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NDQ_000956 | Precipitation is high | a. in low pressure areas where air is sinking, b. in high pressure areas where air is rising, c. in high pressure areas where air is sinking, d. in low pressure areas where air is rising | d |
NDQ_000958 | Which statement about jet streams is false? | a. They result from unequal heating, b. They circle the planet, c. They are very fast, d. none of the above | d |
NDQ_000959 | The northern polar jet stream helps planes fly from | a. east to west, b. west to east, c. south to north, d. north to south | b |
NDQ_000961 | wind that blows from the land to the ocean during the night | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | c |
NDQ_000964 | fast-moving air current high in the troposphere | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | b |
NDQ_000966 | any air movement that occurs because of unequal heating of the atmosphere | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | g |
NDQ_000967 | The westerly winds travel toward the west. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000968 | wind that blows over a limited area | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | d |
NDQ_000969 | Cool air sinking creates a high pressure zone at the ground. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000970 | wind that blows between the ocean and land in southern Asia | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | e |
NDQ_000971 | wind that blows from the ocean to the land during the day | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | f |
NDQ_000972 | Wind is created by air that moves vertically between high and low pressure zones. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000973 | wind that occurs in a belt that goes around the planet | a. global wind, b. jet stream, c. land breeze, d. local wind, e. monsoon, f. sea breeze, g. wind | a |
NDQ_000974 | Walking on the beach in San Diego in December, one would likely feel a strong sea breeze coming off | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000975 | Winds blow northeast to southwest or the reverse due to Coriolis Effect. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000976 | The strength of the wind depends on the difference in air pressure. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000977 | Ocean water warms up and cools down more quickly than land. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000978 | Land breezes blow when the land is warmer than the ocean. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000979 | Monsoons occur because of seasonal differences in temperature. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000980 | Global winds are caused by Earths rotation on its axis. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000981 | Global winds called westerlies blow toward the northwest or southwest. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_000982 | Global winds called easterlies blow away from the poles. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000983 | The strongest jet streams are the polar jets. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000984 | Warm air rises through the troposphere until it reaches the tropopause. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_000985 | In the summer, ocean water is warmer than the land during the day. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001025 | A warm front occurs when | a. a cold air mass slides over a warm air mass, b. a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass, c. two warm air masses meet, d. two cold air masses meet | b |
NDQ_001027 | A cold front in winter will produce | a. thunderstorms and tornadoes, b. strong rain, c. cold temperatures and heavy snow, d. cold temperatures but clear or slightly cloudy skies | c |
NDQ_001029 | Air masses do not form in temperate zones because | a. the air is too unstable, b. the area is not hot or cold enough to affect the air, c. there is too much rain in the mid-latitudes, d. none of these | a |
NDQ_001030 | After a cold front passes, the cold air mass is over you and you can expect | a. thunderstorms or snow showers, b. a squall line passing overhead, c. cold weather and clear or partly cloudy skies, d. tornadoes and thunderstorms | c |
NDQ_001033 | Thunderstorms tend to form | a. in summer and autumn, b. in autumn and winter, c. in winter and spring, d. in spring and summer | d |
NDQ_001038 | The main reason that weather changes is the movement of air masses. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001041 | Most air masses form over polar or tropical regions. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001043 | When air masses collide, their air mixes together. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001044 | Fronts are always moving. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001045 | Fronts usually have fair weather. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001046 | An air mass is a batch of air that has very similar temperature and humidity. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001047 | At a cold front, a warm air mass lifts a cold air mass out of its way. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001048 | Warm fronts move slowly and cover a wide area. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001049 | Air masses generally form over a relatively small area. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001050 | Air always flows from lower to higher pressure. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001051 | A front is the meeting of two air masses that have different densities and do not easily mix. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001052 | An occluded front has three air masses: cold, warm, then cold. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001053 | The Coriolis effect causes the winds of a cyclone to rotate. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001054 | Cyclones bring fair, dry weather. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001055 | Cyclones occur only in the Northern Hemisphere, and anticyclones occur only in the Southern Hemi- | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001056 | large body of air that has about the same conditions throughout | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | f |
NDQ_001057 | front that occurs when a cold air mass runs into a warm air mass. | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | a |
NDQ_001058 | front that occurs when a warm air mass runs into a cold air mass | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | c |
NDQ_001059 | front that occurs when a warm air mass becomes trapped between two cold air masses | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | e |
NDQ_001060 | front that occurs between two stalled air masses | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | g |
NDQ_001061 | system of winds that rotates around a center of low pressure | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | b |
