GEO 302C EXAM 3 Fall 2003
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1. Which of the following was responsible for whipping up the
fierce
a. Chinook wind
b. Valley breeze
c.
d. Katabatic wind
e. Sea breeze
2.
a. there is more rain in January than in July.
b. there is less rain
in January than in July.
c. there is an equal
amount of rain in January and July.
3. Which of the following air masses can influence
a. cT
b. cP
c. mT
d. all of the above
4. This air mass is responsible for hot, dry summer weather
over portions of
a. maritime polar
b. continental polar
c. maritime tropical
d. continental tropical
e. continental arctic
5. This air mass is responsible for refreshing cool, dry
breezes after a long, humid summer hot spell in the Central Plains:
a. maritime polar
b. continental polar
c. maritime tropical
d. continental
tropical
e. continental arctic
6. At a warm front, the warm air:
a. rises and cools
b. rises and warms
c. sinks and cools
d. sinks and warms
7. Which
of the following is correct about cold fronts and warm fronts?
a. generally, cold
fronts move slower than warm fronts
b. generally, cold
fronts have more gentle slopes
c. generally,
precipitation covers a much broader area with cold fronts
d. both cold and warm fronts affect
8. In the Northern Hemisphere,
a. air rises steeply ahead of a warm
front, and gradually ahead of a cold front
b. cold, warm and occluded fronts
are associated with high pressure systems
c.
precipitation associated with cold fronts tends to be brief and intense
d. precipitation associated with cold
fronts tends to be gentle and prolonged
9. Which
below is a name given to a large
cyclonic storm system that forms in the middle latitudes?
a. tornado
b. hurricane
c. wave cyclone
d. anticyclone
10. The
development or strengthening of a middle latitude cyclone is called:
a. cyclogenesis
b. convergence
c. divergence
d. condensation
e. filling low
11. When
an upper-level low lies directly above a surface low:
a. the surface low will
probably strengthen
b. thunderstorms will
develop
c. a wave cyclone will
begin to form
d. the pressure of the surface low will increase
e. cyclogenesis will
occur
12. For a surface storm system to intensify, the upper-level low
(or trough) should be located to the of the surface low.
a. east
b. west
c. south
d. north
13. Which
of the following has the largest size?
a. middle latitude cyclone
b. tropical cyclone
c. typhoon
d. tornado
e. tropical storm
14. The rising of warm air and the sinking
of cold air provide energy for a developing wave cyclone.
a. true
b. false
15. Convergence is the piling up of air;
divergence is the spreading out of air.
a. true
b. false
16. An ordinary thunderstorm is most intense during this stage:
a. mature stage
b. dissipating stage
c. cumulus stage
17. Ordinary thunderstorms last for 24 hours:
a. true
b. false
18. This classifies
tornados according to wind speed and damage
a. Saffir-Simpson
Scale
b. Fujita scale
c. Kelvin scale
d. Celsius scale
e. Fahrenheit scale
19. When a tornado is spotted, the National Weather Service
issues a:
a. tornado watch
b. tornado warning
20. Which of the following regions in the
a. the
b. the
c. the western
d. the Central Plains
21. Which of the following regions in the
a. the
b. the
c. the western
d. the Central Plains
22. This region in the
a. the
b. the
c. the western
d. the Central Plains
23. In the
a. in the
b. in the desert
southwest
c. in the
d. in
e. in
24. If a tornado is rotating in a counterclockwise direction and
moving toward the east, the strongest winds will be on its side.
a. west
b. east
c. south
d. north
25. The so-called "Tornado Alley" of the
a.
b.
c.
d.
26. In the Northern Hemisphere,
hurricanes and middle latitude cyclones are similar in that both:
a. have thunderstorms
b. can be seen by
satellite
c. have winds that
blow counterclockwise around their centers
d. all of the above
27. The strongest winds in a hurricane are found:
a. in the eye wall
b. at the center of
the storm
c. in the rain bands
d. at upper levels,
above the center of the hurricane
e. near the periphery
of the hurricane
28. Around mid-September 2003, a hurricane made a landfall in
a. Isabel
b. Isidore
c. Ivan
d. Irene
e. Imagine
29. Which
of the following is true about hurricanes:
a. hurricanes have
distinct fronts
b. hurricanes can form
along the equator
c. hurricanes tend to move from east to west in the tropics
d. hurricanes disappear
within two hours after their formation
30. The
main source of energy for a hurricane is the:
a. El Nino
b. strong winds
c. warm ocean water and release of latent heat of condensation
d. ocean currents and
tides
e. thunderstorms
31. Hurricanes
dissipate when:
a. they move over
colder water
b. they move over land
c. surface inflow of
air exceeds upper-level outflow of air
d. all of the above
32. The main difference between a hurricane and a tropical storm
is that:
a. tropical storms have weaker wind speeds
b.
tropical storms are smaller
c. tropical storms are
in the tropics
d. tropical storms do
not have a clearly defined eye
33. Hurricanes
that move into
a. typhoons
b. hurricanes
c. tropical cyclones
34. The strongest winds in a hurricane heading north toward
a. north
b. south
c. east
d. west
35. A storm of tropical origin whose high winds and water cause a
great deal of destruction to islands in the western North Pacific is (in this
part of the world) known as a:
a. hurricane
b. cyclone
c. typhoon
36. Which of the following is considered a climatic control?
a. ocean currents
b. intensity of
sunshine and its variation with latitude
c. prevailing winds
d. altitude
e. all of the above
37. A rainshadow desert is normally found:
a. on the downwind side of a mountain range
b. in the center of a
large surface anticyclone
c. in polar regions
where the air is cold and dry
38. The earth's rainforests are found in:
a. humid subtropical
(Cfa) climates
b. tropical wet (Af) climates
c. tropical wet and
dry (Aw) climates
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
39. The Köppen scheme for
classifying climates employs annual and monthly averages of:
a. temperature and precipitation
b. precipitation and
stream runoff
c. ocean levels and
surface pressure
d. population density
and agricultural output
e. sunshine and soil
type
40. In Köppen's system of classifying climates, midlatitude moist
climates with mild winters are designated by the letter:
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. E
41. These plants are capable of surviving a prolonged period of
dryness:
a. rainforest
b. tundra
c. taiga
d. xerophytes
e. boreal forests
42. The majority of the southeastern section of the
a. tropical wet
b. tropical wet and dry
c. humid
subtropical
d. humid continental
e. semi-arid
43. In
a. true
b. false
44. According to Köppen, the driest of all climates would be
classified as BW.
a. true
b. false
45. The semi-arid climate marks the transition between the arid
and humid climatic regions.
a. true
b. false
46. The coldest of all air masses is
a. cT
b. mT
c. mP
d. cP
e. cA
47. One would most likely
experience steppe vegetation in a:
a. semi-arid climate
b. humid subtropical
climate
c. marine climate
d. subpolar climate
e. tropical
wet-and-dry climate
48. One would expect to
observe this type of vegetation in a subpolar climate:
a. tundra
b. taiga
c. rainforests
d. savanna
e. grassland
49. Humid
continental with severe winters climates are not observed in:
a.
b.
c.
d. the northern plains
of the
e.
50. Mountain barriers are
considered a climatic control.
a. true
b. false