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| The earth's atmosphere extends from sea level to about (blank) kilometers |
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Select from the following list the two elements that make up most (99%) of the Earth's atmosphere:
a) N
b) O
c) Ar
d) CO2
e) H20 |
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| (blank) percent of the mass of the earth's atmosphere lies within its lower 80 kilometers. |
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| In what layer of the atmosphere does the weather of planet Earth occur? |
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| In what layar of the Earth's atmosphere are greenhouse gases stored? |
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| The boundary separating the Troposphere and the Stratosphere |
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| What heat transfer process drives the poleward movement of hot tropical air masses? |
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| What is another name for 30 degrees N or S latitude? |
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| What force causes wind current to bend to the right of their direction of motion in the Northern Hemisphere and to their left in the Southern Hemisphere? |
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| What forces causes air to flow from high to low pressure regions? |
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| Where is the Intertropical Convergence Zone located? |
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| Along and parallel to the equator |
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| What is the name of the surface winds that blow from NE to SW between 0 degrees and 30 degrees North or South latitude? |
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| What cell do the Intertropical Convergence Zone, Horse latitudes, and the trade winds play an important role in? |
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| How would you describe air masses at the poles? |
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| A cold dry air masses at the poles move South and North in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively they encounter warm moist air flowing in the opposite direction at about what latitudes? |
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| What happens at 60 degrees N and S latitude? |
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| Warm moist air lofted toward the tropopause, undergoes condensation and precipitation occurs. |
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| what cell do the Polar Easterlies and 60 degrees N and S latitude play an important role in? |
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| What is the name of the cell lying between the Hadley and Polar Cells? |
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| What are the winds that commonly occur between 30 degrees and 60 degrees N and S latitude called? |
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| What are the jet streams and where do they occur? |
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| Jet streams are narrow fast flowing air currents occurring near the tropopause |
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For a stream of air to be classified as a jet stream it cant be moving slower than:
a) 54 km/hour
b) 64 km/hour
c) 90km/hour
d) 94 km/hour
e) None of the above |
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Select from the following list the typical dimensions of a jet stream:
a) 100 to several 1000 km long
b) 10 to several 100 m long
c) 160 to 500 km wide
d) 160 to 500 km wide
e) 1 km deep
f) 5 km deep |
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a) 100 to several 1000km long,
c) 160 to 150 km wide
e) 1 km deep |
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The polar jet lies at an elevation of:
a) 3-4km
b) 5-6 km
c) 7-12 km
d) 15-17 km
e) none of the above |
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The subtropical jet lies at an elevation of:
a) 5 -10 km
b) 10-16 km
c) 16-20 km
d) 20-22 km
e) None of the above |
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| Jet streaks are the fastest flowing parts of jet streams |
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| What are the three stages that thunderstorms pass through? |
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| Cumulous towers, mature, dissipation |
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| What stage in the development of a thunderstorm is latent heat important? |
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| In what stage of thunderstorm development are both lightening and high winds present? |
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| At what stage of development do thunderstorms rise until they reach the warmer air of the tropopause? |
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| When downdrafts push down out of a cloud and spread outward cutting off the inflow to a thunderstorm, then the stage of development is referred to as the (blank) stage |
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| Technically, what is a cyclone? |
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| A cyclone is an area of closed, circular atmospheric motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth |
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| As viewed from the North Pole, in what direction does the Earth rotate? |
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| Tropical cyclones are sometimes referred to as (blank) core storm systems. |
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| Tropical cyclones form almost exclusively in the (blank) regions around the globe |
