Meteorology Practice Exam 3: Chapters 11-14

Name: ______________________ ID: A
____ 8. What type of air mass would be responsible for persistent cold, damp weather with drizzle along the east
coast of North America?
a. mP
b. mT
c. cP
d. cT
e. cA
____ 9. The air mass with the highest actual water vapor content is ____.
a. mT
b. cT
c. mP
d. cP
____ 10. What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, dry summer weather in southern Arizona?
a. mP
b. mT
c. cP
d. cT
____ 11. Along the boundary between continental polar and maritime tropical air masses, ____ is often found.
a. a large area of calm (extremely light wind)
b. intense heat and drought
c. widespread precipitation and storminess
d. both a and c
____ 12. A stationary front does not move because:
a. winds on both sides of the front are calm.
b. the winds blow parallel to the front.
c. the front is between high and low pressure.
d. the winds blow against each other and are of equal strength.
____ 13. On a weather map, this front, drawn in blue, represents a region where colder air is replacing warmer air:
a. warm front.
b. cold front.
c. cold-type occluded front.
d. warm-type occluded front.
____ 14. The rising of warm air up and over cold air is called:
a. overrunning.
b. frontolysis.
c. frontogenesis.
d. occlusion.
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