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True or False
Select the correct response to each of the following true/false questions.
1 .
Downdrafts are aided by the influx of cool, dry air surrounding the cloud during a process called entrainment.
True
False
2 .
More tornadoes occur in the central United States than any other part of the world.
True
False
3 .
The greatest number of weather-related deaths occurs from flash floods.
True
False
4 .
A vast majority (80% or more) of the moisture that condenses in an air-mass thunderstorm leaves the cloud as precipitation.
True
False
5 .
The greatest number of air-mass thunderstorms occur in the Plains states.
True
False
6 .
A tornado warning is issued by local offices of the National Weather Service when a tornado has actually been sighted in an area or is indicated by weather radar.
True
False
7 .
The average tornado travels across the land at approximately 45 kilometers (30 miles) per hour.
True
False
8 .
In the midlatitudes, lightning is seldom observed in the winter.
True
False
9 .
Over 90% of all mesocyclones produce tornadoes.
True
False
10 .
The probability of a tornado striking a given point in the region most frequently subject to tornadoes is about one in 25 years.
True
False
11 .
The least common but more dangerous type of lightning is sheet lightning.
True
False
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