Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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A
cold, dry air mass that moves over warm, tropical waters will likely become ____. a. | colder and
drier | c. | colder and
wetter | b. | warmer and drier | d. | warmer and wetter | | | | |
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What
type of front forms when the surface position of the front does not move? a. | warm | b. | cold | c. | stationary | d. | occluded | | | | | | | | |
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Which
of the following is considered to be a boundary between two different air masses? a. | warm
front | c. | both warm front
and cold front | b. | cold front | d. | neither warm front nor cold front | | | | |
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Along
a front, which type of air is always forced upwards? a. | cooler, denser
air | c. | the driest
air | b. | warmer, less
dense air | d. | the wettest
air | | | | |
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Which
two properties characterize an air mass? a. | temperature and location | c. | temperature and moisture | b. | temperature and
pressure | d. | moisture and
pressure | | | | |
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The
greatest number of thunderstorms occur in the ____. a. | middle
latitudes | c. | mountains | b. | tropics | d. | high latitudes | | | | |
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A
rotating column of air is called a(n) ____. a. | hurricane | c. | vortex | b. | anticyclone | d. | cumulonimbus
cloud | | | | |
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Hurricanes are classified according to intensity using the ____. a. | Richter
scale | c. | Saffir-Simpson
scale | b. | Doppler scale | d. | Fujita scale | | | | |
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Which
of the following would likely have the greatest range of pressure? a. | tornado | c. | hurricane | b. | middle-latitude cyclone | d. | All have the same pressure. | | | | |
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10.
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Tornadoes are most frequent from ____. a. | January to
March | c. | October to
December | b. | April to June | d. | July to August | | | | |
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