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Question #1

You hear thunder 30 seconds after seeing a lightning flash. How far away was the lightning?

A 6 miles

B 12 miles

C 3 miles

D 9 miles

E 15 miles

Question #2

Which of the following would be considered HIGH atmospheric pressure?

A 740 mm of Mercury

B 14.3 p.s.i.

C 74 cm of Mercury

D 28.15″ of Mercury

E 1029 mb

Question #3

Which air mass contains the warmest, driest air?

A mT

B mP

C cP

D cT

E pT

Question #4

When the sun comes out after a storm, the transfer of water vapor into the atmosphere from the trees, grasses, bushes, and flowers would be an example of :

A Perspiration

B Plantspiration

C Evaporation

D Condensation

E Transpiration

Question #5

What starts the formation of a Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclone and what signals the end of this storm?

A A Rossby Wave. A Warm Front

B A Cold Front, A Warm Front

C A Rossby Wave, A Cold Front

D An Occluded Front, A Rossby Wave

E A Rossby Wave, An Occluded Front

Question #6

What is the RELATIVE HUMIDITY for a parcel of air with the following characteristics? Temperature = 80F
SMR = 40 grams/Kg
LCL = 200m
Dew Point = 60F
AMR = 30 grams/Kg

A 50%

B 60%

C 20%

D 75%

E 100%

Question #7

Under which general conditions would fog be most likely to form?

A Clear, calm, cold nights

B Clear, windy, cold nights

C Cloudy, windy, summer evenings

D Clear, calm, summer evenings

E Cloudy, cold, windy nights

Question #8

Tropical Storm Charlene would be the ____ tropical storm in the Atlantic that year, and would have certainly formed from a ____

A Third, Typhoon

B Third, Tropical Depression

C Second, Hurricane

D Third, Hurricane

E Fourth, Tropical Depression

Question #9

This Koppen climate type is found where elevation is a more dominant factor than is latitude

A B

B E

C D

D H

E C

Question #10

This is the most likely month for a Northern Hemisphere typhoon or hurricane to occur.

A December

B April

C February

D September

E June

Question #11

This biome is home to over half of all named plant and animal species.

A Tropical Rainforest

B Mid Latitude Mixed Forest

C Mid Latitude Grassland

D Desert

E Tropical Savannah

Question #12

This area has the world’s largest occurrence of tornadoes:

A The Southern Great Plains of the USA

B Equatorial Africa

C Equatorial regions

D The Rocky Mountains of the USA

E The Caribbean and Florida

Question #13

These two physical items MUST be present in a parcel of air for it to form clouds and rain.

A Dust & Hygroscopic nuclei

B Water & Water Vapor

C Water Vapor & Ice

D Hygroscopic nuclei & Water Vapor

Question #14

These low clouds stretch horizontally across the sky, creating a blanket of gray skies and possibly some light drizzle, but no significant rainfall.

A Nimbostratus

B Cirrus

C Cumulonimbus

D Stratus

E Cumulus

Question #15

The oceans and seas cover about ___ % of the Earth’s surface area and contain ___ % of the earth’s total water

A 50, 50

B 97, 96.5

C 71, 65

D 96.5, 69

E 71, 96.5

Question #16

The Coriolis Effect would be strongest under which conditions?

A Fast winds near 7 degrees South Latitude

B Slow winds near 80 degrees South Latitude

C Fast winds near 80 degrees North Latitude

D Fast winds near Southern California

E Slow winds near 7 degrees North Latitude

Question #17

The climate type of coastal California is referred to as _____ and the climate type immediately north of this (as in Washington State) would be classified as _______

A Mediterranean, Marine West Coast

B Desert, Steppe

C Mediterranean, Desert

D Marine West Coast, Subarctic

E Desert, Humid Continental

Question #18

Tap roots, small leaves, thorns, and waxy structures are examples of perennial plant adaptations found mostly in ____ biomes.

A Mediterranean

B Rainforest

C Desert

D Tundra

E Steppe

Question #19

Santa Ana Winds blow to So. California when there is ___ pressure in ___:

A Low Pressure, The Great Basin

B High Pressure, The Great Basin

C Low Pressure, The Great Plains

D High Pressure, The Great Plains

E High Pressure, Los Angeles

Question #20

Place the following in the correct order for being most likely to occur in 1 = winter, 2 = spring, and 3 = Fall

A 1 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones, 2= Tornadoes, 3 = Hurricanes

B 1 = Tornadoes, 2 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones, 3 = Hurricanes

C 1 = Tornadoes, 2 = Hurricanes, and 3 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones

D 1 = Hurricanes, 2 = Tornadoes, 3 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones

E 1 = Mid-Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclones, 2 = Hurricanes, 3 = Tornadoes

Question #21

On an average day, when would you expect to get the lowest Relative Humidity at Glendale College?

