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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Weather Patterns and Severe Weather
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Earth Science 101 Practice Test: Weather Patterns and Severe Weather
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1. An mP air mass is ________.
2. The eye of a hurricane is ________.
3. Usually ________ fronts produce several hours of moderate-to-gentle precipitation over a large region.
4. When an active cold front overtakes a warm front ________.
5. If an observer sees cirrus clouds, followed later by cirrostratus, and then altostratus, he or she is witnessing the approach of a ________ front.
6. An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.
7. Which of the following is considered to be a boundary between two different air masses?
8. On a weather map, ________ fronts are shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side.
9. In the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes are most frequent during the ________.
10. Tornadoes most often move TOWARDS what direction?
11. This air mass may produce an occasional nor'easter" in the winter."
12. This air mass is the source of much of the moisture for precipitation in the central and eastern United States.
13. The eye of a hurricane is ________.
14. Usually ________ fronts produce several hours of moderate-to-gentle precipitation over a large region.
15. When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably ________.
16. When an active cold front overtakes a warm front ________.
17. A cT air mass is ________.
18. An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.
19. Cold fronts and warm fronts in the middle latitudes are often associated with a ________.
20. The air masses that have the greatest influence on weather conditions in the central United States are ________.
21. A wind shift from south or southwest to northwest is commonly associated with the passage of a ________ front.
22. After the center of a mature wave cyclone passes, you should expect ________.
23. A cT air mass is ________.
24. When a hurricane moves onto land, it rapidly loses its punch; that is, the storm declines in intensity. Which of the factors listed below contribute to this loss of punch?
25. Hurricanes generally are ________.

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