WorksheetsCh 19 Quiz
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
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Class
Date
1.
When an area is experiencing several consecutive days of rather constant weather, it is probably ________.
a)
A) warm-front weather
b)
B) cold-front weather
c)
C) air-mass weather
d)
D) occluded front weather
2.
An air mass from the Gulf of Mexico is labeled ________.
a)
A) cP
b)
B) mP
c)
C) cT
d)
D) mT
3.
A maritime Polar (mP) air mass is ________.
a)
A) cold and dry
b)
B) cold and humid
c)
C) warm and dry
d)
D) warm and humid
4.
An air mass that forms in the North Atlantic Ocean in winter over cold water and then comes ashore is a ________ mass.
a)
A) Continental Polar air mass
b)
B) Maritime Polar air mass
c)
C) Continental Tropical air mass
d)
D) cyclonic storm
5.
The eye of a hurricane is ________.
a)
A) the portion with the highest wind speeds
b)
B) warmer than the rest of the storm
c)
C) along the leading edge of the storm
d)
D) the area of most intense rainfall
6.
A cT air mass is ________ and ________.
a)
A) dry; cool
b)
B) dry; warm
c)
C) wet; cool
d)
D) wet; warm
7.
A large body of air that is characterized by a homogeneity of temperature and moisture at any given level is a(n) ________.
a)
A) front
b)
B) edge
c)
C) overrun
d)
D) air mass
8.
The hot and humid weather in Texas during the summer is most likely due to what type of air mass?
a)
A) Continental polar
b)
B) Continental tropical
c)
C) Maritime polar
d)
D) Maritime tropical
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