition that must exist in order
to produce a thunderstorm?
a. a source of moisture c. an unstable
atmosphere
b. lifting of the air mass d. a source of wind
____2. In what stage of a thunderstorm would an equal
amount of updrafts and downdrafts exist?
a. cirrus stage
c. mature stage
b. cumulus stage
d. dissipation stage
____3.
What stage of a thunderstorm is shown below?
a. cirrus stage
b. cumulus stage
c. mature stage
d. dissipation stage
____4. What ultimately leads to a thunderstorm’s
dissipation?
a. the production of
c. the decrease in cloud
downdrafts
droplets
b. the loss of a supply
of cold air
d. the decrease of
surface winds
Enhanced Wind
Fujita
Speed
Scale
EF0–EF1 105–177
km/h
EF2–EF3 178–266
km/h
EF4–EF5
267–
322+
km/h
Use the scale to answer the questions.
____5. A tornado lasts 9 min, is 80 m wide, and has wind
speeds of 109 km/h. What intensity level would it be
classified?
a. EF0
c. EF2–EF3
b. EF1
d. EF4
____6. How fast must the winds of a tornado be traveling
to be classified as a EF4 tornado?
a. 181+ km/h
b. 267+ km/h
c. 500+ km/h
d. 119+ km/h
____7. A tornado has wind speeds of 265 km/h . What
intensity level would it be classified as?
a. EF0
c. EF2
b. EF1
d. EF3
____8. When a storm over an ocean has wind speeds of
75 km/h what can it be classified as?
a. a hurricane
c. a tropical storm
b. a tropical depression d. a cyclone
Use the diagram to answer the questions.
____9. At which point would the strongest winds and
densest clouds of the hurricane be located?
a. the eye
b. the eyewall
c. the rainbands
d. the outer edge
____10. What is characteristic of the eye of the hurricane?
a. the strongest winds c. light clouds and
and densest clouds
precipitation
b. thunderstorms
d. calm weather and
blue sky
____11. Because the hurricane is moving in a
counterclockwise direction, what can be inferred about
this hurricane?
a. The moving tropical disturbance which
caused this hurricane came from the west.
b. The moving tropical disturbance which
caused this hurricane came from the east.
c. This hurricane is occurring in the northern
hemisphere.
d. This hurricane is occurring in the southern
hemisphere.
Category Winds Change in Damage
(km/h) sea level
5
>250
>5.5 m catastrophic
4
210-249 4.0-5.5 m
extreme
3
178-209 2.8-3.7 m extensive
2
154-177 1.8-2.5 m moderate
1
119-153 1.2-1.5 m
minimal
Use the scale to answer the questions.
____12. A hurricane has been classified as a category 3
hurricane. Which of the following is NOT true?
a. the hurricane cannot get any stronger
b. the hurricane has winds of 200 km/h
c. the hurricane can not get any weaker
d. the hurricane has sea level changes of 4.0 m
Air Temperature
(°F)
Relative 75 80 85 90
Humidity
Apparent
(%)
Temperature
(°F)
0
69 73 78 83
10
70 75 80 85
20
72 77 82 87
30
73 78 84 90
40
74 79 86 93
50
75 81 88 96
60
76 82 90 100
70
77 85 93 106
80
78 86 97 113
90
79 88 102 122
100
80 91 108
Use the section of the Heat Index shown above to
answer the questions.
____13. All public pools in a local city are free when the
heat index is at least 90°F. What is the minimum
amount of relative humidity needed for the pools to be
free if the air temperature is 85°F?
a. 60%
c. 80%
b. 10%
d. 50%
____14. What air temperature and relative humidity
produces the same apparent temperature as when the
air temperature is 90°F and the relative humidity is
40%?
a. 70°F, 85%
c. 85°F, 60%
b. 75°F, 90%
d. 85°F, 70%
____15. Flooding occurs if an area receives 27 cm of total
rainfall. If a storm lasts for 21 hours with a rainfall
rate of 1.5 cm/h would the area become flooded?
a. Yes, because the area would receive 31.5 cm
of rain.
b. No, because the area would receive 21 cm of
rain.
c. Yes, because the area would receive 315 cm
of rain.
d. Yes, because the area would receive 40.5 cm
of rain.
