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4) Water vapor levels in Earth's atmosphere ________.
A) range between 0% and 4%
B) vary from place to place and time to time
C) are a major mechanism of transport of latent heat
D) all of the above
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5) Which of the following can influence temperature?
A) position on a landmass                  B) cloud cover
C) altitude                                          D) all of the above
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10) Clouds consist of ________.
A) water droplets        B) white-colored gases
C) ice particles            D) either water droplets or ice particles
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11) When warm moist air moves over a cold surface, ________ fog may result.
A) upslope                 B) steam                     C) radiation                D) advection
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13) What two kinds of fog are the result of adding moisture to a layer of air?
A) radiation and upslope         B) advection and radiation
C) steam and frontal               D) upslope and steam
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14) The Sahara and Australian deserts (among others) are associated with the ________.
A) anticyclone            B) subpolar low                      C) subtropical high     D) equatorial low
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16) When the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis force, high altitude ________ move parallel to isobars.
A) geostrophic winds  B) monsoons              C) valley breezes         D) chinooks
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Examine the map showing air pressure in millibars. Which of the four lettered locations deserves a wind hazard alert?
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19) Because unequal heating of Earth's surface generates these pressure differences, ________ is/are the ultimate energy source for most wind.
A) solar radiation                   B) hot springs
C) the greenhouse effect                    D) caves
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21) A cyclone is ________.
A) another name for the low-pressure systems that take several days to travel across North America from west to east
B) the term for circulation around any low-pressure center, no matter how large or intense it is
C) another name for a tornado
D) another name for a hurricane
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22) On a weather map, ________ are shown by a line with triangular points on one side.
A) dragon mouths       B) occluded fronts      C) warm fronts            D) cold fronts
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25) Should people be more concerned about tornado warnings or tornado watches?
A) tornado watches                B) tornado warnings             Â
C) both mean the same thing   D) neither are of concern
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26) Relative to lower temperatures, high temperatures require ________ (more / the same amount / less) moisture to fully saturate the air.
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27) Mixing ratio, relative humidity, and dew-point temperature are all ways of measuring the amount of ________ in the air.
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28)
Examine the photo. These balloons are rising because the ________ air inside the balloon is less dense than the surrounding air.
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29) ________ occurs when warm air is forced up and over a mass of cooler air.
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30) ________ is a cloud with its base at or very near the ground.
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31) Updrafts in cumulonimbus clouds may loft small particles of ice through the cloud, coating them and producing ________.
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32) ________ is the result of horizontal differences in air pressure.
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33) For a low-pressure center to be maintained or strengthened, the surface convergence must be balanced by ________ aloft.
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34) In the Northern Hemisphere, the Coriolis effect shifts objects to the ________ of their straight-line paths.
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35) Chinook and Santa Ana winds are warm, dry winds created when air descends the leeward side of a mountain and ________ by compression.
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36) Polar easterlies may dominate Alaska's prevailing winds, and NE trade winds may dominate in Hawaii, but ________ dominate the prevailing winds of the "lower 48" (contiguous) United States.
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#26-40 Vocabulary (extra words and/or phrases are included, not all will be used)
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cold front
warm front
occluded front
left
right
warms
cools
southerlies
westerlies
Mohs Scale
enhanced Fujita intensity scale
Saffir-Simpson scale
less
more
same
water vapor
hot (warm)
rain
freezing rain
fog
cyclone
hail
sleet
wind
divergence
convergence
frontal sparking
frontal wedging
reverse wedging
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