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MET-O 211

SEMI FINAL TEST QUESTIONS

1. Is the change of the physical state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase?
A. Evaporation B. Condensation
C. Deposition D. Sublimation

2. Is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase?
A. Evaporation B. Condensation
C. Deposition D. Sublimation

3. Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that falls under gravity?
A. Condensation B. Deposition
C. Precipitation D. Sublimation

4. It is a continuous liquid precipitation consisting of numerous tiny droplets which seen to float in the
air, following light air current?
A) Drizzle B) Fog
C) Hail D) Sleet

5. What is composed of tiny water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air?
A) Clouds B) Fog
C) Haze D) Flows

6. What is the change of substance from its liquid water changed to water vapor?
A) Advection B) convection
C) Evaporation D) Radiation

7. A cloud meaning “riglet” or curling “lock of hair” the highest about 16,500 ft. above sea level?
A) Altostratus B) Cirrus
C) Cumulus D) Stratus

8. This is the fog resulting primarily from cooling of air near the surface of the ground as the earth
losses heat?
A) Advection fog B) Frontal fog
C) Radiation fog D) Smoke fog

9. What do you call the extreme horizontal distance a certain prominent object can be seen and
identified by an unaided eye?
A) Extreme distance B) Sighted distance
C) Range of an object D) Visibility

10. What fog produced when air that is warmer and more moist than the ground surface moves over
the ground surface.
A) Advection fog B) Frontal fog
C) Radiation fog D) Smoke fog.

11. What fog is formed when air flows upwards over rising terrain and is adiabatically cooled to its
saturation temperature.
A. Upslope fog B. Valley fog
C. Steam fog D. Evaporation fog

12. Is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near
the Earth's surface.
A. Fog B. Hail
C. Smog D. Haze

13. What fog settles into the hollows and basins between hills and mountains, is a type of radiation
fog.
A. Upslope fog B. Valley fog
C. Steam fog D. Evaporation fog

14. What is traditionally an atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates
obscure the clarity of the sky.
A. Haze B. Smog
C. Mist D. Fog

15. A thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above freezing
atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting
in a phase change from water vapor to ice as the water vapor reaches the freezing point.
A. Frost B. Smog
C. Mist D. Fog

17. Is a type of Air pollution.


A. Frost B. Smog
C. Mist D. Fog

For question numbers 18 to 23


Relative Humidity

figure A

figure B

18. If the dry bulb temperature is 4C and the wet bulb temperature is -2C. What is the Relative
Humidity? (fig. A)
A. 70 B. 14
C. 72 D. 22
19. If the dry bulb temperature is 4C and the wet bulb temperature is 2C. What is the Relative
Humidity? (fig. A)
A. 70 B. 14
C. 67 D. 6

20. If the dry bulb temperature is 4C and the wet bulb temperature is -2C. What is the Dew Point
temperature? (fig. B)
A. -1 B. -19
C. 1 D. 13

21. If the dry bulb temperature is 4C and the wet bulb temperature is 2C. What is the Dew Point
temperature? (fig. B)
A. -1 B. -4
C. 1 D. -7

22. If the dry bulb temperature is 4C and the wet bulb temperature is -2C. What is the height from
ground to base of clouds? (fig. B)
A. 9,200 ft. B. 9,600 ft
C. 9,400 ft D. 9,800 ft.

23. If the dry bulb temperature is 4C and the wet bulb temperature is 2C. What is the height from
ground to base of clouds? (fig. B)
A. 1,400 ft. B. 1,800 ft.
C. 1,600 ft. D. 2,000 ft.

24. What is a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content?
A. Air Mass B. Air Tropical
C. Air continental D. Air Equatorial

25. An air mass develops only in winter over large areas of snow and ice?
A. Continental Arctic B. Continental Polar
C. Continental Tropical D. Continental Equatorial.

