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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, 10
D 0, 5
E 1, 100
Question #2
A Los Angeles, California
B Galveston, Texas
C Miami, Florida
D New Orleans, Louisiana
E Savannah, Georgia
Question #3
A Cold
B Tropical
C Warm
D Stationary
E Dry line
Question #4
A with respect to motion, to the rear of air masses
B at the edges of air masses
C in the middle of air masses
D underneath air masses
E near air masses
Question #5
A stratus cloud
B mesocyclone
C “EF-0”
D anticyclone
E funnel cloud
Question #6
A easterlies
B westerlies
C ITC
D ionosphere
E stratosphere
Question #7
A They commonly form along the central Atlantic coast.
B They commonly form downwind of the Rocky Mountains.
C Most of them exit the country through the Northeast.
D They form underneath areas of divergence.
E More occur in the summer than in the winter.
Question #8
A Florida
B Central United States
C Rocky Mountain States
D Southern Canada
E California
Question #9
A the jet stream
B fast surface winds
C midlatitude cyclones
D warm water
E frontal boundaries
Question #10
A warm
B occluded
C hot
D stationary
E cold
Question #11
A Continental polar
B Continental tropical
C Arctic
D Equatorial
Question #12
A high
B constantly variable
C adiabatic
D low
E devaporized
Question #13
A tremendous amounts of precipitation
B many tornadoes
C the most severe winds in the storms
D a radius of approximately 1,000 kilometers
E sinking air
Question #15
A A cirrus cloud base
B Scant vertical development
C Clouds of horizontal development
D Ground fog
E An anvil top
Question #16
A cyclogenesis
B the mature stage
C the dissipating stage
D an occlusion
E a westerly wave
Question #17
A exhibits instability
B is more than one air mass
C is associated with fast winds
D has a front in its center
E is associated with sunny, dry weather
Question #18
A midlatitude cyclone
B chinook
C midlatitude anticyclone
D tropical cyclone
E tornado
Question #19
A adiabatic
B jet stream
C convective
D stationary
E occluded
Question #20
A Tornado outbreaks are becoming more common.
B Tornadoes are being caused by cooling Earth surface temperatures.
C Many more people are now being killed.
D Tornadoes are becoming less predictable.
E The western United States now has almost all tornadoes.
Question #21
A dry
B stationary
C occluded
D warm
E cold
Question #22
A Stationary
B Dark
C Cold
D Occluded
E Warm
