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8. Altocumulus and altostratus clouds usually bring which of
the following types of weather? sunny skies
light snow or
rain
heavy snow or
rain
cold, windy
conditions
Question 9.9. Which of the following statements best
explains why a city on the windward side of a mountain gets more precipitation
than one on the leeward side of the mountain?
Warm, moist air
rises and loses its moisture.
Cool, dry air
descends and loses its moisture.
Cool, dry air
rises and loses its moisture.
Warm, moist air
descends and loses its moisture.
Question 11.11. Which of the following would be most useful
for determining the presence of a tornado?
barometer
Doppler radar
weather
satellite
weather balloon
Question 12.12. Meteorologists are studying the increase in
temperature over North America over the past decade. What are they
studying?
weather
barometric
pressure
climate
cloud formation
Question 13.13. Miami is a city in the Southeast region of
the United States, and Seattle is a city in the Pacific Northwest. Which
statement about the climate in these two cities is not true?
Miami has a
tropical temperature profile, while Seattle does not.
Both cities
have a maritime temperature profile.
Miami is in a
region called Tornado Alley, while Seattle is not in that region.
Miami has more
thunderstorms that Seattle.
Question 14.14. Supercells are updrafts that may cause which
of the following?
hurricanes
blizzards
thunderstorms
tornadoes
Question 15.15. Which of the following explains why the
Pacific Northwest receives so much precipitation?
hurricanes
lake effect
converging warm
and cold air masses
orographic
uplift
Question 16.16. A stationary front is the starting point in
the formation of which of the following?
thunderstorm
tropical
cyclone
midlatitude
cyclone
tornado
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