Question 1

A cT air mass is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  cold and dry
B)  cold and humid
C)  warm and dry
D)  warm and humidE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 2

Vortices within a tornado vortex,called suction vortices,often cause the greatest destruction within a given tornado.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Where is the most severe weather typically located in a midlatitude cyclone?

Accepted Answer

A)  just north of the center of circulation
B)  just south of the center of circulation
C)  on the warm front preceding the center of circulation
D)  on the trailing cold front,south or west of the center of circulationE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

An occluded front is depicted on a weather map as a line with semicircles on one side and triangular points on the other side.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Tornadoes of F1 to F2 in strength account for ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  most of the property destruction caused by tornadoes
B)  most of the deaths by tornadoes
C)  most of the tornadoes observed
D)  most of the weird phenomena ascribed to tornadoesE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 6

On a weather map,________ fronts are shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side.

Accepted Answer

A)  warm
B)  cold
C)  occluded
D)  stationaryE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

What type of front is illustrated in the diagram below?

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Question 8

At any given moment on Earth,there are about 100 active thunderstorms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The eye of a hurricane is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the portion with the highest wind speeds
B)  warmer than the rest of the storm
C)  along the leading edge of the storm
D)  the area of most intense rainfallE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

Because surface winds circulate around a midlatitude cyclone,why do they move from west to east across North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  The winds aloft,particularly the jet stream,move from west to east and steer the storm system.
B)  The continental polar air mass that "pushes" the cold front drive the storm east.
C)  The storm is forced toward the warm arm mass,which "pulls" the storm toward it to the east.
D)  The Bermuda high in the Atlantic ocean forces circulation it,which steers the storm systems in North America.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 11

You are in mid-latitudes in winter.You experience heavy snow followed by a dramatic drop in temperature as a cold front passes,but for almost 24 hours the weather is clear.Then,high clouds appear in the west,thicken to stratus clouds and you receive a light new snowfall (aka snow flurries) but the temperature remains cold.You have just seen the passage of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a second cold front
B)  a warm front
C)  an occluded front
D)  a stationary frontE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

After the center of a mature wave cyclone passes,you should expect ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  barometric pressure to rise
B)  warmer temperatures
C)  barometric pressure to fall
D)  barometric pressure to remain steadyE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Which one of the following statements is not true of tornadoes?

Accepted Answer

A)  occur most frequently in the spring of the year
B)  usually occur along the warm front of a mid-latitude cyclone
C)  most common in the Midwest and Great Plains
D)  associated with cumulonimbus cloudsE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Why does the central United States from Texas to the Ohio Valley experience the greatest frequency of tornadoes on Earth? What time of year do they occur and why?

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Question 15

In the Gulf Coast region of the United States cold fronts intense spring floods are often associated with a phenomenon known locally as "training" where thunderstorms form along a line and follow the same line for hours.This is a classic example of severe weather along a ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  hurricane
B)  cold front
C)  stationary front
D)  warm frontE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Warm fronts generally have steeper slopes than cold fronts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The new generation of weather radar that is capable of detecting motion directly is called ________ radar.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The new generation of weather radar that...

Question 18

Usually ________ fronts produce several hours to days of moderate-to-gentle precipitation over a large region.

Accepted Answer

A)  warm
B)  cold
C)  warm and cold
D)  none of theseE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 19

Tornadoes have embedded secondary vortices called suction vortices.Hurricanes also have embedded secondary vortices,they are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  storm surge vortices
B)  hurricane suction vortices
C)  tropical cyclone secondary vortices
D)  tornadoesE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Discuss the formation and growth of tropical cyclone (hurricanes)and how winds aloft affect their formation.

Accepted Answer

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