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