ES Review Meteorology

Winds are named by where they originate.

• True

• False

If the amount of moisture in the air remains the same and the temperature rises, the relative humidity will decrease.

• True

• False

The layer of the atmosphere that clouds and weather events happen in is the troposphere.

• True

• False

Clouds are found located at only one level of the atmosphere with the exception of cumulonimbus clouds, which extend vertically into multiple levels.

• True

• False

Heat waves and cold spells are weather patterns caused by large bodies of air called air fronts.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

air masses

A funnel cloud is when a vortex (mesocyclone) makes contact with the ground.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

stays in the air

Storm surge is a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where the eye makes landfall.

• True

• False

The part of the hurricane with the strongest wind speeds is the eye.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

eye wall, eye has the weakest wind speeds

Select from the following the characteristics of a high pressure cell.

• Both are characteristics

• Neither are characteristics

• Clear skies

• Rising Air

Wind speeds can be affected by which of the following:

• Friction

• Pressure Gradient

• All affect wind speed

• Coriolis Effect