Earth Science Chapter 20 Review

In lightning, the best thing to do is ________.

The blast of thunder from a lightning strike is the most hazardous aspect of a storm.

A "hook" appearing in the Doppler radar image of a severe storm is often the sign of a _______.

Which kind of violent storm has the greatest wind speed?

The safest thing to do during a tornado is to open a window and go into the basement.

Running or driving away from a nearby tornado is the best tactic to avoid injury.

What precipitation was falling at the time of the report?

Which symbol represents barometric pressure?

What is the current dew point?

Air masses of differing temperatures and humidities often mix.

a line of violent thunderstorms along a cold front

Names are assigned to which of the following?

Which of these descriptions most accurately describes a Nor'easter?

The passage of a warm front is often signaled by drop in the air pressure.

Where do air masses gain their temperature and humidity properties?

Hurricanes never form over land.

It is the extremely low pressure inside a tornado's funnel that can cause buildings to explode.

Which of the following can affect the path of a hurricane?

Which of the following factors makes a tornado so destructive?

Tornadoes are more common and more powerful in the United States than in any other country.

What was the temperature at the time of the weather report?

Which of the following terms is not associated with tornadoes?

Doppler weather radars can detect both location and motion of precipitation.

A hurricane-like storm named Choi-wan would be located in the Western Pacific.

What is the term for winds flowing from different directions coming together and forming storms

a powerful, rotating storm that is likely to spawn a tornado

On still, windless days, flat areas are commonly the location of summer storms that form by ___

A station model can be created from weather buoy data.

often has an anvil-shaped top

The symbols on a weather map frontal line point toward the advancing air mass.

An arid rain shadow lies on the lee side of a mountain range relative to the winds in the area.

Which of the following is not associated with a single cumulonimbus cloud?

The rain shadow effect is caused by __________.

a large body of air that has fairly uniform conditions

the boundary between two air masses

What hurricane hazard is a great source of destruction 5 miles inland after it makes landfall?

True tornadoes in Tornado Alley often form within strong, rotating could systems called ______.

a blast of cool air that comes just before the rain of a thunderstorm

occur(s) when a warmer air mass is replacing a colder air mass

In a hurricane, the winds are strongest ________.

Pressure in the eye of a hurricane is lower than in the outer part of the hurricane.

Which symbol gives two pieces of information?

The time between a lightning flash & the sound of thunder is 3s, how far has the sound traveled

Which kind of weather forecast would you rely on for planning a picnic tomorrow?

Air masses usually originate in windy locations, allowing them to move into other regions.

Any plotted weather data with a name that begins with "iso-" is displaying points of value.

The National Weather Service releases a set of four synoptic maps daily.

Thunderstorms develop only in the summer when the air is moist and warm.

What part of a station model indicates wind direction?

cloud-to-ground or cloud-to-cloud electrical discharge

In the western Pacific, hurricanes are called typhoons.

Nor'easters are cyclonic storms that sweep moisture from the Atlantic Ocean over New England.

If your town is in the path of a strong hurricane, the worst thing you could do is ___________.

Most interactions among air masses cause precipitation.

A hurricane's storm swell causes storm surge.

Which front involves 2 air masses where an existing mass rises to make a way for the other mass

The weather in an area stays the same for a week. What kind of front exists between the masses?