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A tropical cyclone is in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific is referred to as a:
a) hurricane
b) typhoon
c) Cyclone |
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A tropical cyclone western Pacific and Philipines is referred to as:
a) hurricane
b) typhoon
c) Cyclone |
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Tropical Cyclones typically begin as a complex of thunderstorms but then evolve through a series of stages. The first stage after a complex of thunderstorms form is the formation of a weak:
a) Tropical Storm
b) Tropical depression
c) tropical typhoon
d) Tropical trough
e) None of the above |
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If wind speeds in the tropical depression reach 63 km/hour(39mph), then it is classified as a:
a) tropical storm
b) Hurricane
c) typhoon
d) Tropical trough
e) None of the above |
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If wind speeds in a tropical storm reach 117 km/hour (73mph), then depending upon its location, its classified as a:
a) Hurricane
b) Cyclone
c) typhoon |
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| Given that all other factors are favorable, is it likely that a tropical cyclone will form if the water temperature is less than 80 degrees F? If not, then why not? |
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| No, the water needs to be above 80 degrees F. Under this condition the overlying atmosphere will be unstable enough to sustain convection and thunderstorm development |
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| Given that all other factors are favorable, is it likely that a tropical cyclone will form if the relative humidity is low in the lower and middle troposphere? If not, then why not? |
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| No, the humidity needs to be so high that there will be a lack of evaporation of moisture from clouds, and thus the clouds can carry more water vapor as they rise |
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| Given that all other factors are favorable, is it likely that a tropical cyclone will form if a tropical storm forms within 555 km of the equator? If not, then why not? |
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| No, the wind shear needs to be low so that the latent heat produced during the production of rain is localized rather than spread out |
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| A calm and cloudless circular region in the center of the cyclone is called? |
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| The eye can be anywhere from (blank) to (blank) km in diameter. |
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| A circular area surrounding the eye and containing strong thunderstorms is called the (blank) |
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| Are the pressures in the eye of a tropical cyclone higher or lower than those outside the eye? |
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| What might the difference in sea level between the eye and some point outside the storm? |
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| the difference in sea level between the eye of a tropical storm and areas outside the eye can be as much as 0.5 meters (1.64 feet) |
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| Where do the greatest wind speeds and heaviest precipitation in a cyclone occur? |
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| Given that all other factors are favorable, is it likely a tropical cyclone will form if high amounts of wind shear are present? If not, then why not? |
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| No, the wind shear needs to be low so that the latent heat produced during the production of rain is localized rather than spread out |
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| Radiating outward from the eyewall of a cyclone are bands of clouds that make up the (blank),(blank),(blank) |
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A category 1 hurricane has sustained speeds of:
a) 119-153 km/hour (74-95 mph)
b) 154.5-177 km/hour (96-110 mph)
c) 178.6-209 km/hour (111-130 mph)
d) 210.8-249 km/hour (131-155mph)
e) Greater than or equal to 249 km/hour (155 mph) |
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A category 2 hurricane has sustained speeds of:
a) 119-153 km/hour (74-95 mph)
b) 154.5-177 km/hour (96-110 mph)
c) 178.6-209 km/hour (111-130 mph)
d) 210.8-249 km/hour (131-155mph)
e) Greater than or equal to 249 km/hour (155 mph) |
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A category 3 hurricane has sustained speeds of:
a) 119-153 km/hour (74-95 mph)
b) 154.5-177 km/hour (96-110 mph)
c) 178.6-209 km/hour (111-130 mph)
d) 210.8-249 km/hour (131-155mph)
e) Greater than or equal to 249 km/hour (155 mph) |
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A category 4 hurricane has sustained speeds of:
a) 119-153 km/hour (74-95 mph)
b) 154.5-177 km/hour (96-110 mph)
c) 178.6-209 km/hour (111-130 mph)
d) 210.8-249 km/hour (131-155mph)
e) Greater than or equal to 249 km/hour (155 mph) |
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A category 5 hurricane has sustained speeds of:
a) 119-153 km/hour (74-95 mph)
b) 154.5-177 km/hour (96-110 mph)
c) 178.6-209 km/hour (111-130 mph)
d) 210.8-249 km/hour (131-155mph)
e) Greater than or equal to 249 km/hour (155 mph) |
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| e) greater than or equal to 249 km/hour |
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Which of the following hurricanes was classified as CAT 5?
