
Ch. 13 Science Test
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- Q1Northerly winds are blowing fromThe equator to the North PoleNorth to SouthSouth to North30s
- Q2A hiker would like to know the wind speed at the top of a mountain. He needs to use a(n)weather vaneanemometerbarometerpsychrometer30s
- Q3Which type of air masses form over landmaritimecontinental30s
- Q4When the weather is sunny and hot,evaporation is occuringthe weather cycle has stopped30s
- Q5Current, short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to asionosphereweatherthe lapse ratehumidity30s
- Q6Areas of low pressure usually havenone of the abovedescending airLousy weathercloudy weather30s
- Q7Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass?Maritime PolarContinental PolarArcticContinental Tropical30s
- Q8Which type of severe weather is NOT an intense tropical storm?tornadotyphoontropical cyclonehurricane30s
- Q9___________ humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperaturepartialtotalnone of the aboverelative30s
- Q10A(n) ___________ connects points of equal temperaturestation modelisothermnone of the aboveisobar30s
- Q11A(n) ___________________ shows weather conditions at one specific locationstation modelcloud mapisothermisobar30s
- Q12Maps of weather reports have symbols that show which of the followingall of the abovedew pointhumiditytype of precipitation30s
- Q13A severe weather watch means which of the following?severe weather has passed by and it is safe to go outsideThe conditions are right for severe weather, but it is not occurring yetit is the season during which severe weather typically occurssevere weather is occuring30s
- Q14__________________ can be produced by thunderstormsvolcanoestornadoestsunamisstationary fronts30s
- Q15A Doppler radaris a computer model used to determine a weather forecastis a package of weather instruments carried above ground in a ballooncan detect precipitation as well as the movement of small particles, which can be used to approximate wind speedis a device that measures wind speed30s