Question 1
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Answer Studies have shown that at least half of the hurricanes that make landfall produce at least one tornado.
Most tornado injuries and deaths result from flying debris.
When a cyclone's strongest winds do not exceed 38 mph, it is called a tropical depression.
Because hurricanes strengthen as they move inland, most of the damage occurs within 200 miles from the coast
Question 2
A land breeze usually originates during the:
Answer evening and flows toward the land.
day and flows toward the land.
evening and flows toward the water.
day and flows toward the water.
Question 3
Another name for a midlatitude cyclone is:
Answer tornado.
hurricane.
typhoon.
extratropical cyclone.
Question 4
A subpolar low (polar front) is:
Answer a zone where the trade winds meet.
the forward edge of the Antarctic ice cap.
a zone where the polar easterlies and the westerlies converge.
the boundary between frozen sea water and liquid sea water.
Question 5
Lines on a weather map connecting places of equal air pressure are called:
Answer isovectors.
isobars.
isotherms.
isogrids.
.
Question 6
What pressure zone is associated with abundant precipitation and warm temperatures?
Answer Subtropical high
Equatorial low
Subpolar low
Polar easterlies
Question 7
Which of the following is when the pressure gradient force is balanced and winds blow parallel to the isobars?
Answer Jet streams
Anti-cyclones
Westerlies
Geostrophic winds
Question 8
Standard sea level pressure in inches of mercury is __________ inches.
Answer 7.52
14.70
28.70
29.92
Question 9
Which of the following is characterized by circulation consisting of strong up and down movements?
Answer Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Mid-latitude cyclones
Thunderstorms
Question 10
A sea breeze usually originates during the:
Answer evening and flows toward the land.
day and flows toward the land.
evening and flows toward the water.
day and flows toward the water.
Question 11
Given your understanding of the conditions required for the formation of a thunderstorm, why would there be so many thunderstorms in eastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico? What is so special about this relatively small area?
Question 12
Why are coastal and mountainous regions often much more windy than other locations at similar latitudes? Also, from this and earlier chapters on meteorology, are there other weather characteristics that are perhaps unique or different for these areas?
Question 1
The final stage of evolution of the most massive stars is a:
Answer black hole.
main-sequence star.
red giant.
white dwarf.
Question 2
Based on the observed red shifts in the spectral lines of distant galaxies, astronomers conclude that:
Answer Earth is the center of the universe.
the universe is contracting.
the universe is expanding.
the universe is in a steady state.
Question 3
Which of the following astronomers derived two basic laws of planetary motion, then later added a third?
Answer Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
Brahe
Question 4
The discovery that the universe appears to be expanding led to a widely accepted theory called:
Answer the Big Bang.
Hubble's Law.
Einstein's Law.
the Doppler Effect.
Question 5
__________ galaxies are sometimes called dwarf galaxies, being typically smaller than spiral galaxies.
Answer Elliptical
Irregular
Normal
Barred
Question 6
__________ has a hot, turbulent atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide.
Answer Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Question 7
Which theory held that the Earth was a sphere that stayed motionless at the center of the universe?
Answer Heliocentric
Geocentric
Big Bang
Stationary
Question 8
According to the Ptolemaic (Greek) model of the universe, how many "heavenly" bodies could be observed wandering along the background of stars?
Answer One
Nine
Five
Seven
Question 9
Which main-sequence stars are the least massive?
Answer Red
Orange
Yellow
Blue
Question 10
Which of the following is a FALSE statement?
Answer Stars that appear the brightest are of the first magnitude, while the faintest stars visible to the unaided eye are of the sixth magnitude.
Most stars have such small parallax shifts that accurate measurement is always possible.
Stellar parallax is the extremely slight back-and-forth shifting in the apparent position of a nearby star due to the orbital motion of the Earth.
Emission nebulae are gaseous masses that consist largely of hydrogen.
Question 11
Describe the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram. How is it useful in classifying stars? Where do stars tend to cluster on the diagram? Where on the H-R diagram does a star spend most of its life?
Question 12
Discuss stellar evolution (describing each stage in brief). What forces are opposing one another throughout the life of a star and how do they influence the various stages in the life cycle of a star?