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| The atmospheric gas that is important for holding heat is |
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| is lighter than cold air. |
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| Which of the following statements about water is FALSE? |
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| Increased moisture makes air heavier. |
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| As the temperature of moist air falls |
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| condensation occurs at the dew point. |
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| Because water has a high heat capacity |
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| Because of the coriolis effect |
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| winds are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere. |
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| When cooling air reaches the dew point |
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| increases toward the poles |
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| Which of the following is true of HIGH PRESSURE systems in the northern hemisphere? |
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| Surface winds blow away from the pressure center. |
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| Geostrophic winds are the result of balances between air pressure and |
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| Monsoons and land/sea breezes are both the result of |
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| the high heat capacity of water |
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| increase in absolute humidity |
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| Energy is carried by water vapor from place to place by |
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| Air at the dew point is at |
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| Three common means of lifting air are orographic lifting, wind convergence, and: |
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| Air that rises by itself would be called |
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| A front commonly preceded by a period of gentle rain is a |
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| The type of front where temperature changes abruptly from warm to cold is a |
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| The entire warm air mass is lifted |
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| For a thunderstorm to form, rising air must |
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| remain warmer than the surrounding air. |
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| forms in the intense updrafts of thunderstorms |
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| Wind chill is a measure of |
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| how quickly heat is lost. |
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| Mid-latitude cyclones in the northern hemisphere |
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| circulate counterclockwise |
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| have rotating rising and sinking air. |
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| The majority of tornadoes |
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| have a narrow path of destruction |
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| Multiple supercell thunderstorms may form |
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| along fast moving cold fronts. |
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| The energy that powers tropical cyclones comes from |
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| In a landfalling hurricane, the greatest wind damage will be |
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| Which is the major hazard of tropical storms far inland from the coast? |
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| The strongest hurricanes are classified as |
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| The destruction at Galveston by the hurricane of 1900 was primarily due to |
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| the very low elevation of the barrier island |
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| In 2008, Hurricane Ike, although only a Category 2 at landfall, caused extensive destruction on the coast east of Galveston by |
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| In both Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Katrina the Mississippi coast was devastated because |
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| it was on the right side of the eye. |
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| The potential risk of flooding in New Orleans |
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| was high because much of the city was below sea level. |
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| The destruction of Hurricane Katrina was made worse by |
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| failure to adequately prepare for a known hazard. |
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| A major problem during the 1925 tornado outbreak and "tri-state tornado" disaster was |
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| the failure of people to heed warnings. |
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| The midwest tornado outbreak of 1974 resulted in |
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| examination of school building safety |
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| The LEAST safe place to be in a building during a tornado is |
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| Advanced warning of tornadoes improved dramatically in the 1980's with |
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| development of doppler radar |
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| A surprising aspect of the 2011 "superoutbreak" of tornadoes was |
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| the very large number of fatalities |
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| Blizzards are typically associated with |
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| the north side of mid-latitude cyclones. |
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| Which of the following does NOT describe the impact of the Blizzard of 1888? |
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| Do to advanced warning fatalities were low |
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| The March 1993 "storm of the century" did NOT include |
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| extensive inland flooding. |
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