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Question #1

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

A 3 miles

B 9 miles

C 12 miles

D 15 miles

E 6 miles

Question #2

Which of the following would be considered HIGH atmospheric pressure?

A 74 cm of Mercury

B 28.15″ of Mercury

C 1029 mb

D 740 mm of Mercury

E 14.3 p.s.i.

Question #3

Which air mass contains the warmest, driest air?

A cP

B mP

C pT

D cT

E mT

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 Evaporation

C Transpiration

D Condensation

E Plantspiration

Question #5

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

A A Cold Front, A Warm Front

B A Rossby Wave, A Cold Front

C An Occluded Front, A Rossby Wave

D A Rossby Wave, An Occluded Front

E A Rossby Wave. A Warm 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 20%

B 50%

C 100%

D 60%

E 75%

Question #7

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

A Clear, windy, cold nights

B Clear, calm, cold nights

C Cloudy, cold, windy nights

D Clear, calm, summer evenings

E Cloudy, windy, summer evenings

Question #8

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

A Third, Hurricane

B Fourth, Tropical Depression

C Third, Tropical Depression

D Third, Typhoon

E Second, Hurricane

Question #9

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

A B

B C

C D

D H

E E

Question #10

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

A December

B April

C February

D June

E September

Question #11

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

A Mid Latitude Grassland

B Mid Latitude Mixed Forest

C Tropical Rainforest

D Tropical Savannah

E Desert

Question #12

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

A The Southern Great Plains of the USA

B The Caribbean and Florida

C Equatorial regions

D Equatorial Africa

E The Rocky Mountains of the USA

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 Hygroscopic nuclei & Water Vapor

D Water Vapor & Ice

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 Cumulus

C Stratus

D Cirrus

E Cumulonimbus

Question #15

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

A 71, 96.5

B 71, 65

C 50, 50

D 97, 96.5

E 96.5, 69

Question #16

The Coriolis Effect would be strongest under which conditions?

A Fast winds near 7 degrees South Latitude

B Slow winds near 7 degrees North Latitude

C Fast winds near 80 degrees North Latitude

D Slow winds near 80 degrees South Latitude

E Fast winds near Southern California

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, Desert

B Desert, Steppe

C Desert, Humid Continental

D Marine West Coast, Subarctic

E Mediterranean, Marine West Coast

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 Steppe

D Desert

E Tundra

Question #19

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

A Low Pressure, The Great Plains

B High Pressure, Los Angeles

C High Pressure, The Great Plains

D Low Pressure, The Great Basin

E High Pressure, The Great Basin

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

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

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

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

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

Question #21

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

A Sunset

B Sunrise

C Midnight

D 12 noon

E Mid-afternoon

Question #22

Most of coastal Southern California has this Koppen climate type

A Californian

B Tropical Savanna

C Desert

D Mediterranean

E Marine West Coast

Question #23

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

A Wet, Dry, India

B Dry, Wet, South Asia

C Dry, Wet, the Great Basin

D Hot, 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 Mediterranean

B Tundra

C Humid Subtropical

D Subarctic

E Humid Continental

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 Tornado

C A Hurricane

D A Low Pressure Cell

E An Occluded Front

Question #27

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

A Mediterranean

B Humid Continental

C Tundra

D Can’t tell – it depends on the hemisphere

E Temperate Mixed Forest

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 Desert

B Mid-Latitude Grassland

C Mediterranean

D Tundra

E Tropical Savanna

Question #29

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

A Tornadoes

B Santa Ana Winds

C Westerly Winds

D NE Trade Winds

E Polar Easterly 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 Lower Atmospheric Pressure

B Cooler Sea Surface Temperatures and Higher Atmospheric Pressure

C Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Lower Atmospheric Pressure

D Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Higher 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 Peru, Indonesia

B Ecuador, Peru

C Indonesia, Peru

D Indonesia, Australia

E Australia, 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 Rain, Spherical

B Drizzle, Teardrop

C Dew, Spherical

D Drizzle, Spherical

E Rain, Spherical

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 Prairie

B Mediterranean

C Forest

D Riparian

E Savannah

Question #34

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

A High, Clockwise, Cloudy

B High, Counterclockwise, Clear

C High, Clockwise, Clear

D Low, Clockwise, Clear

E Low, Clockwise, Cloudy

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, Convective

B Diabatic, Convergent

C Adiabatic, Orographic

D Adiabatic, 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 Caribbean Sea

B Florida

C Great Basin

D Central Africa

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 Hurricane, El Nino

B Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm

C Typhoon, Hurricane

D hurricane, Tropical Storm

E Hurricane, Typhoon

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 Low Pressure Cell

D Warm Front

E Occluded Front

Question #39

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

A Carnival Fog

B Evaporation fog

C London Fog

D Radiation fog

E Advection 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 The Air Force

C The Pressure Gradient Force

D The “Force”

E Polar Jet Stream

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