Meteorology Today An Introduction to Weather Climate and the Environment 2nd Edition by C. Donald Ahrens – Test Bank

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which of the following sequences gives the order of weather conditions you would likely experience in winter as you travel toward a warm front?
a. rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain
b. snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain
c. snow, freezing rain, hail, sleet
d. freezing rain, snow, sleet, rain

2. Suppose a weather forecast states the following: Cool today, with rain becoming heavy by this afternoon; slightly warmer tomorrow; winds southeasterly, becoming westerly to northwesterly by tomorrow morning. Which of the following types of weather fronts would be responsible for this forecast?
a. cold-type occluded front
b. cold front
c. warm-type occluded front
d. warm front

3. Why do stationary fronts often exist along the Rocky Mountains?
a. Overrunning leads to the formation of clouds.
b. Air sinks on the east side of the mountains and becomes warmer.
c. Cold air masses cannot move up and over the mountain.
d. Air rapidly rises up the slopes of the mountains during the afternoon.

4. Which of the following statements applies to a warm front?
a. In winter it is usually associated with cumulus clouds.
b. It has cold air ahead of it.
c. It is coloured blue on a weather map.
d. It normally moves faster than a cold front.

5. During which of the following conditions do lake-effect snows best develop around the Great Lakes?
a. late fall and early winter when moist, polar air sweeps in from the east
b. early spring when moist, tropical air moves over the frozen lakes
c. late fall and early winter when cold, dry, polar air moves over the relatively warm water
d. middle winter when the unseasonably warm air mass moves over the cold water

6. Clear, sunny days with very cold nights are associated with which of the following types of air masses?
a. cA
b. cT
c. mP
d. mT

7. Which of the following types of air masses is the coldest of all?
a. mT
b. mP
c. cA
d. cT

8. Which of the following expressions is the designation for a cool, moist air mass?
a. cP
b. cT
c. mP
d. mT

9. Suppose a weather forecast states the following: Increasing high cloudiness and cold this morning; clouds increasing and lowering this afternoon, with a chance of snow or rain tonight; precipitation ending tomorrow morning; turning much warmer; winds light and easterly today, becoming southeasterly tonight and southwesterly tomorrow. Which of the following types of weather fronts would be responsible for this forecast?
a. cold front
b. stationary front
c. warm-type occluded front
d. warm front

10. In which of the following regions do continental tropical air masses typically occur?
a. northern Mexico and eastern Canada
b. the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern United States
c. northern Mexico and the southwestern United States
d. the Gulf of Mexico and the southwestern United States

Answer Key

1. b

2. c

3. d

4. b

5. c

6. a

7. c

8. c

9. d

10. c