Weather

Hurricanes are large, powerful storms that form as they travel over warm ocean waters. What do oceans add to make hurricanes so strong?

• salt and water

• wind and tides

• heat and moisture

• waves and floods

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Which condition is associated with most warm fronts?

• tornado formations

• low temperatures

• violent air mass collisions

• cloud formations bringing precipitation

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The reading on a barometer rises when the air

• pressure increases

• pressure decreases

• speed increases

• speed decreases

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A high-speed wind, called a jet stream, is moving from the west to the east across the United States. Which characteristic of this jet stream is most important in predicting weather patterns?

• The jet stream controls the speed of surface wind.

• The jet stream controls the direction of surface wind.

• The jet stream separates moist northern air from dry southern air.

• The jet stream separates cold northern air from warm southern air.

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The graph shows the barometric pressure in Henderson, NV, on a day that had heavy rainstorms.

At what time did the rain most likely begin to stop?

• between 8 A.M. and 9 A.M.

• between 10 A.M. and noon

• between 3 P.M. and 6 P.M.

• between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M.

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Which most likely contributes to the rotational pattern of a hurricane that develops in the Atlantic Ocean?

• Gulf Stream

• Coriolis effect

• low relative humidity

• high-pressure systems

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An air mass travels north over the Pacific Ocean, from the tropics, and then eastward across the United States. Which weather pattern can be expected?

• cool and dry

• warm and dry

• cool and wet

• warm and wet

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How do you classify a tornado?

• Beaufort Scale

• Fujita Scale

• Saffir-Simpson Scale

• Richter Scale

The sudden discharge of electricity in a storm is referred to as

• a storm surge

• thunder

• lightening

• a tropical disturbance

The figure below shows one kind of cloud.

This kind of cloud is tall and wide. Thunderstorms happen when these clouds are in the sky. What kind of cloud is this?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• nimbostratus

• cumulonimbus

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