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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A 1, 10
B 0, 10
C 0, 5
D 1, 100
E -10, 10
Question #2
A Savannah, Georgia
B Galveston, Texas
C New Orleans, Louisiana
D Miami, Florida
E Los Angeles, California
Question #3
A Dry line
B Stationary
C Cold
D Tropical
E Warm
Question #4
A underneath air masses
B with respect to motion, to the rear of air masses
C near air masses
D at the edges of air masses
E in the middle of air masses
Question #5
A anticyclone
B mesocyclone
C “EF-0”
D stratus cloud
E funnel cloud
Question #6
A stratosphere
B westerlies
C ionosphere
D ITC
E easterlies
Question #7
A More occur in the summer than in the winter.
B They form underneath areas of divergence.
C Most of them exit the country through the Northeast.
D They commonly form downwind of the Rocky Mountains.
E They commonly form along the central Atlantic coast.
Question #8
A California
B Southern Canada
C Central United States
D Florida
E Rocky Mountain States
Question #9
A warm water
B the jet stream
C midlatitude cyclones
D fast surface winds
E frontal boundaries
Question #10
A stationary
B warm
C cold
D occluded
E hot
Question #11
A Arctic
B Continental tropical
C Continental polar
D Equatorial
Question #12
A adiabatic
B constantly variable
C high
D low
E devaporized
Question #13
A many tornadoes
B a radius of approximately 1,000 kilometers
C sinking air
D tremendous amounts of precipitation
E the most severe winds in the storms
Question #15
A Clouds of horizontal development
B Scant vertical development
C A cirrus cloud base
D Ground fog
E An anvil top
Question #16
A cyclogenesis
B the mature stage
C an occlusion
D the dissipating stage
E a westerly wave
Question #17
A has a front in its center
B exhibits instability
C is associated with fast winds
D is more than one air mass
E is associated with sunny, dry weather
Question #18
A tornado
B tropical cyclone
C midlatitude cyclone
D chinook
E midlatitude anticyclone
Question #19
A convective
B stationary
C jet stream
D adiabatic
E occluded
Question #20
A The western United States now has almost all tornadoes.
B Tornado outbreaks are becoming more common.
C Tornadoes are being caused by cooling Earth surface temperatures.
D Tornadoes are becoming less predictable.
E Many more people are now being killed.
Question #21
A cold
B stationary
C dry
D warm
E occluded
Question #22
A Occluded
B Stationary
C Dark
D Cold
E Warm
