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True or False
Based on the information in the chapter, determine whether each of these statements is true or false.

This activity contains 10 questions.

	Weather data needed for synoptic analysis includes barometric pressure, dew point temperature, wind speed, and sea surface temperature.    True  False

	As a result of orographic lifting, precipitation occurs on the windward slopes of mountain ranges and a rainshadow occurs on the leeward slopes.    True  False

	A midlatitude cyclone is a vast, migrating low pressure system that is guided by the jet streams in the upper troposphere.    True  False

	Mesocyclones often spawn tornadoes because they contract horizontally, causing winds to accelerate in an inward vortex.    True  False

	As anybody who has seen the movie "Twister" or "The Wizard of Oz" knows, tornadic winds, while strong, are not strong enough to lift cattle, trucks, houses, or wicked witches into the air.    True  False

	Tornadoes with a Fujita rating of F5 are less likely to cause severe damage than the rarer, and far more powerful F1 tornadoes.    True  False

	This satellite image shows Hurricane Mitch, a tropical cyclone that formed in the southern Caribbean Sea in October of 1998, ultimately strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane. For more information on Mitch, visit the image source. Atmospheric pressure should be lower at Point A than at B or C.    True  False

	Precipitation at Point C is likely to be higher than at A or B.    True  False

	Latent heat released through condensation at Point B is probably higher than at A or C.    True  False

	Chinook winds are the cool, upward airflows characteristic of the windward side of mountains.    True  False

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