Meteorology Quiz #2

Using the weather map provided. What type of frontal system is currently going through Texas

• Warm front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Low Front

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Warm air rising at the equator and cold air sinking at the poles is one reason for which event? 

• coriolis force
• hurricanes
• earth's rotation
• convection currents 

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Low pressure will usually bring what kind of weather?

• Sunny
• Calm
• Stormy

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What is the standard barometric pressure in millibars?

• 1000mb

• 1024.25mb

• 1013.25mb

• 1020.30mb

The following picture shows a weather map of Virginia. What type of weather is Virginia having in this map?

• cloudy, rainy weather

• sunny, dry, fair weather

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What type of pressure system is this ?

• cold

• low

• warm

• high

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Trough of lower pressure with higher pressure on both sides in polar front theory is called

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Occulded front

• Stationary front.

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A middle-latitude cyclone is:

• A large scale weather phenomenon that last a few days

• Based on changing conditions of air moving around low pressure

• A pressure system that consists of warm, cold, and occluded fronts

• All answers describe a MLC

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The Cold Sector of an MLC has winds blowing with a ________ (direction) component.

• South

• West

• North

• East

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Which location will one find the greatest winds?

• Around the Low pressure

• Around the High pressure

• Where isobars are closest together

• Where we find air moving around a pressure system

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