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WorksheetsUnit 5 Meteorology BYU
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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Class
Date
1.
During the day, mountains heat up, causing air to rise. This creates local low pressure zones in the mountains, which draws air up from the valleys. This local wind moving from the valleys to the mountains is called a
a)
valley breeze
b)
land breeze
c)
mountain breeze
d)
Chinook wind
2.
Warm, dry air mass
a)
maritime tropical
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime continental
3.
What are typical wind speeds in jet streams?
a)
200 km/h
b)
350 km/h
c)
500 km/h
d)
50 km/h
4.
Warm air advancing on cold air
a)
occluded front
b)
warm front
c)
cold front
d)
stationary front
5.
The lake effect causes huge snowfall over great distances past a large lake
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Fronts are located at the boundaries of two different air masses.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Warm fronts often produce long, steady rainfall.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Cold, humid air mass
a)
maritime polar
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
continental tropical
9.
Cold front advancing on warm front
a)
occluded front
b)
cold front
c)
warm front
d)
stationary front
10.
Extensive use of computer modeling will lead to this type of forecast.
a)
statistical
b)
numerical
c)
persistence
d)
synoptic
11.
Cold air advancing on warm air
a)
cold front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
stationary front
12.
Cold, dry air mass
a)
continental polar
b)
maritime polar
c)
maritime continental
d)
continental tropical
13.
According to the figure above, what is the cloud cover?
a)
30%-60%
b)
under 10%
c)
10%-30%
d)
Not given
14.
According to the figure above, what is the current air temperature?
a)
76.77ºC
b)
77.6ºC
c)
77ºF
d)
91.6ºF
15.
The three major wind belts in each hemisphere are called the
a)
trade winds, prevailing westerlies, and polar easterlies
b)
doldrums, prevailing westerlies, and trade winds
c)
trade winds, doldrums, and polar westerlies
d)
doldrums, prevailing easterlies, and polar easterlies
16.
The term cyclone refers to a clockwise rotation of air.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Warm, humid air mass
a)
maritime tropical
b)
maritime continental
c)
continental polar
d)
continental tropical
18.
Weather usually moves from west to east. To the west of us, it is rainy. This type of forecast would say we can expect rain shortly.
a)
persistence
b)
analog
c)
numerical
d)
statistical
19.
Neither cold nor warm air advances at this boundary
a)
stationary front
b)
Warm front
c)
occluded front
d)
cold front
20.
Air masses tend to be very small pockets of air.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Weather symbols of
a)
synoptic
b)
numerical
c)
statistical
d)
analog
22.
Symbols for
a)
cloud cover & wind speed
b)
only wind speed
c)
only cloud cover
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