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