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A quiz about weather
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How is Doppler radar used to track storms?
By bouncing a radar beam off of drops rain or hail
By bouncing a radar beam off of rain drops or hail
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What do hurricanes have in common with tornadoes, blizzards and thunderstorms?
They all form in areas of low pressure and high winds and precipitation.
They all form in areas of high pressure and low winds and precipitation.
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True or false: Warm and cold air masses don’t mix easily
false
true
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How are winds named?
By the place they started
By the direction they are going
By the direction they blow from
By the direction they rotate in
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What do tornadoes, blizzards and thunderstorms have in common?
They all form due to the interaction of the atmosphere at warm fronts
They all form due to the interaction of the atmosphere at weather fronts.
They all form due to the interaction of the atmosphere at cold fronts
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What is a precursor?
An event that can be used to predict a hazardous event
Something that comes before precipitation
A cold front
The pointer on a computer screen
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A precursor for blizzards is a warm front with humidity's high and the air is moving quickly creating heavy winds.
True
False
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coastal climates don’t vary as much as inland and climates
False
True
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What is an air mass?
A warm front
A large mass of air with similar temperatures and humidity
A small mass of air with different temperatures and humidity.
A cold front
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wind is cause when an area of high pressure replaces an area of low pressure. True or false?
True
False
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Longitude determines the amount of solar radiation a region receives.
True
False
12
When is tornado season?
July
August
June
There are no seasons for tornadoes.
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Land heats up slower than water, True or False
True
False
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What are precursors for tornadoes
A warm front that produces rain
A cold front that produces a well defined circulation called a mesocyclone
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Why don’t warm and cold air masses mix easily?
They have different temperatures
They form at different altitudes
They mix easily
They have different densities
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What type of weather will a high pressure system bring?
No weather; clouds can't form in the high pressure
They bring severe thunderstorms
It will bring colder temperatures.
They bring light rain
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What areas in the U.S. are impacted by blizzards the most?
most areas in the US except for the gulf coast and California coast.
all around the US
Some in japan
They can occur in very little areas such as North Korea and Germany
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The temperature drops as elevation increases. True or false
True
False
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Winds by a low-pressure system move clockwise.
False
True
20
Weather is the average daily weather for an extended period of time at a certain location. True or False?
False
True
21
Storms use both warm and cold air because it is where they meet.
False
True
22
Ocean currents distribute energy from the poles toward the equator.
False
True
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Why do the global winds form in belts or zones?
Uneven heating and ocean currents
uneven heating and the Earth's rotation.
Earth's rotation and distance from the sun
Ocean currents and distance from the sun
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What is the cone of uncertainty?
A cone that is used when you aren’t certain
A cone that is used on a map to track a hurricane
The probable track of the hurricane based on the models used to forecast
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what are the two most important
factors used to describe the climate of an area?
Temperature and precipitation
Temperature and altitudeAltitude and precipitationPrecipitation and climate
