HW 13 Chpt 10

Question 1

What occurs when a person’s core temperature drops below a safe range?

Answer 1

Hypothermia

Question 2

Hypothermia occurs in which of the following scenarios?

Answer 2

When a person is exposed to brief periods of extreme cold or long periods of moderate cold

Question 3

What is defined as the actual freezing of body tissue?

Answer 3

Frostbite

Question 4

Wind chill temperature communicates what?

Answer 4

The effect of cold and wind combined

Question 5

Changes in the flow of the _________ can bring cold air to normally temperate regions.

Answer 5

polar vortex

Question 6

What occurs when strong winds north of the low pressure center blow from the northeast, creating dangerous waves, intense blizzards, inland ice storms?

Answer 6

Nor’easters

Question 7

What US government organization is responsible for issuing official weather advisories?

Answer 7

the US National Weather Service

Question 8

With respect to the figure below, what causes cold waves to form?

Answer 8

distortion of polar vortex

Question 9

Snowfall intensity in United States is based on

Answer 9

visibility through falling snow

Question 10

Whiteout conditions describe a situation in which

Answer 10

visibility decreases to near zero