Chapter 20 Quiz

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
An air mass is a large body of air with uniform temperature
and
a. uniform thickness.
b. uniform moisture.
c. abundant condensation nuclei.
d. low pressure throughout.
A
B
C
D
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Which air masses influence much of the weather in North
America, especially east of the Rocky Mountains?
a. maritime tropical and continental polar
b. maritime polar and continental polar
c. continental polar and continental tropical
d. maritime polar and maritime tropical
A
B
C
D
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3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What causes most of the precipitation in the eastern
two thirds of the United States?
a. maritime polar air masses
b. continental polar air masses
c. continental tropical air masses
d. maritime tropical air masses
A
B
C
D
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
An air mass changes
a. the weather of the area over which it moves.
b. the elevation of underlying areas.
c. the rotation direction of cyclones.
d. weather that is hundreds of kilometers away from it.
A
B
C
D
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5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
What forms at the boundary between two different air
masses of different properties?
a. a temperature inversion
b. a front
c. a hurricane eyewall
d. a storm surge
A
B
C
D
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6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
A warm front forms when
a. cold air moves up over warmer air.
b. a warm air mass meets another air mass of the same
temperature.
c. warm air glides up over colder air.
d. the temperature in a warm air mass increases.
A
B
C
D
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7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Air masses are classified according to the
a. direction in which they move.
b. speed of their movement.
c. surface over which they form.
d. temperature of their air at a certain time.
A
B
C
D
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