Meteorology Review

Where does most of Earth's weather occur?

• Troposhere

• Thermosphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

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Which of the following are the effects of an occluded front?

• Cooler weather and rain or snow

• Drizzly rain then warm weather

• Clear skies then rain

• Thunderstorms, heavy rain, or snow

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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.

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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A city near the coast experiences local breezes on a frequent basis. Which of these is the BEST explanation for this?

• The cold fronts that form only over coastal areas cause thunderstorms.

• The amount of sunshine received by coastal areas causes thunderstorms.

• The uneven heating of land and water in coastal areas creates fronts that cause thunderstorms

• The interactions of the waves with the landmass change the air pressure to cause thunderstorms.

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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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Which of these circumstances will cause a hurricane originate?

• If the hurricane moves over warmer water

• if the hurricane moves over colder water

• if the hurricane moves over dry land

• if the hurricane moves into drier 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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