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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. On a weather map, ________ fronts are shown by a line with semicircles extending from one side.
2. This air mass is the source of much of the moisture for precipitation in the central and eastern United States.
3. When an active cold front overtakes a warm front ________.
4. This air mass often originates as a different air mass in Siberia and is subsequently altered.
5. Which one of the following statements is NOT true of tornadoes?
6. The air masses that have the greatest influence on weather conditions in the central United States are ________.
7. The eye of a hurricane is ________.
8. 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?
9. A wind shift from south or southwest to northwest is commonly associated with the passage of a ________ front.
10. 'Rain long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past.' The first five words of this weather proverb ________.
11. Usually ________ fronts produce several hours of moderate-to-gentle precipitation over a large region.
12. When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably ________.
13. Which of the following should have the steepest pressure gradient?
14. This air mass may produce an occasional nor'easter" in the winter."
15. Tornadoes most often move TOWARDS what direction?
16. In the Northern Hemisphere, tornadoes are most frequent during the ________.
17. On a weather map, ________ fronts are shown by a line with triangular points on one side.
18. A cT air mass is ________.
19. An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.
20. Which of the following is considered to be a boundary between two different air masses?
21. Typhoon is another name for a ________.
22. If you were 200 kilometers ahead of the surface position of a warm front, you would find the frontal surface at a height of about ________ km overhead.
23. Cold fronts and warm fronts in the middle latitudes are often associated with a ________.
24. An mP air mass is ________.
25. After the center of a mature wave cyclone passes, you should expect ________.

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