____16. The rising, moist updrafts and the falling, cool
downdrafts form a convection cell that produces the
____ associated with thunderstorms.
a. temperatures
c. humidity
b. thunder
d. winds
____17. Very severe thunderstorms can form when a ____
has a large continuous supply of warm air to lift and
condense.
a. cold front
c. warm front
b. warm air mass
d. tornado
____18. When friction between updrafts and downdrafts
within a cumulonimbus cloud creates regions of air
with opposite charges, ____ forms.
a. warm air
c. precipitation
b. lightning
d. ozone
____19. ____ are often associated with very severe
thunderstorms called supercells.
a. Tornadoes
c. Hurricanes
b. Sea breezes
d. Heat waves
____20. A mound of water driven toward coastal areas by
hurricane winds is called a ____.
a. cyclone
c. storm surge
b. supercell
d. cold front
____21. An extended period of well-below-normal rainfall
is a ____.
a. flood
c. heat wave
b. drought
d. tropical cyclone
____22. The phenomenon in which the effects of cold air
are worsened by wind is the ____.
a. supercell
c. windchill factor
b. sea breeze
d. cold wave
____23. Which of the following conditions does NOT
contribute to the formation of hail?
a. the ability of water droplets to exist in a
liquid state in parts of a cloud where the
temperature is below freezing
b. the encounter between supercooled water
droplets and ice pellets
c. the dissipation of warm, moist air at the
Earth’s surface by downdrafts
d. the existence of strong updrafts and
downdrafts side by side within a cloud
Matching
Match each item with the correct description below.
a. cold wave
b. drought
c. heat wave
____1. Air under a large high-pressure system sinks,
warms, and causes above-normal temperatures
____2. High pressure associated with continental polar or
arctic air
____3. Large, persistent high-pressure system associated
with extended periods of below-normal rainfall
Earth Science Chapter 13 Test
Answer Section
TRUE/FALSE
1. ANS:
F PTS:
4|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.4
2. ANS:
T PTS:
4|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
3. ANS:
T PTS:
4|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
4. ANS:
T PTS:
3|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
MODIFIED TRUE/FALSE
1. ANS:
T
PTS:
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level 2|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | A.1 | D.1
2. ANS:
F, warm, tropical oceans
PTS:
1 DIF: Bloom's Level 1|DOK 1
NAT: UCP.5 | D.1 | F.5
STA:
ES-4.8
3. ANS:
F, less
PTS:
1 DIF: Bloom's Level 2|DOK 1
NAT: UCP.2 | D.1 | F.5
STA:
ES-4.8
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. ANS:
D PTS:
4|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
2. ANS:
C PTS:
2|DOK 2
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
3. ANS:
B PTS:
4|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
4. ANS:
A PTS:
4|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
5. ANS:
A PTS:
4|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
6. ANS:
B PTS:
4|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
7. ANS:
D PTS:
3|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
8. ANS:
C PTS:
3|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
9. ANS:
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
B PTS:
4|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
STA:
ES-4.8
10. ANS:
D PTS:
2|DOK 2
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
11. ANS:
C PTS:
5|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
12. ANS:
D PTS:
3|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
13. ANS:
A PTS:
4|DOK 1
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
14. ANS:
D PTS:
3|DOK 3
NAT:
D.1
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
15. ANS:
A PTS:
3|DOK 3
1 DIF:
Bloom's Level
NAT:
D.1
STA:
ES-4.8
16. ANS:
D PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's Level
2|DOK 2
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 STA: ES-4.5 | ES-4.8
17. ANS:
A PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's Level
2|DOK 2
NAT:
UCP.2 | A.1 | D.1 | F.5 STA: ES-4.5 |
ES-4.8
18. ANS:
B PTS: 1 DIF:
1|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 | F.5
ES-4.8
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.5 |
19. ANS:
A PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's Level
1|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | A.1 | D.1 | F.5 STA: ES-4.8
20. ANS:
C PTS: 1 DIF:
1|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 | F.5
Bloom's Level
21. ANS:
Bloom's Level
B PTS:
1 DIF:
STA:
ES-4.8
1|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 | F.3 | F.5
STA:
ES-4.8
22. ANS:
C PTS: 1 DIF: Bloom's Level
1|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 | F.3 | F.5 STA: ES-4.5
23. ANS:
C PTS: 1 DIF:
3|DOK 3
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 | F.5
Bloom's Level
STA:
ES-4.8
MATCHING
1. ANS:
C PTS: 1 DIF:
2|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | A.1 | D.1
Bloom's Level
2. ANS:
A PTS: 1 DIF:
2|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.2 | D.1 | F.5
Bloom's Level
3. ANS:
B PTS: 1 DIF:
2|DOK 1
NAT:
UCP.5 | D.1 | F.5
Bloom's Level
STA:
STA:
STA:
ES-4.8
ES-4.8
ES-4.8