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Question #1

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

A 12 miles

B 6 miles

C 15 miles

D 9 miles

E 3 miles

Question #2

Which of the following would be considered HIGH atmospheric pressure?

A 74 cm of Mercury

B 14.3 p.s.i.

C 28.15″ of Mercury

D 1029 mb

E 740 mm of Mercury

Question #3

Which air mass contains the warmest, driest air?

A cT

B pT

C mT

D mP

E cP

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 Evaporation

B Condensation

C Transpiration

D Perspiration

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 Rossby Wave, A Cold Front

B A Rossby Wave. A Warm Front

C A Rossby Wave, An Occluded Front

D An Occluded Front, A Rossby Wave

E A Cold Front, 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 75%

B 100%

C 60%

D 50%

E 20%

Question #7

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

A Cloudy, cold, windy nights

B Cloudy, windy, summer evenings

C Clear, calm, cold nights

D Clear, calm, summer evenings

E Clear, windy, cold nights

Question #8

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

A Fourth, Tropical Depression

B Third, Typhoon

C Second, Hurricane

D Third, Hurricane

E Third, Tropical Depression

Question #9

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

A B

B H

C C

D E

E D

Question #10

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

A April

B December

C June

D September

E February

Question #11

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

A Mid Latitude Mixed Forest

B Desert

C Tropical Savannah

D Tropical Rainforest

E Mid Latitude Grassland

Question #12

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

A The Rocky Mountains of the USA

B The Caribbean and Florida

C Equatorial regions

D The Southern Great Plains of the USA

E Equatorial Africa

Question #13

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

A Hygroscopic nuclei & Water Vapor

B Dust & Hygroscopic nuclei

C Water Vapor & Ice

D Water & 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 Cumulonimbus

B Cirrus

C Stratus

D Nimbostratus

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 96.5, 69

C 71, 96.5

D 97, 96.5

E 71, 65

Question #16

The Coriolis Effect would be strongest under which conditions?

A Fast winds near Southern California

B Slow winds near 7 degrees North Latitude

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 #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 Mediterranean, Desert

C Desert, Humid Continental

D Marine West Coast, Subarctic

E Desert, Steppe

Question #18

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 #19

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

A Low Pressure, The Great Basin

B Low Pressure, The Great Plains

C High Pressure, Los Angeles

D High Pressure, The Great Plains

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

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

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 12 noon

C Sunrise

D Midnight

E Mid-afternoon

Question #22

Most of coastal Southern California has this Koppen climate type

A Desert

B Californian

C Mediterranean

D Tropical Savanna

E Marine West Coast

Question #23

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

A Dry, Wet, South Asia

B Hot, Dry, India

C Dry, Wet, the Great Basin

D Wet, Dry, the Great Plains

E Wet, Dry, India

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 TRUE

B FALSE

Question #25

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

A Tundra

B Subarctic

C Mediterranean

D Humid Continental

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 Hurricane

C A Tornado

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 Tundra

B Humid Continental

C Mediterranean

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 Tropical Savanna

B Tundra

C Desert

D Mid-Latitude Grassland

E Mediterranean

Question #29

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

A Santa Ana Winds

B Westerly Winds

C Tornadoes

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 Australia, Indonesia

B Indonesia, Peru

C Peru, Indonesia

D Indonesia, Australia

E Ecuador, Peru

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 Mediterranean

C Riparian

D Prairie

E Forest

Question #34

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

A High, Counterclockwise, Clear

B High, Clockwise, Clear

C Low, Clockwise, Clear

D Low, Clockwise, Cloudy

E High, 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 Adiabatic, Convergent

C Diabatic, Convergent

D Diabatic, Orographic

E Adiabatic, Orographic

Question #36

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

A Great Basin

B Southern Great Plains

C Central Africa

D Florida

E Caribbean Sea

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 Hurricane, El Nino

C Tropical Storm, Tropical Storm

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 Warm Front

B Stationary Front

C Low Pressure Cell

D Cold 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 Advection Fog

B Radiation fog

C Carnival Fog

D Evaporation fog

E London 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 “Force”

B The Air Force

C Polar Jet Stream

D The Coriolis Force

E The Pressure Gradient Force

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