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Question #1

You hear thunder 30 seconds after seeing a lightning flash. How far away was the lightning?

A 3 miles

B 9 miles

C 15 miles

D 12 miles

E 6 miles

Question #2

Which of the following would be considered HIGH atmospheric pressure?

A 74 cm of Mercury

B 740 mm of Mercury

C 28.15″ of Mercury

D 14.3 p.s.i.

E 1029 mb

Question #3

Which air mass contains the warmest, driest air?

A pT

B mT

C cT

D cP

E mP

Question #4

When the sun comes out after a storm, the transfer of water vapor into the atmosphere from the trees, grasses, bushes, and flowers would be an example of :

A Plantspiration

B Perspiration

C Transpiration

D Evaporation

E Condensation

Question #5

What starts the formation of a Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclone and what signals the end of this storm?

A An Occluded Front, A Rossby Wave

B A Rossby Wave, A Cold Front

C A Rossby Wave, An Occluded Front

D A Rossby Wave. A Warm Front

E A Cold Front, A Warm Front

Question #6

What is the RELATIVE HUMIDITY for a parcel of air with the following characteristics? Temperature = 80F
SMR = 40 grams/Kg
LCL = 200m
Dew Point = 60F
AMR = 30 grams/Kg

A 100%

B 50%

C 75%

D 60%

E 20%

Question #7

Under which general conditions would fog be most likely to form?

A Clear, windy, cold nights

B Clear, calm, summer evenings

C Cloudy, cold, windy nights

D Cloudy, windy, summer evenings

E Clear, calm, cold nights

Question #8

Tropical Storm Charlene would be the ____ tropical storm in the Atlantic that year, and would have certainly formed from a ____

A Second, Hurricane

B Third, Typhoon

C Third, Hurricane

D Fourth, Tropical Depression

E Third, Tropical Depression

Question #9

This Koppen climate type is found where elevation is a more dominant factor than is latitude

A B

B E

C D

D C

E H

Question #10

This is the most likely month for a Northern Hemisphere typhoon or hurricane to occur.

A February

B September

C June

D April

E December

Question #11

This biome is home to over half of all named plant and animal species.

A Desert

B Mid Latitude Grassland

C Tropical Rainforest

D Tropical Savannah

E Mid Latitude Mixed Forest

Question #12

This area has the world’s largest occurrence of tornadoes:

A The Southern Great Plains of the USA

B The Rocky Mountains of the USA

C Equatorial regions

D The Caribbean and Florida

E Equatorial Africa

Question #13

These two physical items MUST be present in a parcel of air for it to form clouds and rain.

A Water Vapor & Ice

B Water & Water Vapor

C Hygroscopic nuclei & Water Vapor

D Dust & Hygroscopic nuclei

Question #14

These low clouds stretch horizontally across the sky, creating a blanket of gray skies and possibly some light drizzle, but no significant rainfall.

A Cumulonimbus

B Stratus

C Cirrus

D Nimbostratus

E Cumulus

Question #15

The oceans and seas cover about ___ % of the Earth’s surface area and contain ___ % of the earth’s total water

A 96.5, 69

B 50, 50

C 71, 65

D 71, 96.5

E 97, 96.5

Question #16

The Coriolis Effect would be strongest under which conditions?

A Slow winds near 7 degrees North Latitude

B Fast winds near 7 degrees South Latitude

C Fast winds near 80 degrees North Latitude

D Fast winds near Southern California

E Slow winds near 80 degrees South Latitude

Question #17

The climate type of coastal California is referred to as _____ and the climate type immediately north of this (as in Washington State) would be classified as _______

A Mediterranean, Marine West Coast

B Desert, Steppe

C Mediterranean, Desert

D Desert, Humid Continental

E Marine West Coast, Subarctic

Question #18

Tap roots, small leaves, thorns, and waxy structures are examples of perennial plant adaptations found mostly in ____ biomes.

A Steppe

B Tundra

C Desert

D Mediterranean

E Rainforest

Question #19

Santa Ana Winds blow to So. California when there is ___ pressure in ___:

A High Pressure, Los Angeles

B High Pressure, The Great Basin

C Low Pressure, The Great Plains

D Low Pressure, The Great Basin

E High Pressure, The Great Plains

Question #20

Place the following in the correct order for being most likely to occur in 1 = winter, 2 = spring, and 3 = Fall

A 1 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones, 2 = Hurricanes, 3 = Tornadoes

B 1 = Hurricanes, 2 = Tornadoes, 3 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones

C 1 = Tornadoes, 2 = Hurricanes, and 3 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones

D 1 = Tornadoes, 2 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones, 3 = Hurricanes

E 1 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones, 2= Tornadoes, 3 = Hurricanes

Question #21

On an average day, when would you expect to get the lowest Relative Humidity at Glendale College?

