1. __________ "push" hurricanes along on their storm tracks.
a. gloabal wind belts
b.midlatitude cyclones
c.low pressure eye
d. itcz
2. A warm front is heading for Pasadena, what will the weather be like when the front arrives?
a. intense downpours and thunderstorms
b. slow, light rain all day
c. tornados may be possible
d. a tropical cyclone
3. One of the most widely used systems for classifying climate because it is easy to understand and data requirements are minimal is the: _________
a . thornthwaite classification system
b.genetic classification system
c.koppen climate classification system.
4. Though a few scientists remain skeptical, there is a a growing consensus that the present day warming is real and ___________ are driving it.
a. humans
b. natural cycles
5. Evidence for global warming can be found in every part of the Earth system. Besides well documented changes in air temperature, global warming is has also been documented.... (Mark ALL that apply).
a. causing sea level to rise
b.heating the worl's oceans
c.causing glacers to grow
d. affecting plant and animal distribution
6. You are at the beach and you see a tornado headed your way. What do you do?
a. go swiming
b.run inside the lifeguard station
c.lay down in the low spot between two sand dunes
d. run to your car and drive away
7. When a tornado begins to form, what happens right after surface winds slow due to ground friction?
a. a mesocyclone forms
b. the air takes a "rolling pin:"formation
c. a tornado can descend from the mesocyclone
d.no answer tet provided
e the rolling air takes a vertical axis.
8. Tropical cyclones in the northern hemisphere rotate ____________
a. clockwise
b. counterclockwise
9. What is the major difference between weather and climate?
a. daylength
b. atmospheric conditions
c. slolar insolation
d.the duration of time
10. What natural hazard does the Saffir Simpson scale measure?
a. earthquakes
b. hurricaines
c. volcanic eruptions
d. tornados.
11. A hurricane (or typhoon) is a large rotating cyclonic system born in the ________.
a. tropics
b.polar region
c.sub polar region
d.midlatitudes
12. Why do coastal areas flood when tropical cyclones make landfall? (Mark all that apply).
a. large amounts of precipitation
b. strom surge
c. tsunami's
13. The global pattern of lightning strikes changes according to seasons.
ture
false
14. ______________ is the study of the long-term state of the atmosphere.
a. oceanography
b. weather studies
c.meteorology
d.climatology
15. Where is Tornado Alley?
a. along the u.s. southern border
b. in the central us
c. along the west coast of the U.S
d. along the east cost of the U.S
16. What information does a Climograph give?
a. albedo and wind speed
b. elevation and cloud cover
c. temperature and precipitation
d. precipitation and atmospheric pressure.