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The main difference between a tropical air mass and a polar air mass is that one _____.
A) forms over water
B) forms over land
C) is colder
D) is classified by temperature and pressure |
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. Along the warm front, the warmer air _____.
A) is pushed away by cold air
B) rises over the colder air
C) cannot move the cold air
D) is trapped by the land |
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| B) rises over the colder air |
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. When a cold air mass meets and moves under a warm air mass, the result is a _____.
A) cold front
B) warm front
C) occluded front
D) stationary front |
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Which of the following is a description of a low pressure system?
A) counterclockwise air circulation and fair weather
B) counterclockwise air circulation and stormy weather
C) clockwise air circulation and fair weather
D) clockwise air circulation and stormy weather |
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| B) counterclockwise air circulation and stormy weather |
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Colder, sinking air combined with the spinning of Earth, results in fair weather conditions associated with a _____.
A) cold front
B) occluded front
C) high pressure system
D) low pressure system |
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Fair weather with usually no precipitation is characteristic of ____.
A) high pressure systems
B) low pressure systems
C) fronts
D) air masses |
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Rain or snow usually is associated with _____ air pressure.
A) rising
B) falling
C) steady
D) below normal |
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. A storm is a _____.
A) “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.
B) huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height.
C) boundary where unlike air masses meet and do not easily mix.
D) violent disturbance in the atmosphere. |
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| D) violent disturbance in the atmosphere. |
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Along a cold front, conditions often cause the formation of severe thunderstorms. Another severe storm that may also form along with thunderstorms is a _____.
A) hurricane
B) tornado
C) high pressure storm
D) tropical storm |
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Which of the following best describes a thunderstorm?
A) a rapidly swirling, funnel-shaped storm extending down from a cloud
B) a low-pressure tropical storm that forms over water
C) a circular storm with an eye at the center
D) a storm with lightning, strong winds, and heavy rain |
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| D) a storm with lightning, strong winds, and heavy rain |
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. Tornadoes form in _____ kind of cloud as thunderstorms.
A) the same
B) a different
C) a stronger
D) a weaker |
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Which statement most accurately describes a hurricane?
A) often develops when cool air collides with warm moist air
B) a low pressure system with high winds that forms over water
C) a very violent windstorm that forms over land
D) high winds and heavy amounts of snow |
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| B) a low pressure system with high winds that forms over water |
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The eye of a hurricane _____.
A) has the highest winds
B) has dense clouds
C) produces the storm surge
D) is calm |
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. As the hurricane comes ashore along a coastal area, one of the most dangerous and devastating results of the hurricane occurs here. This hurricane disaster is the result of _____.
A) the storm surge
B) a tsunami
C) the tides
D) heavy rain |
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