12. Weather and Boating

Question 0

Temperature Behind a cold front is

Answer 0

Lower than in front of it

Question 1

Condition favoring fog formation is

Answer 1

Moisture laden air

Question 2

Air pressure behind a cold front is

Answer 2

Higher than in front of it

Question 3

Majority of weather systems in the US come from

Answer 3

Westerly direction

Question 4

Best source of marine boating weather is

Answer 4

National weather service

Question 5

Northern hemisphere winds flow around into a low in what direction

Answer 5

Counterclockwise

Question 6

Warm air

Answer 6

Rises

Question 7

Warm moist air compared to dry cool air is

Answer 7

Lighter

Question 8

Back to surface wind-turn 45 degrees to your right - low pressure area is

Answer 8

To your left

Question 9

High pressure air mass is characterized by

Answer 9

Cool dry air

Question 10

Fastest moving fronts are usually

Answer 10

Cold fronts

Question 11

A hurricane is a tropical storm with sustained winds

Answer 11

64 knots or greater

Question 12

A tropical cyclone is

Answer 12

Low pressure area over warm tropical waters

Question 13

Clouds from which rain is falling are called

Answer 13

Nimbus

Question 14

Main problem in thunderstorms tornadoes etc

Answer 14

Wind

Question 15

Which of the following provides the most serious threat to boaters

Answer 15

Wind

Question 16

The height of wind created waves depends on

Answer 16

How long wind is blowing, extent of the fetch, strength of the wind

Question 17

Fog occurs most often near a

Answer 17

Warm front

Question 18

Fronts are named for the kind of air that is

Answer 18

Behind them

Question 19

Thunderstorms form ahead of

Answer 19

Cold fronts

Question 20

On a colored weather map warm fronts are

Answer 20

Red

Question 21

Weather is caused by

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Heat

Question 22

Thunderstorms are produced by

Answer 22

Cumulonimbus clouds

Question 23

Clouds in front of a warm front are

Answer 23

Stratus and cirrus

Question 24

A particularly dangerous phenomenon that can occur several miles away from a thunderstorm and a squall line is a

Answer 24

microburst