Weather Review

Low pressure systems bring clouds and precipitation

• True

• False

As altitude increases which of the following occurs

• air pressure decreases

• air pressure increases

• air pressure remains the same

• air pressure behaves unpredictably

_____ humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation

• total

• partial

• relative

• none of the above

When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature it is ______

• at its dew point

• saturated

• both a and b

• none of the above

The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the

• dew point

• rain point

• wind point

• relative humidity

Current, short term variations in the atmosphere are

• humidity

• lapse rate

• weather

• ionosphere

which type of severe weather is NOT an intense tropical storm

• hurricane

• typhoon

• tropical cyclone

• tornado

Which classification of tornado on the Fujita scale does the most damage?

• F0

• F2

• F4

• F5

A severe weather watch means which of the following

• the conditions are right for severe weather but its not occuring yet

• severe weather is occuring

• severe weather has passsed through and its safe to go outside

• it is the season during which the type of severe weather concerned occurs

A severe weather warning means ________

• the conditions are right for severe weather but it is not occuring yet

• severe weather is occuring

• severe weather has passed through

• it is the season during which weather occurs