Chapter Test A

Question 1

Hurricane

Answer 1

A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and have a strong winds that spiral into war the intense low-pressure storm center

Question 2

Tornado

Answer 2

A destructive rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds in that maybe visible as a funnel shaped cloud

Question 3

Maritime polar

Answer 3

And air mass characterized by cold moist air

Question 4

Thunderstorm

Answer 4

A usually brief heavy storm that consist of rain strong winds,lightning and thunder

Question 5

Radiosonde

Answer 5

Instruments carried a loft buy balloons to measure upper atmospheric conditions

Question 6

Continental tropical

Answer 6

And air mass characterized by warm dry air

Question 7

Radar

Answer 7

A system that uses the reflected radio waves to determine the velocity and location of objects

Question 8

Anemometer

Answer 8

An instrument that measures the speed of wind

Question 9

Continental polar

Answer 9

A air mass characterized by cool dry air

Question 10

Maritime tropical

Answer 10

In air mass characterized by warm moist air

Question 11

When air moves slowly it takes on the temperature and humidity of its region becoming a

Answer 11

Air mass

Question 12

When a bend forms in a cold front it begins the process of forming an area of low pressure with rotating winds that move toward the rising area of the central low pressure region this storm is called a

Answer 12

Mid latitude cyclone

Question 13

Meteorologists do not use supercomputers to

Answer 13

Control the weather

Question 14

Which of the following is not a type of air mass

Answer 14

Maritime Continental

Question 15

What do you weather centers all over the world do with the information they collect

Answer 15

Exchange it with other centers

Question 16

What do scientists used to convey information on a weather map

Answer 16

Colors and symbols

Question 17

Which of the following does not measure lower atmospheric weather conditions

Answer 17

Radiosonde

Question 18

Meteorologist have not tried to control

Answer 18

Winds

Question 19

What do you meteorologist used to help them make forecast from data they have input into computers

Answer 19

Computer models

Question 20

Storms along a cold front are usually short-lived and sometimes violent while storms along a warm front

Answer 20

Produce precipitation over a large area and are occasionally violent