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