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