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