a) camille
b) Katrina
c) Andrew
d) Liz
e) None of the above |
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| A Mid-latitudinal cyclone is an area of low pressure lying between (blank) degrees and (blank) degrees north or south latitude. |
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| A mid-latitudinal cyclone can reach (blank) kilometers (1234 miles) in diameter |
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| Mid-latitudinal cyclones are commonly the result of cold dry air masses of the (blank) cell flowing toward the equator interacting with warm and moist poleward flowing air masses of the (blank) cell |
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A warm front forms when
a) leading edge of poleward flowing warm moist air meets and replaces a mass of cold dry air.
b) Leading edge of cold dry air meets and replaces a mass of warm moist air |
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| a) leading edge of poleward flowing warm moist air meets and replaces a mass of cold dry air |
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A cold front forms when:
a) leading edge of poleward flowing warm moist air meets and replaces a mass of cold dry air
b) leading edge of cold dry air meets and replaces a mass of warm moist air |
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| b)Leading edge of cold dry air meets and replaces a mass of warm moist air |
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| When a cold and warm front merge the front is called (blank) |
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| In a mid-latitudinal cyclone where would you expect to find a line of thunderstorms: over a cold or warm front? |
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| which commonly move faster, warm-or cold-fronts? |
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| Cold front commonly overtake warm fronts |
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| Over the United States mid-latitudinal cyclones move from (blank) to (blank) |
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Which of the following models can be used to explain the development of midlatitudinal cyclones:
a) Milankovitch
b) Mohorovic
c) Norwegian
d) Shaprio-Keyser
e) Werner |
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| c) Norwegian, d) Shaprio-Keyser |
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| Storm surge is the rise of sea level brought on by low-pressure high winds, and large waves as cyclones come ashore |
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| If a hurricane comes ashore along an E-W trending coastal area with a northward direction of travel, what side of the hurricane, east or west, is in greater danger of coastal flooding? why? |
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| East side-this side will have the highest sustained winds |
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| What are squall lines and where might you expect them to form? |
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| Bands of thunderstorms-along and parallel to cold fronts |
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| On a global basis where are the greatest number of tornadoes spanned? |
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| Great Plains region of the United States |
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Select the most destructive, in terms of physical damage, tropical cyclone in the history of the united states:
a) Andrew
b) Rita
c) Camille
d) Galveston Hurricane of 1900
e) Great storm of 1987 |
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Select the most deadly hurricane in the history of the United States:
a) Andrew
b) Rita
c) Camille
d) Galveston Hurricane of 1900
e) Great storm of 1987 |
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| d) Galveston Hurricane of 1900 |
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Select the extratropical with the highest wind speeds ever recorded:
a) Andrew
b) rita
c) Camille
d) Galveston hurricane of 1900
e) Great Storm of 1987 |
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Select the hurricane with the highest sustained winds to ever come ashore in the history of the United States:
a) Andrew
b) Rita
c) Camille
d) Galveston Hurricane of 1900
e) Great Storm of 1987 |
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Where did the Great storm of 1987 occur?
a) South Carolina
b) Florida
c) Louisiana
d) United Kingdom
e) Cuba |
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How many trees were destroyed during the Great Storm of 1987?
a) 5,000
b) 15,000
c) 150,000
d) 1,500,000
e) 15,000,000 |
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How many lives were lost during the Great Storm of 1987?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 19
e) 20 |
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How many people lost their lives during the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?
a) 100-1,000
b) 1,000-3,000
c) 6,000-12,000
d) 13,000-15,000
e) 2,000-3,000 |
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what was the cost of the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew?
a) $250,000
b) $2,500,000
c) $25,000,000,000
d) $250,000,000 |
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Sustained winds associated with Hurricane Camille are estimated to have been:
a) 190 mph (305 km/hour)
b) 100 mph (161 km/hour)
c) 75 mph (121 km/hour)
d) 300 mph (483 km/hour)
e) None of the above |
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