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Question #1

Which of these climate types have high Potential Evapotranspiration and low Precipitation?

A Af and Aw

B Cfb and BW

C Af and BS

D BW and Am

E BS and BW

Question #2

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

A Tropical Rainforest

B Tropical Savannah

C Desert

D Mid Latitude Mixed Forest

E Mid Latitude Grassland

Question #3

Most of coastal Southern California has this Koppen climate type

A Tropical Savanna

B Mediterranean

C Marine West Coast

D Desert

E Californian

Question #4

Glendale’s climate is characterized as ____ while coastal Santa Barbara has a ___ climate

A Csb, Cfa

B BWh, BSh

C Csa, Csb

D Dfa, Dwb

E Cfa, Csa

Question #5

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

A Subarctic

B Mediterranean

C Humid Continental

D Humid Subtropical

E Tundra

Question #6

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

A Tundra

B Desert

C Steppe

D Mediterranean

E Rainforest

Question #7

This mid-latitude climate type is most heavily influenced by warm ocean currents.

A Humid Subtropical

B Tropical Wet

C Tundra

D Marine West Coat

E Humid Continental

Question #8

What does the lower case “h” mean in the Koppen climate system?

A Humid

B Wet all year

C Winter is Wet

D Highland

E Hot

Question #9

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

A D

B B

C C

D H

E E

Question #10

A strong coastal wind blowing towards the land during a warm, springtime afternoon in Southern California would most likely represent a __________

A Land Breeze

B Monsoon

C Santa Ana Wind

D Advection Fog

E Sea Breeze

Question #11

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

A Mid-afternoon

B Sunset

C Sunrise

D Midnight

E 12 noon

Question #12

These high altitude clouds look like horse tails and are made of ice:

A Nimbostratus

B Cumulus

C Stratus

D Cirrus

E Cumulonimbus

Question #13

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 100%

B 75%

C 50%

D 60%

E 20%

Question #14

Which of the following would be considered HIGH atmospheric pressure?

A 740 mm of Mercury

B 74 cm of Mercury

C 28.15″ of Mercury

D 1029 mb

E 14.3 p.s.i.

Question #15

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, Teardrop

B Dew, Spherical

C Rain, Spherical

D Drizzle, Spherical

E Rain, Spherical

Question #16

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

A Polar Jet Stream

B The Pressure Gradient Force

C The Air Force

D The “Force”

E The Coriolis Force

Question #17

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 Warm Front

C A Rossby Wave, A Cold Front

D An Occluded Front, A Rossby Wave

E A Rossby Wave, An Occluded Front

Question #18

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

A Equatorial regions

B Equatorial Africa

C The Southern Great Plains of the USA

D The Caribbean and Florida

E The Rocky Mountains of the USA

Question #19

The Coriolis Effect would be strongest under which conditions?

A Slow winds near 7 degrees North Latitude

B Fast winds near Southern California

C Fast winds near 7 degrees South Latitude

D Slow winds near 80 degrees South Latitude

E Fast winds near 80 degrees North Latitude

Question #20

Which type of cloud forms hail, lightning and thunder, and which stage of this cloud’s development is most dangerous?

A Nimbostratus, Cumulus

B Nimbostratus, Dissipating

C Nimbostratus, Mature

D Cumulonimbus, Dissipating

E Cumulonimbus, Mature

Question #21

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 Higher Atmospheric Pressure

D Warmer Sea Surface Temperatures and Lower Atmospheric Pressure

Question #22

Northern Hemisphere Rossby waves are more extreme in _________ when the Polar Jet Stream moves further _______

A Summer, South

B Winter, North

C Winter, South

D Evening, Inland

E Summer, North

Question #23

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 Australia, Indonesia

B Indonesia, Peru

C Peru, Indonesia

D Indonesia, Australia

E Ecuador, Peru

Question #24

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

A 97, 96.5

B 71, 96.5

C 96.5, 69

D 71, 65

E 50, 50

Question #25

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

A Stratus

B Nimbostratus

C Cumulus

D Cumulonimbus

E Cirrus

Question #26

Which air mass contains the warmest, driest air?

A cT

B cP

C pT

D mP

E mT

Question #27

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

A Advection Fog

B Carnival Fog

C Evaporation fog

D London Fog

E Radiation fog

Question #28

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

A 15 miles

B 12 miles

C 9 miles

D 6 miles

E 3 miles

Question #29

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

B Third, Tropical Depression

C Third, Typhoon

D Fourth, Tropical Depression

E Third, Hurricane

F Second, Hurricane

Question #30

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 #31

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 Hurricane

C A Low Pressure Cell

D An Occluded Front

E A Tornado

Question #32

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 Diabatic, Orographic

B Adiabatic, Orographic

C Diabatic, Convergent

D Adiabatic, Convergent

E Adiabatic, Convective

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