A Midnight

B Sunset

C Sunrise

D 12 noon

E Mid-afternoon

Question #22

Most of coastal Southern California has this Koppen climate type

A Californian

B Marine West Coast

C Mediterranean

D Desert

E Tropical Savanna

Question #23

Monsoons are seasonally-reversing winds that bring ___ winters and ___ summers. These are most common in ____ .

A Wet, Dry, India

B Dry, Wet, the Great Basin

C Dry, Wet, South Asia

D Hot, Dry, India

E Wet, Dry, the Great Plains

Question #24

Lightning is more common over land than over the oceans, is most common in tropical regions, and is rare north of 65°N

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #25

In which climate region would you find the Boreal Forest biome?

A Humid Subtropical

B Tundra

C Mediterranean

D Subarctic

E Humid Continental

Question #26

In a Mid Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclone, what is created when the cold front catches up to the warm front?

A A Hurricane

B An Occluded Front

C A Low Pressure Cell

D A Stationary Front

E A Tornado

Question #27

If you were in the Boreal Forest Biome the next biome to the north would be

A Can’t tell – it depends on the hemisphere

B Mediterranean

C Humid Continental

D Temperate Mixed Forest

E Tundra

Question #28

If a Steppe Climate became increasingly more dry over many decades, the climate type might eventually change. The most likely climate it would change into would be the _____ .

A Tundra

B Desert

C Tropical Savanna

D Mediterranean

E Mid-Latitude Grassland

Question #29

Galway, Ireland (located approximately 53 degrees North Latitude) would be impacted by these winds for much of the year:

A NE Trade Winds

B Westerly Winds

C Santa Ana Winds

D Tornadoes

E Polar Easterly Winds

Question #30

During an El Nino year, the following conditions exist for the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean compared to normal:

A Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Lower Atmospheric Pressure

B Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Higher Atmospheric Pressure

C Cooler Sea Surface Temperatures and Lower Atmospheric Pressure

D Cooler Sea Surface Temperatures and Higher Atmospheric Pressure

Question #31

During a strong La Nina event, the sea surface temperatures would tend to be warmer than normal off the coast of ___________ and atmospheric conditions would likely be drier than normal off the coast of ______

A Australia, Indonesia

B Indonesia, Peru

C Ecuador, Peru

D Indonesia, Australia

E Peru, Indonesia

Question #32

Droplets of liquid water falling through the troposphere with an average diameter of 0.25 millimeters would be ___ and its shape would most likely be ___

A Dew, Spherical

B Rain, Spherical

C Drizzle, Spherical

D Drizzle, Teardrop

E Rain, Spherical

Question #33

As a river runs through a desert biome there is a lot of lush, green vegetation growing along the river banks. In this case, this vegetation would be referred to as

A Mediterranean

B Riparian

C Prairie

D Forest

E Savannah

Question #34

Anticyclones are areas of ______ pressure that circulate _________ in the Northern Hemisphere and are associated with _______ skies

A Low, Clockwise, Cloudy

B High, Clockwise, Cloudy

C Low, Clockwise, Clear

D High, Clockwise, Clear

E High, Counterclockwise, Clear

Question #35

Air rising in the troposphere will tend to cool as it rises. This type of cooling is referred to as ___________________ . If this air was forced to rise by being pushed up a mountain range, this type of uplift would be referred to as ___________.

A Diabatic, Orographic

B Adiabatic, Convective

C Adiabatic, Convergent

D Diabatic, Convergent

E Adiabatic, Orographic

Question #36

According to the information presented in this course, this area has the world’s largest concentration of lightning strikes:

A Central Africa

B Southern Great Plains

C Caribbean Sea

D Great Basin

E Florida

Question #37

A storm located with the tropics of the Atlantic Ocean, with sustained wind speeds of 96 mph would technically be called a _____. If this same storm was in the western Pacific Ocean it would be called a _____.

A hurricane, Tropical Storm

B Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm

C Hurricane, El Nino

D Typhoon, Hurricane

E Hurricane, Typhoon

Question #38

A line on a weather map with triangles on one side of the line is a _______

A Stationary Front

B Occluded Front

C Cold Front

D Warm Front

E Low Pressure Cell

Question #39

A cruise ship that sails slowly through thick, still fog in the early morning hours would most likely be experiencing ___

A London Fog

B Carnival Fog

C Advection Fog

D Radiation fog

E Evaporation fog

Question #40

__________ dictates that air in the atmosphere should move from an area of High Pressure to an area of Low Pressure

A The Air Force

B The “Force”

C The Pressure Gradient Force

D The Coriolis Force

E Polar Jet Stream

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