Weather EOG Review

Which causes the subtropical jet stream to bring cold, wet winter weather to the southeastern United States?

• El Niño
• La Nina
• Coriolis effect
• Santa Anna Winds

What is the cause of rising surface temperatures of the Pacific Ocean, drought in the western United States, and flooding on the Pacific coast of South America?

• the Gulf Stream
• the Jet Stream
• La Nina
• El Nino

Which causes North Carolina to experience an increase in winter precipitation?

• El Niño
• La Niña
• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies

What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?

• Sunny weather
• Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)

The boundary  between two air masses is known as:

• front
• storm
• climate
• flood

Which type of cloud is most often observed during a thunderstorm?

• cirrus
• stratus
• cumulus
• cumulonimbus

When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?

• warm front
• cold front
• occluded front
• stationary front

Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front 

An instrument that measures air pressure

• thermometer
• barometer
• rain guage
• wind sock

The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.

• thermosphere
• stratosphere
• mesosphere
• troposphere