26. What is a meteorological process of tightening of horizontal temperature gradients to produce


fronts?
A. Frontolysis B. Frontogenesis
C. Warm air D. Cold air

27. In meteorology, is the dissipation or weakening of an atmospheric front?


A. Frontolysis B. Frontogenesis
C. Warm air D. Cold air

28. A front at which the warm air is ascending and is normally the initial state of a cold front?
A. Ana front B. Kata front
C. Warm front D. Cold front

29. A weak frontal condition in which warm-sector air sinks relative to colder air?
A. Ana front B. Kata front
C. Warm front D. Cold front

30. What are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of some planets,
including Earth?
A. Arctic jet B. Polar jet
C. Subtropical jet D. Jet stream

31. What is the boundary between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell around the 60° latitude in each
hemisphere?
A. Polar front B. Hadley cell
C. Horse latitude D. Intertropical convergence zone
32. What is the boundary between the Hadley cell and the Ferrel cell?
A. Polar front B. Polar easterlies
C. Horse latitude D. Intertropical convergence zone

33. What is the semi-permanent, semi-continuous weather front between the cold arctic air mass and
the warmer air of the polar cell?
A. Arctic front B. Polar front
C. Antarctic front D. Polar continental

34. A convergence line in the seas that circle Antarctica between latitudes 50°S and 60°S ?
A. Arctic front B. Polar front
C. Antarctic polar front D. Polar continental

35. The boundary between two air masses is often distorted by warmer air bulging into the colder air,
with the bulge moving along like a wave?
A. Frontal depression B. Frontolysis
C. Frontogenesis D. Warm depression

36. What is a weather phenomenon defined by the United States National Weather Service's glossary
as "a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise
in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere"?
A. Anti cyclone B. Anti depression
C. Low pressure D. High pressure

37. It is an area of high pressure ,they are made when air sinks downward, air presses down on earth
that moves clockwise around them?
A. Anti cyclone B. Anti depression
C. Low pressure D. High pressure

38. In meteorology, the point of intersection of a trough and a ridge in the pressure pattern of a
weather map?
A. Col B. Ridge
C. High D. Low

39. The elongated area of high pressure extending outwards from an anti cyclone area is called?
A. Col B. Ridge
C. High D. Low

40. A cold air mass that forms North of 50 and South of 50 and have a high pressure?
A. Arctic front B. Polar air mass
C. Continental Arctic D. Continental Polar

41. What map displaying the likely weather forecast for a future time?
A) Navigational chart B) Prognostic chart
C) Synoptic chart D) Weather chart

42. In weather charts symbols. Identify occluded front in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.

43. In weather charts symbols. Identify trough line in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.
44. In weather charts symbols. Identify Dry line in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.

45. In weather charts symbols. Identify squall line in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.

46. In weather charts symbols. Identify thunderstorm in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.

47. In weather charts symbols. Identify hail in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.

48. Identify heavy rain in figure below:

A. B.

C. D.

49. Identify drizzle in figure below:

A. B.
C. D.

50. What do you call the extreme horizontal distance a certain prominent object can
be seen and identified by an unaided eye?

A) Extreme distance B) Sighted distance


C) Range of an object D) Visibility

MetO 211

1. Low pressure disturbances, which travel along the intertropical convergence zone, are called
___________.

A. tidal waves B. tropical waves


C. permanent waves D. tropical storms
2. All of the following are characteristics of the weather experienced in the equatorial zone (the
doldrums) except _________.

A. frequent calms B. frequent showers and


thunderstorms
C. steep pressure gradient D. high relative humidity
3. Which of the following wind patterns generally influence as the movement of frontal weather
systems over the N. American continent?

A. prevailing westerlies B. northeast easterlies


C. sub-polar easterlies D. dominant southwesterly flow
4. The primary wind belt which has the greatest effect on the set, drift and depth of the
equatorial currents are _________.

A. horse latitudes B. trade winds


C. doldrums D. prevailing westerlies
5. Warm air masses will generally have ____________.

A. heavy precipitation B. turbulence within the mass


C. good visibility D. stratiform clouds
6. When warm moist air blows over a colder surface and is cooled below its dew point the result
is __________.

A. frost smoke B. radiation fog


C. advection fog D. ice fog
7. When your vessel is on or near the path of an approaching tropical storm the ___________.

A. barometer falls B. wind direction remains steady


C. wind speed increases D. all of these
8. In North America, the majority of the weather systems move from ___________.

A. east to west B. south to north


C. west to east D. north to south
9. After a cold front passes the barometric pressure usually __________.

A. rises, often quite rapidly, with clearing skies B. remains the same
C. fluctuates D. remains the same, with clouds forming
rapidly
10. Clouds appearing in the following order: cirrus, cirrostratus, altostratus, stratus, and
nimbostratus usually indicate the approach of a(n).

