Meteorology Review

During the daytime, the land warms up faster than water causing the air above the land to be less dense and rise into the atmosphere. The causes _________________.

• land breezes

• sea breezes

• global winds

• jet streams

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Which of the following models most accurately represents the air circulation patterns likely to develop on a hot summer afternoon in a coastal area?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What characteristic do thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes all share?

• They all form over dry and hot desert regions

• They are all easily predicted by weather forecasters

• They are all formed when warm and moist air rapidly rises

• They always cause severe damage to land and property

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Where does the energy that powers a hurricane originate?

• from funnel clouds

• outside a stationary front

• outside a subliming water

• from warm and moist air

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Using the map above as a reference: An air mass that forms over northern Mexico (E) and affects the southwestern United Sates is a

• continental polar air mass

• continental tropical air mass

• maritime polar air mass

• maritime tropical air mass

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Use the diagram above to answer the question The diagram above represents the meeting of two air masses. The air mass on the left formed over a polar region and the air mass on the right formed over a tropical region. Which type of front is pictured in the diagram?

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

• stationary front

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Using the weather map above, explain what is happening in the city of Denver.

• A cold front hitting with rain

• A warm front hitting with rain

• An occluded front with rain following a warm front

• A stationary front with rain following an occluded front

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What is the correct sequence of layers of the atmosphere from innermost to outermost?

• mesosphere-stratosphere-thermosphere-troposphere

• troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere

• stratosphere-thermosphere-troposphere-mesosphere

• thermosphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-troposphere

Which of the following statements best explains why it is warmer at the equator than the North Pole?

• The equator has more daylight hours per year than the North Pole

• The equator has a larger area than the North Pole

• The equator is closer to the Sun than the North Pole

• The equator receives more direct sunlight than the North pole

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Sabah has been asked by her teacher to investigate the following scientific question: Why are sea breezes felt during the day and land breezes at night? Which of the following data sources would best help Sabah to answer the question and why?

• The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a

  sea breeze at night and a land breeze during the day.

• The tidal charts for the month, because high tides cool off the beach, causing a

  land breeze at night and a sea breeze during the day.

• Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air

  above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a

  sea breeze during the day.

• Day and night temperatures of the beach and ocean, because the land and the air

  above it heats and cools faster than the water, causing a land breeze at night and a

  sea breeze during the day.

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