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5. 100 200 300 400 500 Column A AColumn B BColumn C CColumn D DColumn E E Column F

6. ___________ clouds often cover the whole sky. A 100

7. Stratus A 100

8. Low pressure areas tend to bring ________weather. A 200

9. Rainy, stormy, cloudy, “poor” A 200

10. The dominant airflow over the United States are the _________. A 300

11. Prevailing westerlies Jet Stream A 300

12. When looking at isobars on a weather map, the (closer together or farther apart), the stronger the wind. A 400

13. Closer together A 400

14. What temperature is always lower, air temperature or dew point? A 500

15. Dew point A 500

16. True or false: Lightning never strikes the same place twice. B 100

17. FALSE B 100

18. A(n) _______ air mass has cold air beneath warm air. B 200

19. Stable B 200

20. The temperature of a lightning bolt is _______. B 300

21. 50,000 F or 30,000 C B 300

22. Dew forms by the process of evaporation. B 400

23. FALSE Condensation B 400

24. Temperature has NO effect on air pressure. B 500

25. FALSE Differences in temperature and humidity create differences in air pressure. B 500

26. Vertical air movement is known as wind. C 100

27. False Wind is horizontal air movement. C 100

28. Pennsylvania’s tornado peak month is May. C 200

29. False C 200

30. The winds around a high pressure center are clockwise and outward. C 300

31. TRUE C 300

32. DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

33. What three things are necessary to form a cloud? C 500

34. Water vapor Condensation nuclei Cooling air (to the dew point) C 500

35. A Ridge in the Jet Stream brings cold air southward. C 400

36. FALSE C 400

37. Cumulus clouds are high, thin ice crystal clouds. D 100

38. FALSE D 100

39. A cloud with its base at the surface is called fog. D 200

40. TRUE D 200

41. Thunder can be heard 100 miles away from a storm. D 300

42. FALSE D 300

43. Air pressure is measured in what two measurements? D 400

44. Inches of mercury And millibars D 400

45. The largest hailstone ever recorded in the United States was how large? D 500

46. 8 inches in diameter and falling over 100 miles per hour! D 500

47. A Rising barometer would most likely bring clear skies and fair weather. E 100

48. True E 100

49. The number one killer associated with hurricanes is ____________. E 200

50. Storm Surge. E 200

51. Most Lightning occurs inside a thunderstorm cloud. E 300

52. TRUE 90% - 10% is cloud to ground. E 300

53. Tornado intensity is judged by the _______ Scale E 400

54. Fujita E 400

55. The number of hurricanes in the Atlantic is usually the same as the number of typhoons in the Pacific Ocean. E 500

56. False. E 500

57. How many of the eight features of a station model should be labeled. F 100

58. None!!! Better know the eight things shown in a station model… You have to draw one on the test!!! F 100

59. Two variables that would determine the climate of a city, other than latitude, are: F 200

60. Elevation Proximity to a large body of water F 200

61. Weather is the average atmospheric condition over a long period of time. F 300

62. FALSE F 300

63. True or false: The intensities of both tornadoes and hurricanes are judged only on wind speed. F 400

64. FALSE F 400

65. Tornado warnings mean that a tornado has formed and been sighted. F 500

66. True F 500

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68. We know that tropical cyclones have different names depending on which ocean they form. What is the name given to a tropical cyclone that forms over the Arctic Ocean? Click on screen to continue

69. None!!! Tropical Cyclones need WARM water to form (hence the name tropical)! But remember… Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones do form over warm water. Click on screen to continue

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