A. warm front B. medium front


C. cold front D. occluded front
11. What do the numbers on isobars indicate?
A. wind speed B. temperature
C. rain in inches D. barometric pressure
12. When crossing a front isobars tend to ___________.

A. change from smooth curves within the air mass to sharp bends at the front
B. change from sharp bends within the air mass to smooth curves at the front
C. becomes closer together at the front and passes through in straight lines
D. passes smoothly across the front with no change
13. Good weather is usually associated with a region of ____________.

A. falling barometric pressure B. low barometric pressure


C. high barometric pressure D. pumping barometric pressure

14. Steam smoke will occur when _________.

A. cold ocean water evaporates into warm air


B. cool rain passes through a warm air mass
C. extremely cold air from shore passes over warmer water
D. warm dry air from shore passes over cooler water
15. Surface circulation is another term for ____________.

A. cyclones B. wind in the lower troposphere


C. air in motion at all levels of the atmosphere D. ocean currents
16. Which of the following is associated with consistently high barometric pressure?

A. the doldrums B. the trade winds


C. the horse latitudes D. the prevailing westerlies
17. After the passage of a cold front the visibility __________.

A. improves rapidly B. improves only slightly


C. becomes poor D. does not change
18. Advection fog may be formed by cold air passing over a ____________.

A. warmer sea surface B. dry coastal plains


C. high mountain or plateau D. colder sea surface
19. The wind circulation around a high pressure center in the Northern Hemisphere is
___________.

A. counterclockwise and moving towards the high


B. clockwise and moving outward from the high
C. counterclockwise and moving outward from the high
D. clockwise and moving towards the high
20. Prevailing winds between 30°N and 60°N latitude are from the ______________.

A. east B. south
C. north D. west
21. The prevailing winds in the band of latitude from approximately 15°N to 30°N are called the
____________.

A. northeast trade winds B. doldrums


C. southeast trade winds D. prevailing westerlies
22. On a working copy of a weather map, a cold front is represented by what color line?

A. Red B. Alternating red and blue


C. Blue D. Purple
23. The diurnal pressure variation is most noticeable in the __________.

A. roaring forties B. horse latitudes


C. polar regions D. doldrums
24. Lines drawn through points on the earth having the same atmospheric pressure are known as
__________.
A. isobars B. isothermal
C. seismics D. milllibars
25. Tropical cyclones do not form within 5° of the Equator because ________.

A. of negligible Coriolis force B. there are no fronts in that area


C. it is too humid D. it is too hot
26. According to Buys Ballot’s law, when an observer in the Northern Hemisphere experiences a
northeast wind the center of low pressure is located to the ____________.

A. northeast B. west-southwest
C. south-southeast D. northwest
27. If an observer in the Northern Hemisphere faces the surface wind, the center of low pressure
is to his _________.

A. right, slightly in front of him B. left, slightly in front of him


C. right, slightly behind him D. left, slightly behind him

28. Generally speaking, you should expect to find low atmospheric pressure prevailing in the
earth’s _________.

A. equatorial area B. polar regions


C. mid-latitudes D. all of these
29. With the passage of an occluded front the temperature _____________.

A. remains about the same B. drops rapidly


C. depends on weather warm type or cold type occlusion D. rises rapidly

30. In doldrums you can expect _____________.

A. steady, constant winds B. steep pressure gradients


C. frequent rain showers and thunderstorms D. low relative humidity
31. A phenomenon where the atmospheric pressure is higher than that of other surrounding
regions is called ___________.

A. the doldrums B. a low front or an occluded front


C. the “trade winds” D. a “high”
32. What generally occurs when the land is cooler than the nearby water?

A. A sea breeze B. A norther


C. A land breeze D. A prevailing westerly
33. In the Southern Hemisphere the wind circulation in a high pressure system rotates
____________.

A. clockwise and inward B. counterclockwise and outward


C. clockwise and outward D. counterclockwise and inward
34. Which wind results from a land mass cooling more quickly at night than an adjacent water
area?

A. Land breeze B. Coastal breeze


C. Mistral D. Sea breeze
35. The boundary between two air masses is a(n) _____________.

A. front B. continent
C. lapse rate D. isobar
36. In the U.S., in which direction does air masses usually move?

A. Southerly B. Easterly
C. Southwesterly D. Notherly
37. In the poleward side of the horse latitude, the winds will be predominantly __________.

A. westerly B. easterly
C. light and variable D. easterly in summer and westerly in winter
38. When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, the contact surface is called a(n)
_________.

