Chapter 9- Weather Patterns

Question 0

The lifting of air and resulting formation of clouds and rain is more gentle (gradual)

Answer 0

Warm front

Question 1

Middle-latitude cyclones

Answer 1

Travel from west to east.
Large low pressure systems
Have both a cold front and warm front

Question 2

Which of these best describes the reason most high pressure systems being clear skies?

Answer 2

Sinking air aloft

Question 3

On a weather map, fronts that are shown with triangular points on side of the front and semicircles on the other

Answer 3

Stationary

Question 4

A warm front is said to exist when

Answer 4

Advancing warm air overrides retreating cold air

Question 5

The energy of mid-latitude cyclones comes mainly from

Answer 5

Rising warm air

Question 6

The arrival of a cold front brings

Answer 6

Cumulonimbus clouds

Question 7

Which is common to both cold and warm fronts?

Answer 7

Lifting of warm air over cold.

Question 8

Compared to other types of fronts, the weather associated with a cold front usually

Answer 8

Is more violent but of shorter duration

Question 9

If a warm front is approaching, you can expect a

Answer 9

Rising temperatures

Question 10

After a cold fronts passes, which of these does not usually occur

Answer 10

Falling barometer

Question 11

The wind direction in a low pressure system is