Meteorology Part 2

How does the latitude of a region affect its climate?

• By increasing the length of days throughout the year
• By increasing the amount of energy the land can absorb
• By determining the angle of sunlight throughout the year
• By determining the rate that tectonic plates move

Which of the following is true?

• Climates at high latitudes are very warm 
• A nearby lake causes a climate to be colder
• Vegetation can increase the amount of precipitation that falls over an area 
• Places at lower elevations generally have lower temperatures

An increase in ocean temperature can cause________________

• an increase in the number of hurricanes
• most forms of ocean life to flourish 
• a decrease in sea level
• global wind patterns to stabilize

If an area is experiencing consecutive days of constant weather, this weather is called___________?

• Air-mass weather
• Warm-front weather
• Cold-front weather
• Occluded-front weather 

Air masses that have the greatest influence on weather in the mid-western United States are ____________.

• mT and cT air masses
• cP and mT air masses
• mP and cP air masses
• cT and cP air masses 

Lake-effect snow is associated with a(n) _____

• mP air mass
• cP air mass
• mT air mass
• cT air mass

Which front often produces hours of moderate-to-light precipitation over a large area?

• polar
• warm
• cold
• maritime

When a hurricane reaches land, its intensity decreases as the area of ________________

• increase in pressure and temperature
• lack of cold, dry air to fuel the storm
• friction and the lack of warm, moist air
• successive updrafts into the eye wall

The eye of a hurricane ____________

• has the greatest wind speeds
• is warmer than the rest of the storm 
• experiences high pressures 
• is responsible for heavy precipitation

A thunderstorm is most intense during its ________

• mature stage 
• cumulus stage
• wave stage
• dissipating stage