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