EOSC 114 Storms Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
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EOSC 114 Storms Exam Questions with All Correct Answers
When a parcel of air is warmed and its temperature increases from 10 to 15 °C ______. - Answer- its sensible heat increases
Which statement is FALSE for saturated air? - Answer- Vapor pressure equals mixing ratio.
Towering cumulus c...
EOSC 114 Storms Exam Questions
with All Correct Answers
When a parcel of air is warmed and its temperature increases from 10 to 15 °C ______.
- Answer- its sensible heat increases
Which statement is FALSE for saturated air? - Answer- Vapor pressure equals mixing
ratio.
Towering cumulus clouds are officially known as _________. - Answer- cumulus
congestus
In a thunderstorm, which is TRUE? - Answer- Positive charge dominates in the anvil.
Arc clouds are caused by ____. - Answer- gust fronts
What is the main fuel for thunderstorms? - Answer- latent heat
The rain-free center of a hurricane is called the ___. - Answer- eye
In colder air, pressure ______ in warmer air. - Answer- decreases more rapidly with
height than
The spiral outflow at the top of the hurricane ___________. - Answer- is forced by the
pressure gradient between the warm air in the core and the surrounding cold air
If you are in a car and a tornado approaches you, you should _____. - Answer- drive the
car at right angles away from the path of the tornado
Thunderstorms work like engines. The fuel is usually sucked in at the ____ of the storm,
and the exhaust is usually pushed out at the ____ of the storm - Answer- bottom...top
To persist, hurricanes do NOT need ______. - Answer- strong environmental wind
shear
Which is FALSE? - Answer- The MAJOR hazard associated with hurricanes is the
strong winds.
Which statement is TRUE? - Answer- Dust particles in air can serve as cloud
condensation nuclei.
, ercell thunderstorms last a long time compared to other thunderstorms because of
favorable _______. - Answer- Wind shear
Coriolis force ______. - Answer- is what makes hurricanes rotate
The type of thunderstorm most likely to produce tornadoes is a ______ storm - Answer-
super cell
A relative humidity of 75% means __________. - Answer- the air is holding 75% of the
water it could hold
To explain why gust fronts are created when downbursts hit the ground, you would use
the concept of __________. - Answer- continuity
In North America, thunderstorms and lightning occur most frequently in or near
__________. - Answer- Florida
Most tornadoes at the ground are about as wide as a __________. - Answer- house
hich is NOT considered a type of SEVERE thunderstorm? - Answer- air mass
thunderstorm
A severe straight-line wind covering a large area (>400 km) is called a/an ______. -
Answer- derecho
Sometimes whole thunderstorms can rotate slowly. These are the thunderstorms that
cause the most severe tornadoes. Such a rotating thunderstorm is called a/an ______. -
Answer- mesocyclone
The continent with the greatest frequency of tornadoes is Australia. - Answer- false
If a tornado or severe thunderstorm watch has been issued, you should ______. -
Answer- continue your normal activities, but keep an eye on the weather
Most tropical disturbances that enter the western Atlantic and become hurricanes
originate from trade-wind variations called - Answer- easterly waves
Relative to the direction of movement of hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere, most of
the tornadoes imbedded in hurricanes are found in the ______ quadrant of the
hurricane. - Answer- right forward
The intensity scale for hurricanes is called the ? - Answer- Saffir-Simpson
A measure of the total amount of latent heat released in a thunderstorm is __________.
- Answer- rainfall rate
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