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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A 1, 10
B 0, 10
C -10, 10
D 0, 5
E 1, 100
Question #2
A Savannah, Georgia
B Los Angeles, California
C Miami, Florida
D New Orleans, Louisiana
E Galveston, Texas
Question #3
A Stationary
B Dry line
C Tropical
D Warm
E Cold
Question #4
A in the middle of air masses
B underneath air masses
C near air masses
D at the edges of air masses
E with respect to motion, to the rear of air masses
Question #5
A anticyclone
B mesocyclone
C “EF-0”
D funnel cloud
E stratus cloud
Question #6
A ionosphere
B stratosphere
C ITC
D easterlies
E westerlies
Question #7
A They commonly form downwind of the Rocky Mountains.
B More occur in the summer than in the winter.
C They commonly form along the central Atlantic coast.
D Most of them exit the country through the Northeast.
E They form underneath areas of divergence.
Question #8
A Southern Canada
B Florida
C California
D Rocky Mountain States
E Central United States
Question #9
A warm water
B frontal boundaries
C fast surface winds
D midlatitude cyclones
E the jet stream
Question #10
A occluded
B warm
C stationary
D hot
E cold
Question #11
A Continental polar
B Continental tropical
C Arctic
D Equatorial
Question #12
A adiabatic
B high
C constantly variable
D low
E devaporized
Question #13
A tremendous amounts of precipitation
B many tornadoes
C sinking air
D a radius of approximately 1,000 kilometers
E the most severe winds in the storms
Question #15
A An anvil top
B A cirrus cloud base
C Scant vertical development
D Ground fog
E Clouds of horizontal development
Question #16
A a westerly wave
B the mature stage
C an occlusion
D cyclogenesis
E the dissipating stage
Question #17
A is more than one air mass
B exhibits instability
C has a front in its center
D is associated with fast winds
E is associated with sunny, dry weather
Question #18
A tornado
B chinook
C tropical cyclone
D midlatitude cyclone
E midlatitude anticyclone
Question #19
A jet stream
B occluded
C stationary
D convective
E adiabatic
Question #20
A Tornadoes are becoming less predictable.
B Many more people are now being killed.
C Tornado outbreaks are becoming more common.
D The western United States now has almost all tornadoes.
E Tornadoes are being caused by cooling Earth surface temperatures.
Question #21
A warm
B stationary
C dry
D cold
E occluded
Question #22
A Cold
B Occluded
C Warm
D Dark
E Stationary