NDQ_001062 | system of winds that rotates around a center of high pressure | a. cold front, b. cyclone, c. warm front, d. anticyclone, e. occluded front, f. air mass, g. stationary front | d |
NDQ_001063 | Which type of air mass has cold dry air? | a. maritime tropical, b. continental polar, c. maritime polar, d. continental tropical | b |
NDQ_001064 | The air mass in question 1 might form over | a. the North Atlantic, b. the mid-Atlantic, c. Canada, d. Mexico | c |
NDQ_001065 | Air masses over the United States usually move toward the | a. northwest, b. southwest, c. northeast, d. southeast | c |
NDQ_001066 | After a cold front passes, the air mass behind it brings | a. warm temperatures, b. cool temperatures, c. high humidity, d. two of the above | b |
NDQ_001067 | Which type of front usually moves most quickly? | a. cold, b. warm, c. occluded, d. stationary | a |
NDQ_001068 | How do winds blow in a cyclone? | a. toward a center of high pressure, b. toward a center of low pressure, c. away from a center of high pressure, d. away from a center of low pressure | b |
NDQ_001069 | In the Northern Hemisphere, the direction that winds blow around a center of high pressure is | a. toward the southwest, b. from north to south, c. counterclockwise, d. none of the above | c |
NDQ_001070 | A strong thunderstorm may have | a. heavy rain, b. high winds, c. hail, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_001071 | The categories of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale are divided by | a. the amount of precipitation, b. the wind speed, c. the amount of precipitation and the wind speed, d. the amount of damage done | b |
NDQ_001072 | The F scale classifies tornadoes on the basis of | a. location, b. wind speed, c. damage done, d. two of the above | d |
NDQ_001073 | Which of the following is true? | a. You hear thunder before you see lightning, b. You hear thunder and see lightning at the same time, c. You see lightning before you hear thunder, d. The arrival time of sound and light waves is random | c |
NDQ_001074 | The wind speed of a tornado may be as high as | a. 500 km/h, b. 250 km/h, c. 100 km/h, d. 50 km/h | a |
NDQ_001075 | Tornadoes are common in the late spring when | a. warm wet air from the south meets cold dry air from the north, b. hurricanes come off of the Atlantic and onto land, c. nor-easters come off of the Atlantic and onto land, d. none of these | a |
NDQ_001076 | The eye of a hurricane is relatively calm because | a. it is located at the end of the storm, b. there is a lot of precipitation so air motion is downward, c. it is a high pressure, d. none of these | d |
NDQ_001077 | Hurricanes form over | a. Florid, b. coastal states, c. South America, d. warm ocean water | d |
NDQ_001078 | Factors that contribute to flooding by a hurricane include | a. high tide, b. high winds, c. storm surge, d. all of the above | d |
NDQ_001079 | Frigid air warms and collects moisture over the Great Lakes, so that downwind the air | a. warms the region and rain falls, b. warms the region and skies clear, c. cools and creates a noreaster, d. cools and drops lots of snow | d |
NDQ_001081 | Winter storms develop from | a. cyclones, b. anticyclones, c. high pressure centers, d. two of the above | a |
NDQ_001082 | To be classified as a blizzard, a snow storm must have | a. visibility of, b. wind speeds greater than 100 km/h, c. snow falling at a rate of over 100 in/h, d. all of the above | a |
NDQ_001084 | Thunderstorms occur when the air is very warm and humid. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001087 | Thunder is caused by clouds rubbing together. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001089 | Severe thunderstorms may produce tornadoes. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001090 | Lightning never strikes the same place twice. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001091 | Tornadoes may be hundreds of kilometers wide. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001092 | Cumulonimbus clouds are created by strong downdrafts. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001093 | Hurricanes gain strength when they go ashore. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001094 | The Fujita scale is used to classify hurricanes. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001095 | The states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota are the hotspots for tornadoes. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001096 | All the damage done by hurricanes is caused by high winds. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001097 | Lightning heats the air so that it expands explosively. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001098 | If there were no thunderstorms in Kansas, there would be no tornadoes there either. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001099 | Windchill depends on air temperature and wind speed. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001100 | Lake-effect snow occurs because of differences in temperature between land and water. | a. true, b. false | a |
NDQ_001101 | Storms that may have the greatest wind speeds are blizzards. | a. true, b. false | b |
NDQ_001102 | what the temperature feels like when the wind is taken into account | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | f |
NDQ_001103 | funnel-shaped cloud of whirling high winds | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | e |
NDQ_001104 | heavy snowfall that occurs on the east side of lakes in North America | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | a |
NDQ_001105 | enormous storm with high winds and heavy rains | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | c |
NDQ_001106 | very high water below the eye of a hurricane | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | g |
NDQ_001107 | tall cumulonimbus cloud | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | d |
NDQ_001108 | snow storm with high winds | a. lake-effect snow, b. blizzard, c. hurricane, d. thunderhead, e. tornado, f. windchill, g. storm surge | b |
NDQ_001116 | What instrument measures atmospheric pressure? | a. thermometer, b. barometer, c. scale, d. sundial | b |
NDQ_001117 | instrument that measures wind speed | a. anemometer, b. barometer, c. hygrometer, d. thermometer, e. wind vane, f. isobar, g. isotherm | a |
NDQ_001118 | line on a weather map connecting places with the same temperature | a. anemometer, b. barometer, c. hygrometer, d. thermometer, e. wind vane, f. isobar, g. isotherm | g |
NDQ_001119 | What will probably happen if barometric pressure rises? | a. a storm is on its way, b. conditions will remain the same as they are, c. the skies will clear, d. its not possible to say | a |
NDQ_001120 | instrument that measures air pressure | a. anemometer, b. barometer, c. hygrometer, d. thermometer, e. wind vane, f. isobar, g. isotherm | b |
NDQ_001121 | To get a picture of a storm, meteorologists use | a. satellites, b. weather maps, c. radar, d. none of these | b |
NDQ_001122 | To create a weather model, scientists | a. compile weather data, b. put the data into a computer, c. analyze the data, d. all of these | d |
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