Science: Earth and Space Semester Exam

With what type of front does a frontal cyclone usually begin with?

• Cold front

• Occluded front

• Stationary front

• Warm front

What evidence indicates that the sun is spinning?

• Activity of spicules

• Streams of solar prominences

• Movement of sunspots

• Eruption of solar flares

What is the outermost layer of the sun’s atmosphere called?

(a)  

What colorful displays occur when solar wind particles react with molecules in the atmosphere?

• Jet streams

• Ozones

• Rossby waves

• Auroras

Which of the following increases the rate of condensation?

• Moving air

• Less water vapor

• Added insolation

• Cooler temperatures

What scale is used to classify tornadoes?

• Beaufort scale

• Enhanced Fujita scale

• Rossby scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale

What type of high-level clouds forms wispy streamers that look like feathers or hair?

• Cirrus

• Altonimbus

• Nimbostratus

• Altocumulus

When evaporation and condensation are occurring at the same rate, the air is said to be (a)   ?

Two unmoving air masses of different temperatures form a(n) (a)   front.

What scale is used to rank hurricane strength?

• Beaufort scale

• Enhanced Fujita scale

• Rossby scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale