Meteorology
Meteorology
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1: In summer, at the same pressure, maritime tropical air is ______ continental tropical air.
A. More dense than
B. As dense as
C. Less dense than
2: ________ and ________ both occur at night.
A. Valley breezes, mountain breezes
B. Sea breezes, mountain breezes
C. Land breezes, valley breezes
D. Sea breezes, land breezes
E. Mountain breezes, land breezes
3: Most precipitation that falls in middle latitudes originates in ______ clouds.
A. Nimbostratus
B. Cumulonimbus
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
4: Most regions of the globe receive a ________ maximum of rainfall.
A. Summer
B. Winter
C. Autumn
D. None of the above
5: Thunderstorms are violent ________ storms accompanied by thunder and lightning.
A. Convective
B. Non-concentive
C. Low concentive
D. None of the above
6: Thunderstorms do not usually accompany ________.
A. Anticyclones
B. Cyclones
C. Dust
D. None of the above
7: Carbon dioxide and ________ are the most important heat absorbing gases in the lower atmosphere.
A. Water vapor
B. Its albedo
C. Nitrogen
D. Infrared
8: The intertropical convergence zone may be found as far as ________ north of the equator in july.
A. 55°
B. 25°
C. 30°
D. 35°
9: A ____ usually indicates clearing weather or fair weather.
A. Pressure gradient force.
B. Steadily rising pressure
C. Coriolis force
D. Pressures, heights
10: Horizontal winds ______ parallel the height contours at the 500-mb level.
A. Never.
B. Sometimes.
C. Generally.
D. The National Data Buoy Center
11: The double-blind procedure is most likely to be used in ________ research.
A. Survey
B. Case study
C. Correlational
D. Experimental
12: Downdrafts totally dominate the ________ of an air mass thunderstorm.
A. Dissipating stage
B. Mature stage
C. Cumulus stage
13: Low ____ on a constant height chart corresponds to low ____ on a constant pressure chart.
A. Pressures, heights
B. Pressures, pressures
C. Geostrophic wind.
D. Heights, heights
14: The leading edge of a thunderstorm's cold outflowing air is known as a ____.
A. Gust front
B. Wall cloud
C. Funnel cloud
D. Jet stream
15: An ordinary cell thunderstorm ____.
A. Thunderstorm that does not produce lightning or thunder.
B. Thunderstorm that has a tilted updraft and downdraft.
C. Scattered or isolated storm that is not severe.
D. Thunderstorm that does not produce hail
16: ______ is (are) partially blocked by ozone in the stratosphere.
A. Ultraviolet radiation
B. Microwaves
C. X-rays
17: All other factors being equal, a more co2-rich atmosphere is a ______ atmosphere.
A. Warmer
B. Colder
C. Concentrated
D. None of these
18: Cumuliform clouds _________ form along or ahead of a cold front.
A. Never
B. Typically
C. Always.
D. None of these
19: Forecasting large-scale weather events several days in advance is ____.
A. Rarely attempted
B. Generally done with near-perfect accuracy
C. Less accurate than forecasting the precise evolution and movement of small-scale, short-lived weather systems
D. More accurate than forecasting the precise evolution and movement of small-scale, short-lived weather systems
20: For precipitation to form, cloud droplets must grow in volume by roughly _____.
A. One hundred thousand times
B. Ten thousand times
C. One million times
D. One thousand times
21: Atmospheric shortwaves usually move ____ at a speed that is ____ than longwaves.
A. East to west; faster
B. West to east; faster
C. North to south; slower
D. West to east; slower
E. South to north; slower
22: Developing low pressure areas generally have ____ air near the surface and ____ air aloft.
A. Converging, diverging
B. Diverging, converging.
C. Both of these
D. None of these
23: Productivity in temperate oceans is determined by ________.
A. Year
B. Thermocline
C. Seasons
D. Benthonic
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B. B18437
C. Radar gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the ____.
D. Amount of energy scattered back to the transmitter.
E. Tiny water droplets exclusively.(by self)
F. Both of these
G. None of these
H. Radar gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the ____.
I. Amount of energy scattered back to the transmitter.
J. Tiny water droplets exclusively.(by self)
K. Both of these
L. None of these
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25: The average hurricane exists, on the average, for about ________.
A. One week
B. Two weeks
C. Three weeks
D. Four weeks
E. Five weeks.
26: The bergeron-findeisen precipitation process takes place within ______ clouds.
A. Cold.
B. Warm.
C. Cirrus.
D. Cirrostratus.
27: ______ is (are) partially blocked by ozone in the stratosphere.
A. Ultraviolet radiation
B. Microwaves
C. X-rays
28: All other factors being equal, a more co2-rich atmosphere is a ______ atmosphere.
A. Warmer
B. Colder
C. Concentrated
D. None of these
29: Cumuliform clouds _________ form along or ahead of a cold front.
A. Never
B. Typically
C. Always.
D. None of these
30: Forecasting large-scale weather events several days in advance is ____.
A. Rarely attempted
B. Generally done with near-perfect accuracy
C. Less accurate than forecasting the precise evolution and movement of small-scale, short-lived weather systems
D. More accurate than forecasting the precise evolution and movement of small-scale, short-lived weather systems
31: For precipitation to form, cloud droplets must grow in volume by roughly _____.
A. One hundred thousand times
B. Ten thousand times
C. One million times
D. One thousand times
32: Atmospheric shortwaves usually move ____ at a speed that is ____ than longwaves.
A. East to west; faster
B. West to east; faster
C. North to south; slower
D. West to east; slower
E. South to north; slower
33: Developing low pressure areas generally have ____ air near the surface and ____ air aloft.
A. Converging, diverging
B. Diverging, converging.
C. Both of these
D. None of these
34: Productivity in temperate oceans is determined by ________.
A. Year
B. Thermocline
C. Seasons
D. Benthonic
35: 100%
A. 11
B. B18437
C. Radar gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the ____.
D. Amount of energy scattered back to the transmitter.
E. Tiny water droplets exclusively.(by self)
F. Both of these
G. None of these
H. Radar gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the ____.
I. Amount of energy scattered back to the transmitter.
J. Tiny water droplets exclusively.(by self)
K. Both of these
L. None of these
M. Turn on screen reader support
N. To enable screen reader support, press Ctrl+Alt+Z To learn about keyboard shortcuts, press Ctrl+slashRana Hussain has joined the document.
36: The average hurricane exists, on the average, for about ________.
A. One week
B. Two weeks
C. Three weeks
D. Four weeks
E. Five weeks.
37: The bergeron-findeisen precipitation process takes place within ______ clouds.
A. Cold.
B. Warm.
C. Cirrus.
D. Cirrostratus.
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