1. Test Info: 35 questions 20 multiple choice 5 matching 10 short answer
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Test Info:
35 questions
20 multiple choice
5 matching
10 short answer

2. Flash floods occur
when water from
a storm cannot
run off quickly enough.

3. Flash flood - Cincinnati 1997

4. Flash floods can also occur
When dams break
When ice and snow rapidly melt

5. Flooding occurs most often
In the spring of the year as there are additional spring rains and ice and snow melts.

6. Question 1 Where would a continental polar air mass form?
The Gulf of Mexico
The desert southwest
The Pacific Ocean
Northern Canada
Answer: D

7. Question 2 How does a warm front form?
Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up
Warm air becomes caught between two cold air masses.
Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.
Two air masses meet and stay separated.
Answer: C

8. Question 3 The most powerful storms on Earth are Tornadoes.
Thunderstorms.
Hurricanes.
Hailstones.
Answer: C

9. Question 4
What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?
Clear and sunny
Light rain
Hurricane
Thunderstorm
Answer: D

10. Question 5 A tornado is dangerous mostly because of its Heavy rains
Storm surge
Lightning
Strong wind
Answer: D

11. Question 6 Which describes the eye of a hurricane?
Brings winds of up to 200 mph
Has warm, calm air and light winds
Has strong, spinning winds
Has spiraling bands of heavy rain
Answer: B

12. Question 7 What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
Severe storms
Drizzly rain followed by clear weather
Cold, dry weather
Many days of cloudy, wet weather
Answer: D

13. Question 8 A storm surge is a dangerous part of A tornado.
A hurricane.
The water cycle.
A thunderstorm.
Answer: B

14. Question 9
A maritime polar air mass that forms over the North Pacific Ocean brings what kind of weather to the Pacific Coast of the United States?
Warm
Dry
Wet
Extremely cold
Answer: C

15. Question 10 What causes changes in weather? Clouds form.
Water evaporates.
The air gets more humid.
Air masses move and meet.
Answer: D

16. Question 11 What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring? Warm
Stormy
Sunny
Windy
Answer: B

17. Question 12
An air mass that formed over northern Mexico and affected the southwestern United States would be a
Maritime polar air mass.
Maritime tropical air mass.
Continental polar air mass.
Continental tropical air mass.
Answer: D

18. Question 13
Warm air masses that affect the west coast of the United States are called
Maritime polar air masses.
Maritime tropical air masses.
Continental polar air masses.
Continental tropical air masses.
Answer: B

19. Question 14
Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from
Maritime polar air masses.
Maritime tropical air masses.
Continental polar air masses.
Continental tropical air masses.
Answer: C

20. Question 15
When a rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a slowly moving warm air mass, the result is
a cold front.
a stationary front.
a warm front.
an occluded front.
Answer: A

21. Question 16
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and no movement occurs, the result is
An occluded front.
A warm front.
A stationary front.
A cold front.
Answer: C

22. Question 17 Thunderstorms form within High altocumulus clouds.
High cirrocumulus clouds.
Large cumulonimbus clouds.
Low cirrus clouds.
Answer: C

23. Question 18
A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called a
Thunderhead.
Tornado.
Cyclone.
Hurricane.
Answer: B

24. Question 19 Flooding is most often caused by Fast-flowing rivers.
Tornadoes.
Melting snow and spring rains.
Snowstorms.
Answer: C

25. Question 20
Sudden storms, broken dams, and ice jams that break can produce
Flash floods.
Spring floods.
Slowly rising rivers and streams.
Little or no local damage.
Answer: A

26. Question 21
What tracks the location, movement, and amount of precipitation?
Anemometer
Radar
Barometer
Psychrometer
thermometer
Answer: B

27. Question 22 What consists of two thermometers? Anemometer Radar
Barometer
Psychrometer
thermometer
Answer: D

28. Question 23 What measures wind speed? Anemometer Radar Barometer
Psychrometer
thermometer
Answer: A

29. Question 24 What measures air temperature? Anemometer Radar Barometer
Psychrometer
thermometer
Answer: E

30. Question 25 What measures air pressure? Anemometer Radar Barometer
Psychrometer
thermometer
Answer: C

31. Question 26
Draw the symbol used on a weather map to indicate a cold front.
Answer: Blue line with triangles

32. Question 27 What type of weather occurs at a cold front boundary?
Answer: storms including tornadoes, hail, thunderstorms and lightning followed by clearing skies and cooler temperatures

33. Question 28
Draw the symbol used on a weather map to indicate a stationary front.
Answer: alternating blue triangles and red half circles

34. Question 29 What type of weather occurs at a warm front boundary?
Answer: clouds and rain followed by warmer temperatures

35. Question 30
Meteorologists draw lines on weather maps that link areas of equal pressure. What are those lines called?
Answer: isobars