A. water spout B. line squall


C. warm front D. cold front
39. The usual sequence of directions in which a tropical cyclone moves in the Southern
Hemisphere is _______?

A. north, northwest, and east B. west, northwest, and north


C. southwest, south, and southeast D. northwest, west , and south
40. The atmosphere in the vicinity of a high pressure area is called a(n)___________.

A. cold front B. anticyclone


C. cyclone D. occluded front
41. A dry, cold air mass would be called as ______.
A. Continental tropical B. Continental polar
C. Maritime tropical D. Maritime polar
42. When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one
can
move, it is called a/an _______:
A. Warm front B. Cold front
C. Occluded front C. Stationary front

43. When a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses, it is called a/an ______.
A. Warm front B. Cold front
C. Occluded front C. Stationary front
44. The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a/an ____.
A. Flood B. Front
C. Climate D. Storm
45. When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe
weather.
What type of front is this?
A. Warm front B. Cold Front
C. Occluded front D. Stationary Front
46. When warm air masses gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and
then
beautiful sunny weather, what front is it?
A. Warm front B. Cold Front
C. Occluded front D. Stationary Front
47. A/an ___________ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth’s surface
over
which it developes and has the same density and moisture content.
A. Front B. Air mass
C. Cloud D. Tornado
48. What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring?
A. Dry and cold weather B. Wet and cold weather
C. Dry and warm weather D. Wet and warm weather
49. An air mass that formed over the ocean near the equator would probably be a/an_____.
A. Maritime polar B. Maritime tropical
C. Continental polar D. Continental tropical
50. A wet, cold air mass would be a ______.
A. Maritime polar B. Maritime tropical
C. Continental polar D. Continental tropical

ANSWER KEY

1. B 36. B
2. C 37. A
3. A 38. C
4. B 39. C
5. D 40. B
6. C 41. B
7. D 42. C
8. C 43. C
9. A 44. B
10. A 45. B
11. D 46. A
12. A 47. B
13. C 48. C
14. C 49. B
15. B 50. A
16. C
17. A
18. A
19. B
20. D
21. C
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. A
26. C
27. C
28. A
29. C
30. C
31. D
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. A

MET- O 211
SIME-FINAL ASSESSMENT

Multiple Choice, 50 item questions. Choice the correct answer:

1. The water eventually is released to the atmosphere as vapor via the plant's stomata — tiny, closeable, pore-
like structures on the surfaces of leaves. Overall, this uptake of water at the roots, transport of water through
plant tissues, and release of vapor by leaves is known as ____________.
A. Evaporation B. Fusion
C. Sublimation D. Transpiration
Answer: D
2. This is the process that change from liquid to vapor.
A. Condensation B. Evaporation
C. Fusion D. Solidification
Answer: B
3. Mechanical lifting of air by the upslope slant of the terrain is called:
A. Orographic lifting B. Convective lifting
C. Advective lifting D. Vertical lifting
Answer: A
4. It is a dense sheet of gray or bluish color, at times it is very dark and thick. Its altitude ranges between 6,500
to 20,000 feet.
A. Cumulunimbus B. Altocumulus
C. Cirrostratus D. Altostratus
Answer: D
5. Which list of clouds is in sequence, from highest to lowest in the sky?
A. Cirrostratus, altostratus, stratus B. Altostratus, cirrostratus, stratus
C. Stratus, cirrostratus, altostratus D. Altostratus, stratus, cirrostratus
Answer: A
6. A transparent whitish cloud veil of fibrous appearance or smooth appearance totally or partly covering the
sky, and generally producing halo phenomena in the sun.
A. Altostratus B. Cirrostratus
C. Nimbostratus D. Stratocumulus
Answer: B
7. A long, well-defined wisps of cirrus clouds, thicker at one end than the other.
A. Mare's tails B. Mackerel sky
C. Stratus D. Cumulus
Answer: A
8. A sky with considerable cirrocumulus clouds is popularly called a/an:
A. Overcast sky B. Mare's tails
C. Atoll cloud D. Mackerel sky
Answer: D
9. In Meteorology, it is a departure from the usual decrease or increase with height of an atmospheric property
like temperature.
A. Conversion B. Lapse rate
C. Adiabatic changes D. Inversion
Answer: D
10. What weather conditions are likely to result from the movement of warm air mass over a relatively colder
sea surface?
A. Rain B. Fog
C. Trough D. Squalls
Answer: B
11. When compared to air temperature, which factor is most useful in predicting fog?
A. Dew point B. Vapor pressure
C. Barometric pressure D. Absolute humidity
Answer: A
12. The fog produced by warm moist air passing over a cold surface is called ____.
A. Radiation fog B. Frontal fog
C. Advection fog D. Conduction fog
Answer: C
13. What level of visibility does "poor" indicate in a weather forecast?
A. Between 2-5 nautical miles
B. Between 1000-2000m
C. Less than 1000m
D. Between 5-8 nautical miles
Answer: B
14. When visibility is reduced by the suspension of liquid or solid particles in the atmosphere. If
the visibility is reduced to more than 1 km as a result of water droplets, the condition is termed of what______?
A. Fog B. Mist
C. Hail D. Visibility
Answer: B
15. Radiation fog ______.
A. Always forms over water B. Is formed by a temperature inversion
C. Dissipates during the evening D. Is thinnest at the surface
Answer: B
16. Frost smoke will occurred, when______?
A. When extremely cold air from shore passes over warmer water
B. When warm dry air from shore passes over cooler water
C. When cold ocean water evaporates into warm air
D. When cool rain passes through a warm air masses
Answer: A
17. While on watch, you notice that the air temperature is dropping and is approaching the dew point. Which
type of weather should be forecasted?
A. Heavy rain B. Sleet
C. Fog D. Hail
Answer: C
18. A rare type of fog formed in the same manner as a steam fog, but a colder temperatures so that it is
composed of ice particles instead of water droplets.
A. Ice Fog B. Sea Fog
C. Frost smoke D. Frontal Fog
Answer: C
19. The air overlying the oceanic and continental surface of the Earth acquires common characteristics to a
particular area but contrasting to those of other areas. Each distinctive part of the atmosphere within common
characteristics prevail over a reasonable large area is called a/an .
A. Frontal surface B. Air mass
C. Air bound D. Lapse Air
Answer: B

