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3. With
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4. Jeopardy
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5. ___________ clouds often cover the whole sky.
A 100

6. Stratus
A 100

7. Low pressure areas tend to bring ________weather.

8. Rainy, stormy, cloudy, “poor”
(because of rising air)
A 200

9. The dominant airflow over the United States are the _________.

10. Prevailing westerlies
Jet Stream
A 300

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

12. Closer together
A 400

13. What temperature is always lower, air temperature or dew point?

14. Dew point
A 500

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

16. FALSE
B 100

17. A(n) _______ air mass has cold air beneath warm air.

18. Stable
B 200

19. The temperature of a lightning bolt is _______.

20. 50,000 F or 30,000 C
B 300

21. Dew forms by the process of evaporation.
True/False:
Dew forms by the process of evaporation.
B 400

22. FALSE -
Condensation
B 400

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

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

25. Vertical air movement is known as wind.

26. Wind is horizontal air movement.
False
Wind is horizontal air movement.
C 100

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

28. False
U.S. – May
PA - June
C 200

29. The winds around a high pressure center are clockwise and outward.

30. TRUE
C 300

31. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
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C 400

32. What three things are necessary to form a cloud?

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

34. A Ridge in the Jet Stream brings cold air southward.

35. FALSE
C 400

36. Cumulus clouds are high, thin ice crystal clouds.

37. FALSE
“Cirrus” clouds
D 100

38. A cloud with its base at the surface is called fog.

39. TRUE
D 200

40. Thunder can be heard 100 miles away from a storm.

41. FALSE
D 300

42. Air pressure is measured in what two measurements?

43. Inches of mercury
and millibars
D 400

44. The largest hailstone ever recorded in the United States was how large?

45. 8 inches in diameter and falling over 100 miles per hour!
South Dakota –
8 inches in diameter and falling over 100 miles per hour!
D 500

46. A RISING barometer would most likely bring clear skies and fair weather.

47. True
E 100

48. The number one killer associated with hurricanes is ____________.

49. Storm Surge.
E 200

50. Most lightning occurs inside a thunderstorm cloud.

51. TRUE
90%
10% is cloud to ground.
E 300

52. Tornado intensity is judged by the _______ Scale

53. Fujita
E 400

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

55. Atlantic/Pacific Oscillation
False
Atlantic/Pacific Oscillation
E 500

56. How many of the eight features of a station model should be labeled.

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

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

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

60. Weather is the average atmospheric condition over a long period of time.

61. FALSE
Climate
F 300

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

63. Fujita scale is based on wind speed AND damage.
FALSE
Fujita scale is based on wind speed AND damage.
F 400

64. Tornado warnings mean that a tornado has formed and been sighted.

65. True
F 500

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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?
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68. None!!!
Tropical Cyclones need WARM water to form (hence the name tropical)!
But remember…
Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones do form over warm water.
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