Ch. 13 Science Test
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- Q 1/37Score 0Northerly winds are blowing from29The equator to the North PoleNorth to SouthSouth to North
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- Q1Northerly winds are blowing fromThe equator to the North PoleNorth to SouthSouth to North30sEditDelete
- Q2A hiker would like to know the wind speed at the top of a mountain. He needs to use a(n)weather vaneanemometerbarometerpsychrometer30sEditDelete
- Q3Which type of air masses form over landmaritimecontinental30sEditDelete
- Q4When the weather is sunny and hot,evaporation is occuringthe weather cycle has stopped30sEditDelete
- Q5Current, short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to asionosphereweatherthe lapse ratehumidity30sEditDelete
- Q6Areas of low pressure usually havenone of the abovedescending airLousy weathercloudy weather30sEditDelete
- Q7Frigid air that travels southward from Canada would be what type of air mass?Maritime PolarContinental PolarArcticContinental Tropical30sEditDelete
- Q8Which type of severe weather is NOT an intense tropical storm?tornadotyphoontropical cyclonehurricane30sEditDelete
- 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 aboverelative30sEditDelete
- Q10A(n) ___________ connects points of equal temperaturestation modelisothermnone of the aboveisobar30sEditDelete
- Q11A(n) ___________________ shows weather conditions at one specific locationstation modelcloud mapisothermisobar30sEditDelete
- Q12Maps of weather reports have symbols that show which of the followingall of the abovedew pointhumiditytype of precipitation30sEditDelete
- 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 occuring30sEditDelete
- Q14__________________ can be produced by thunderstormsvolcanoestornadoestsunamisstationary fronts30sEditDelete
- 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 speed30sEditDelete
- Q16When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature, it ispossible for a tornado to occursaturated and at its dew pointlikely to be dry weather for quite some time30sEditDelete
- Q17The most powerful sever storm is thehurricanefronttornadothunderstorm30sEditDelete
- Q18Which type of system is shown in the picture above?stationary frontlow pressurecold fronthigh pressure30sEditDelete
- Q19A radiosonde is which of the following?a special radar that can detect precipitation and wind speeda device that measures relative humiditya computer model used to forecast weathera package of weather instruments carried above the ground by a weather balloon30sEditDelete
- Q20A severe weather warning meanssevere weather has passed and it is now safe to go outsidesevere weather is occuringit is the season when a lot of severe weather occursthe conditions are right for severe weather to occur but it is not occurring yet30sEditDelete
