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Test Info:35 questions20 multiple choice5 matching10 short answer

Flash flood - Cincinnati 1997

Flash floods can also occur

When dams break When ice and snow rapidly melt

Flooding occurs most often

In the spring of the year as there are additional spring rains and ice and snow melts.

Question 1

Where would a continental polar air mass form?a. The Gulf of Mexicob. The desert southwestc. The Pacific Oceand. Northern Canada

Question 2

How does a warm front form?a. Cold air moves under warm air and

pushes it upb. Warm air becomes caught between two

cold air masses.c. Warm air moves over cold air and

replaces it.d. Two air masses meet and stay separated.

Question 3

The most powerful storms on Earth area. Tornadoes.b. Thunderstorms.c. Hurricanes.d. Hailstones.

Question 4

What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?a. Clear and sunnyb. Light rainc. Hurricaned. Thunderstorm

Question 5

A tornado is dangerous mostly because of itsa. Heavy rainsb. Storm surgec. Lightningd. Strong wind

Question 6

Which describes the eye of a hurricane?a. Brings winds of up to 200 mphb. Has warm, calm air and light windsc. Has strong, spinning windsd. Has spiraling bands of heavy rain

Question 7

What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?a. Severe stormsb. Drizzly rain followed by clear weatherc. Cold, dry weatherd. Many days of cloudy, wet weather

Question 8

A storm surge is a dangerous part ofa. A tornado.b. A hurricane.c. The water cycle.d. A thunderstorm.

Question 9

A maritime polar air mass that forms over the North Pacific Ocean brings what kind of weather to the Pacific Coast of the United States?a. Warmb. Dryc. Wetd. Extremely cold

Question 10

What causes changes in weather?a. Clouds form.b. Water evaporates.c. The air gets more humid.d. Air masses move and meet.

Question 11

What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring?a. Warmb. Stormyc. Sunnyd. Windy

Question 12

An air mass that formed over northern Mexico and affected the southwestern United States would be a a. Maritime polar air mass.b. Maritime tropical air mass.c. Continental polar air mass.d. Continental tropical air mass.

Question 13

Warm air masses that affect the west coast of the United States are calleda. Maritime polar air masses.b. Maritime tropical air masses.c. Continental polar air masses.d. Continental tropical air masses.

Question 14

Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes froma. Maritime polar air masses.b. Maritime tropical air masses.c. Continental polar air masses.d. Continental tropical air masses.

Question 15

When a rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass, the result isa. a cold front.b. a stationary front.c. a warm front.d. an occluded front.

Question 16

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and no movement occurs, the result isa. An occluded front.b. A warm front.c. A stationary front.d. A cold front.

Question 17

Thunderstorms form withina. High altocumulus clouds.b. High cirrocumulus clouds.c. Large cumulonimbus clouds.d. Low cirrus clouds.

Question 18

A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called aa. Thunderhead.b. Tornado.c. Cyclone.d. Hurricane.

Question 19

Flooding is most often caused bya. Fast-flowing rivers.b. Tornadoes.c. Melting snow and spring rains.d. Snowstorms.

Question 20

Sudden storms, broken dams, and ice jams that break can producea. Flash floods.b. Spring floods.c. Slowly rising rivers and streams.d. Little or no local damage.

Question 21

What tracks the location, movement, and amount of precipitation?a. Anemometerb. Radarc. Barometerd. Psychrometere. thermometer

Question 22

What consists of two thermometers?a. Anemometerb. Radarc. Barometerd. Psychrometere. thermometer

Question 23

What measures wind speed?a. Anemometerb. Radarc. Barometerd. Psychrometere. thermometer

Question 24

What measures air temperature?a. Anemometerb. Radarc. Barometerd. Psychrometere. thermometer

Question 25

What measures air pressure?a. Anemometerb. Radarc. Barometerd. Psychrometere. thermometer

Question 26

Draw the symbol used on a weather map to indicate a cold front.

Question 27

What type of weather occurs at a cold front boundary?

Question 28

Draw the symbol used on a weather map to indicate a stationary front.

Question 29

What type of weather occurs at a warm front boundary?

Question 30

Meteorologists draw lines on weather maps that link areas of equal pressure. What are those lines called?