20. An air mass is termed "warm" if ___.


A. It is above 70°F B. It originated in a high pressure area
C. It originated in a low pressure area D. The ground over which it moves is cooler than the air
Answer: D
21. In the U.S. which direction do air masses usually move?
A. Southerly B. Northerly
C. Easterly D. Southwesterly
Answer: C
22. If Persian Gulf is the source of an air mass it is has a symbol of:
A. mPk B. cTw
C. mTw D. mTk
Answer: C
23. Tropical maritime air is usually:
A. Cold, dry and stable B. Cold, wet and stable
C. Warm, moist and stable D. Warm, dry and stable
Answer: C
24. An air mass that has moved down from Scotland would most likely have a symbol of:
A. cTk B. mPw
C. mPk D. cPk
Answer: D
25. Is the symbol of an air mass which has moved down from Latin American countries such as Colombia and
Venezuela.
A. mPk B. cTw
C. mPw D. cPk
Answer: B
26. A lowercase letter describes the relationship between the air mass and the earth. Small letter “k” signifies
for what______?
A. that the air mass is warm than the ground
B. that the air mass is colder than the underground
C. that the air mass is colder than the ground
D. that the air mass is colder than the cooler
Answer: C
27. Among the following source of an air mass with a symbol "mTw" is:
A. Ecuador B. Finland
C. North Sea D. Sulu Sea
Answer: D
28. What will occur when a cold air displaces warm air?
A. Warm front B. Stationary front
C. Occluded front D. Cold front
Answer: D
29. When a warm air mass overtakes a retreating cold air mass, the contact surface is called a ____.
A. water spout B. cold front
C. line squall D. warm front
Answer: D
30. When a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, and there is no horizontal motion of either air mass, it is
called a(n)___.
A. Stationary front B. Occluded front
C. Cold front D. Warm front
Answer: A

