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This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
1 __________ is the short-term, day-to-day condition of the atmosphere.
 
Advection
Climate
Meteorology
Weather
End of Question 1


Question 2
2 _____________ is the long-term average of weather conditions in a region.
 
Meteorology
Bergeron
Climate
Advection
End of Question 2


Question 3
3 __________ is the term which refers to air being forcibly pushed up a mountain slope.
 
Convection lifting
Convergent lifting
Frontal lifting
Orographic lifting
End of Question 3


Question 4
4 A __________ is produced when a cold front overtakes a cyclonic warm front, wedging beneath it.
 
occluded front
wave cyclone
midlatitude cyclone
stationary front
End of Question 4


Question 5
5 Tornadoes are characterized by ________ atmospheric pressure at the core.
 
extremely high
moderately high
extremely low
moderately low
End of Question 5


Question 6
6 A __________ commonly results in the formation of towering cumulonimbus clouds.
 
midlatitude front
rainshadow
cold front
orographic front
warm front
End of Question 6


Question 7
7 __________ fronts travel faster than __________ fronts.
 
Stationary/occluded
Midlatitude/tropical
Warm/cold
Cold/warm
End of Question 7


Question 8
8 Cyclonic storms and air masses move across the United States along __________, which shift in latitude with the seasons.
 
chinook winds
storm tracks
occluded fronts
squall lines
wave cyclones
End of Question 8


Question 9
9 Of the list provided, __________ air masses tend to have the lowest specific humidity.
 
continental tropical
maritime tropical
continental polar
maritime polar
maritime equatorial
End of Question 9


Question 10
10 In North America, most thunderstorms occur in areas dominated by __________ air masses.
 
maritime tropical
continental tropical
continental polar
maritime polar
End of Question 10






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