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