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Question 1

Click here. Which type of storm system is the situation at right most likely depicting?
A) Typhoon
B) Hurricane
C) Tropical Depression
D) Northeaster
E) Alberta Clipper

Question 2

Click here. In the situation at right, which of the four station models do you suspect has the highest relative humidity?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Question 3

Which of the following weather systems would be the most likely to bring sleet and/or freezing rain?
A) Hurricane
B) Occluded Front
C) Warm Front
D) High Pressure System
E) Lake Effect Snow System

Question 4

Click here. Which Skew-T diagram is displaying an example of a surface inversion?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 5

Which of the following is one of the gases we talked about that is associated with Greenhouse Warming?
A) Cyanide
B) Sulfuric Acid
C) Ammonia
D) Water Vapor
E) Benzene

Question 6

Click here. What is that a picture of?
A) Barometer
B) Aerovane
C) Sling psychrometer
D) Radiosonde
E) Anemometer

Question 7

Click here. What planet is this?
A) Venus
B) Jupiter
C) Mars
D) Pluto
E) Uranus

Question 8

Click here. Which continent is closest to the birthplace of Hurricane Andrew?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 9

Click here. What type of cloud is this?
A) Cirrocumulus
B) Altocumulus
C) Cirrostratus
D) Cumulus
E) Altostratus

Question 10

Click here. Which level of the atmosphere appears to have the highest relative humidity?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Question 11

Which of the following statements about thunderstorms is false?
A) In mature thunderstorms, the strength of the updrafts is about the same as the downdrafts.
B) Over tropical oceans, lightning is much more common due to the higher concentration of ice there.
C) Cumulus congestus clouds often grow into cumulonimbus clouds and thunderstorms.
D) A squall line is a thunderstorm complex that often forms out ahead of cold fronts.
E) Lightning and thunder actually occur simultaneously. It just takes sound longer to travel than light.

Question 12

Click here. Which of the following statements can you make with the most confidence?
A) City B is in the northern hemisphere, City A is in the southern hemisphere
B) City B is in the southern hemisphere, City A is in the northern hemisphere
C) City A is at the equator, City B is in the northern hemisphere
D) City A and City B are both in the northern hemisphere
E) City A and City B are both in the southern hemisphere

Question 13

Click here. Which of the following states is most likely to experience hurricane damage?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Question 14

Click here. Which of the following points is most likely experiencing thunderstorm activity?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Question 15

Click here. Which of the following samples of gas do you suspect is at the lowest temperature?
A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 16

Click here. Which city do you suspect is currently experiencing the strongest winds?
A) Erie
B) Philadelphia
C) State College
D) Scranton
E) Pittsburgh

Question 17

Click here. The storm below could be approaching the coastline of the following nation:
A) Australia
B) United States
C) Mexico
D) Korea
E) Bangladesh

Question 18

Which of the following is not associated with the passage of a cold front?
A) Drop in dewpoint depression
B) Rise in pressure
C) Drop in temperature
D) Shift of wind direction
E) Drop in saturation vapor pressure

Question 19

Click here. Which of these states was ravaged by Hurricane Camille?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Question 20

Click here. What type of weather situation do you suspect may be occurring at the surface? The 32 represents the freezing mark (32 F).
A) Hail
B) Sleet
C) Severe thunderstorm
D) Lake Effect Snow
E) Virga

Question 21

Click here. Which of the following could best explain what might be happening in Columbus?
A) Sleet
B) Vorticity
C) Warm advection
D) Cold advection
E) Virga

Question 22

On a given day in Bloomington, Indiana, a sky observer notices a cirrus clouds overhead at 10 AM. After lunch at 1 PM, she observes altostratus translucidus clouds overhead. What type of weather system do you suspect is approaching Bloomington?
A) Cold front
B) Warm front
C) Lake Effect Snow Storm
D) High Pressure System
E) Stationary front

Question 23

Click here. At what time was Morgantown reporting the lowest pressure?
A) 8:00 AM
B) 10:00 AM
C) 12:00 PM
D) 2:00 PM

Question 24

Click here. In lecture, we mentioned one of the countries at right as a location where events similar to Lake Effect Snow frequently take place during the winter. Identify that country.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)

Question 25

Click here. When flying on long journies, the bird at right tries to stay as close as possible to the 850 mb pressure level. Looking at the situation to the right, what do you suspect is happening to the density of the air the bird is flying through?
A) Increasing
B) Decreasing
C) Remaining constant
D) Cannot determine