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