A 12 noon

B Mid-afternoon

C Sunrise

D Sunset

E Midnight

Question #22

Most of coastal Southern California has this Koppen climate type

A Californian

B Mediterranean

C Desert

D Marine West Coast

E Tropical Savanna

Question #23

Monsoons are seasonally-reversing winds that bring ___ winters and ___ summers. These are most common in ____ .

A Dry, Wet, the Great Basin

B Dry, Wet, South Asia

C Hot, Dry, India

D Wet, Dry, India

E Wet, Dry, the Great Plains

Question #24

Lightning is more common over land than over the oceans, is most common in tropical regions, and is rare north of 65°N

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #25

In which climate region would you find the Boreal Forest biome?

A Tundra

B Humid Continental

C Subarctic

D Mediterranean

E Humid Subtropical

Question #26

In a Mid Latitude Extra Tropical Wave Cyclone, what is created when the cold front catches up to the warm front?

A A Stationary Front

B A Low Pressure Cell

C An Occluded Front

D A Tornado

E A Hurricane

Question #27

If you were in the Boreal Forest Biome the next biome to the north would be

A Mediterranean

B Tundra

C Humid Continental

D Temperate Mixed Forest

E Can’t tell – it depends on the hemisphere

Question #28

If a Steppe Climate became increasingly more dry over many decades, the climate type might eventually change. The most likely climate it would change into would be the _____ .

A Tropical Savanna

B Desert

C Mid-Latitude Grassland

D Mediterranean

E Tundra

Question #29

Galway, Ireland (located approximately 53 degrees North Latitude) would be impacted by these winds for much of the year:

A Westerly Winds

B Santa Ana Winds

C Tornadoes

D Polar Easterly Winds

E NE Trade Winds

Question #30

During an El Nino year, the following conditions exist for the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean compared to normal:

A Cooler Sea Surface Temperatures and Higher Atmospheric Pressure

B Cooler Sea Surface Temperatures and Lower Atmospheric Pressure

C Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Higher Atmospheric Pressure

D Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Lower Atmospheric Pressure

Question #31

During a strong La Nina event, the sea surface temperatures would tend to be warmer than normal off the coast of ___________ and atmospheric conditions would likely be drier than normal off the coast of ______

A Indonesia, Peru

B Indonesia, Australia

C Ecuador, Peru

D Australia, Indonesia

E Peru, Indonesia

Question #32

Droplets of liquid water falling through the troposphere with an average diameter of 0.25 millimeters would be ___ and its shape would most likely be ___

A Drizzle, Spherical

B Rain, Spherical

C Dew, Spherical

D Rain, Spherical

E Drizzle, Teardrop

Question #33

As a river runs through a desert biome there is a lot of lush, green vegetation growing along the river banks. In this case, this vegetation would be referred to as

A Savannah

B Forest

C Riparian

D Mediterranean

E Prairie

Question #34

Anticyclones are areas of ______ pressure that circulate _________ in the Northern Hemisphere and are associated with _______ skies

A Low, Clockwise, Cloudy

B Low, Clockwise, Clear

C High, Clockwise, Cloudy

D High, Clockwise, Clear

E High, Counterclockwise, Clear

Question #35

Air rising in the troposphere will tend to cool as it rises. This type of cooling is referred to as ___________________ . If this air was forced to rise by being pushed up a mountain range, this type of uplift would be referred to as ___________.

A Adiabatic, Orographic

B Adiabatic, Convergent

C Adiabatic, Convective

D Diabatic, Convergent

E Diabatic, Orographic

Question #36

According to the information presented in this course, this area has the world’s largest concentration of lightning strikes:

A Florida

B Central Africa

C Great Basin

D Caribbean Sea

E Southern Great Plains

Question #37

A storm located with the tropics of the Atlantic Ocean, with sustained wind speeds of 96 mph would technically be called a _____. If this same storm was in the western Pacific Ocean it would be called a _____.

A Typhoon, Hurricane

B Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm

C Hurricane, El Nino

D Hurricane, Typhoon

E hurricane, Tropical Storm

Question #38

A line on a weather map with triangles on one side of the line is a _______

A Stationary Front

B Cold Front

C Warm Front

D Occluded Front

E Low Pressure Cell

Question #39

A cruise ship that sails slowly through thick, still fog in the early morning hours would most likely be experiencing ___

A Radiation fog

B London Fog

C Advection Fog

D Evaporation fog

E Carnival Fog

Question #40

__________ dictates that air in the atmosphere should move from an area of High Pressure to an area of Low Pressure

A The Coriolis Force

B Polar Jet Stream

C The Air Force

D The Pressure Gradient Force

E The “Force”

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