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- 1. Multiple Choice
As altitude increases (you climb a mountain) what happens to temperature?
temperature gets hotter
temperature gets colder
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA front iswhere warm air is cooling at earth's surfacea line where hot and cold air are separatinga line where two different air masses meetwhere cold air is rising and forming rain clouds
- 3. Multiple Choice_____________ air is more dense and tends to sinkcoldwarmmoistdry
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhen a cold front is approaching, what happens?warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatureswarm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatureswarm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstormscold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich front leads to steady rain for several days?warm frontcold frontstationary frontoccluded front
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIf the temperature is 30°F, in which form will precipitation most likely be?foghailrainsnow
- 7. Multiple Choice
Blizzards, ice storms, lake effect storms, and nor'easters are all _______________________.
summer storm
winter storms
snow storms
spring storms
- 8. Multiple Choice
Theses storms happen when cool air moves over warmer air of the Great Lakes causing great rain or snow to fall to land near the lakes shores.
Lake effect storms
Lake Blizzards
Lake precipitation storms
Great Lakes effect
- 9. Multiple Choice
A solid or nearly solid line or band of active thunderstorms.
Straight-line winds
Training thunderstorms
Severe thunderstorm
Squall line
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?
The wind blowing
Earth's gravity pulling things down
The rotation of the Earth
The pull of the Moon
- 11. Multiple Choice
The increase in cooling that wind can cause.
windchill factor
wind
convection currents
radiation
- 12. Multiple Choice
What do you call the center of a tropical cyclone?
Eyewall
Eye
Heart
Core
- 13. Multiple Choice
What type of weather is associated with the eye of the tropical cyclone?
Calm, dry and clear weather
Stormy and windy weather
- 14. Multiple Choice
Where are the strongest winds and heaviest rains in a hurricane located?In the eyewallIn the outer bandsOn the leading edgeOn the lagging edge - 15. Multiple Choice
Tropical cyclones rotate _________ in the North Hemisphere and ___________ in the South Hemisphere.
counterclockwise, counterclockwise
counterclockwise, clockwise
Clockwise, counterclockwise
Clockwise, Clockwise
- 16. Multiple Choice
Define Air Pressure
The weight of a column of air pushing down on an area
The Amount of Mass in a given volume
The force pushing on an area
The distance above sea level
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