31.Which type of front forms when a cold front overtakes and force a warm front upwards?
A. An occluded front B. A cold front
C. A warm front D. A stationary front
Answer: A
32. On a working copy of a weather map, a cold front is represents by what color lines?
A. Red B. Alternate red and blue
C. Purple D. Blue
Answer: D
33. When a warm air mass is adjacent to a cold air mass, the separation line between the two boundaries of air
mass is called a:
A. Isobar B. Frontal Depression
C. Warm front line D. Front
Answer: D
34. When two air masses of differing characteristics meet they do not mix freely but remain separated by a
boundary called __.
A. Frontal zone B. Frontal air
C. Frontal depression D. Frontal cyclone
Answer: A
35. The dissipation of a front or frontal zone is called a/an:
A. Frontogenesis B. Front deformation
C. Frontal zone D. Frontolysis
Answer: D
36. A frontal thunderstorm is caused by:
A. Wind being pushed up a mountain
B. Pronounced local heating
C. A warm air mass rising over a cold air mass
D. An increased lapse rate caused by advection of warm surface air
Answer: C
37. Which is TRUE concerning the speed of fronts?
A. Cold fronts move faster than warm fronts.
B. Cold fronts move slower than warm fronts.
C. Cold fronts and warm fronts move with equal speed.
D. Cold fronts move slower at the northern end and faster at the southern end
Answer: A
38. What is true about a front?
A. There are abrupt temperature differences on opposite sides of a front.
B. The pressure tendencies are different on opposite sides of a front.
C. A front is a boundary between two air masses.
D. All of the above
Answer: D
39. On a working copy of a weather map, a stationary front is represents by what color lines?
A. Red B. Alternate red and blue
C. Purple D. Blue
Answer: B
40. A front at which the warm air is ascending up the frontal surface up to high altitudes.
A. Anabatic B. Cold front
C. Anafront D. Occluded front
Answer: C

41. A warm front is represents on a working copy of a weather map, by what color lines?
A. Red B. Alternate red and blue
C. Purple D. Blue
Answer: A
42. Your facsimile prognostic chart indicates that you will cross the cold front of a low pressure system in about
24 hours. You should ____.
A. Expect to see cirrus clouds followed by altostratus and nimbostratus clouds
B. Alter course to remain in the navigable semicircle
C. Prepare for gusty winds, thunderstorms, and a sudden wind shift
D. Expect clear weather, with steady winds and pressure, until the front passes
Answer: C
43. A front at which the warm air descends the frontal surface is a:
A. Katabatic B. Warm front
C. Frontal thunderstorm D. Katafront
Answer: D
44. The initial formation of a front or frontal zone is called a/an:
A. Frontolysis B. Cyclogenesis
C. Frontogenesis D. Frontal cycle
Answer: C
45. You are in the Northern Hemisphere and a tropical wave is located 200 miles due east of your position.
Where will the wave be located 12 hours later?
A. Nearby to the east
B. In the same position
C. Farther away to the east
D. Farther away to the west
Answer: A
46. The highest frequency of tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean occurs during .
A. April, May and June
B. August, September and October
C. July, November and December
D. January, February and March
Answer: B
47. The first indications a mariner will have of the approach of a warm front will be___.
A. Large cumulonimbus (thunderclouds) building up
B. High cirrus clouds gradually changing to cirrostratus and then to altostratus
C. Fog cause by the warm air passing over the cooler water
D. Low dark clouds accompanied by intermittent rain
Answer: B
48. What is the name given to an elongated area of low pressure extending outwards from a depression?
A. A wedge
B. A trough
C. A col
D. A ridge
Answer: B
49. An atmospheric pressure distribution located between two highs and two lows arranged alternately.
Associated with light variable winds; inclined to be thundery in summer and dull or foggy in winter.
A. Ridges
B. Trough
C. Convergence
D. Cols
Answer: D

50. While up bound through Memphis, the weather report on the TV news indicates that a cold front will cross
western Kentucky and Tennessee the next morning. What weather should accompany this front?
A. Gusting winds shifting to the northwest with thunderstorms
B. Overcast with steady, light rain or drizzle
C. Light, southerly winds; high humidity and possibly fog
D. Scattered clouds with light to moderate southeasterly winds and possibly fog
Answer: A

C/M BATONGMALAKI RYAN JAMES F. 13. B 38.D


SIE-FINAL ANSWERS KEYS: 14. B 39.B
1. D 26.C 15. B 40.C
2. B 27.D 16. A 41.A
3. A 28.D 17. C 42.C
4. D 29.D 18. C 43.D
5. A 30.A 19. B 44.C
6. B 31.A 20. D 45.A
7. A 32.D 21. C 46.B
8. D 33.D 22. C 47.B
9. D 34.A 23. C 48.B
10 .B 35.D 24. D 49.D
11. A 36.C 25. B 50.A
12. C 37.A

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