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True-False Quiz


This activity contains 10 questions.

Question 1
1 Continental tropical (cT) air is relatively important in North America because of its source region.
   
 
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Question 2
2 Equatorial (E) air affects North America only in association with cyclones.
   
 
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Question 3
3 The basic significance of a front is that it functions as a barrier between two air masses, preventing their mingling except in a narrow transition zone.
   
 
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Question 4
4 The average cold front is twice as steep as the average warm front.
   
 
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Question 5
5 An occluded front is formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front.
   
 
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Question 6
6 Midlatitude cyclones are associated primarily with air-mass convergence and conflict in regions between about 35 degrees and 70 degrees of latitude.
   
 
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Question 7
7 Midlatitude cyclones have a normal circulation patterns, converging clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.
   
 
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Question 8
8 Cyclones are likely to be undulating and erratic, moving generally from east to west.
   
 
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Question 9
9 A hurricane has winds of 74 miles per hour or more.
   
 
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Question 10
10 A tropical depression has winds of between 39 and 73 miles per hour.
   
 
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