U3 Post Review

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 picture shows four types of clouds. At which location is rainfall most likely to occur?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which type of activity would most likely be included in a weather map?

• satellite

• seismic

• volcanic

• hurricane

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What major and potentially catastrophic events can be predicted to occur in the Northern Hemisphere between the months of June and November?

• tsunamis

• hurricanes

• asteroid impacts

• volcanic eruptions

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What happens to a moist air mass as it moves upward in the atmosphere?

• It becomes warmer and forms clouds.

• It becomes cooler and forms clouds.

• Its temperature remains the same.

• Its temperature varies greatly.

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When stratospheric ozone levels are reduced, the amount of ultraviolet radiation hitting Earth increases. Ozone depletion is most often caused

• by the reversal of the magnetic field of Earth.

• when fluorocarbons are released into the atmosphere.

• when electromagnetic waves from the Sun increase.

• by abrupt changes in weather and climate patterns.

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The diagram below shows a very cold air mass moving over a large, warm lake. When cold air in the winter passes over large bodies of warm water, moisture is picked up. As the air rises rapidly over land, ______.

• lightning generally occurs.

• precipitation generally occurs.

• cold fronts become warm fronts.

• hurricanes are formed.

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What are the characteristics of maritime polar air masses?

• cool and dry

• warm and dry

• cool and humid

• warm and humid

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A mass of air is at an elevation of 1000 meters in the low-pressure center of a Northern Hemisphere storm. Select the two answers that best describe the motion of air particles in this air mass due to storm conditions and the rotation of Earth as the air mass moves outward.

• upward

• downward

• to the left

• to the right

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This weather map indicates a front extending through the central part of the United States. What weather conditions would be predicted at the place designated by X as the front moves eastward?

• rising temperature with sunny skies

• rising temperature with heavy rainfall

• falling temperature with sunny skies

• falling temperature with heavy rainfall

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