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