Science Chapter 20 Test

Question 1

What is an incoming cold air mass that pushes existing warm air mass up

Answer 1

Cold front

Question 2

Precipitation caused by an air mass going over a mountain

Answer 2

Organic lifting

Question 3

When winds come together from opposite directions, and pushes one air mass up

Answer 3

Convergence

Question 4

Which type of front does not move

Answer 4

Stationary

Question 5

A cold and cool air mass trap warm air causing it to rise

Answer 5

Occluded air

Question 6

Winter stir that brings snow from the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 6

Nor’easter

Question 7

What do three of the four types of severe weather have in common

Answer 7

Cumulonimbus clouds

Question 8

How can you tell how far away a thunderstorm is

Answer 8

Counting seconds between light and thunder and divide by 3 or 5

Question 9

Which type of storm has the greatest wind speed

Answer 9

Tornado

Question 10

What are some characteristics of tornadoes

Answer 10

Water spouts, up drafts, strong cold fronts

Question 11

Which types of storms get named

Answer 11

Tropical storms, and hurricanes

Question 12

What is the greatest danger of a thunderstorm

Answer 12

Lightning

Question 13

What are huge waves produced by a hurricane

Answer 13

Storm swell (surge)

Question 14

List the four types of severe storms

Answer 14

Winter storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms

Question 15

List the two most destructive features of a tornado

Answer 15

Winds and up draft

Question 16

What makes the power and wind speed of a hurricane slow down

Answer 16

Friction with the land; loss of warm humid air

Question 17

What is a blast of cool air before a thunderstorm

Answer 17

Gust front

Question 18

What is lightning

Answer 18

An electrical discharge

Question 19

What two factors affect where a hurricane forms

Answer 19

Warm water; corelius effect

Question 20

Do thunderstorms only develop in the summer

Answer 20

No

Question 21

Are tornadoes more common and powerful in the US

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Do tornadoes cause buildings to explode

Answer 22

No

Question 23

Do hurricanes form over land

Answer 23

No

Question 24

Are hurricanes called typhoons in the western pacific

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

Is the pressure in the eye of a hurricane lower

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

What are lines on a weather map connecting areas of equal pressure called

Answer 26

Thunder isobars

Question 27

Does the NWS release a set of four maps

Answer 27

Yes