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SCIN 137 AMU Week 5 Quiz
| Part 1 of 4 – Week 5 Reading and Lesson Question 1 of 31 What air mass originates over interior regions of Siberia and northern Canada? A. cP B. cA C. mA D. mP Question 2 of 31 Which frontal type results in cooler, drier air replacing warmer, more moist air? A. stationary front B. occluded front C. cold front D. warm front Question 3 of 31 Which air mass originates over the Saharan Desert? A. mP B. cT C. cP D. mT Question 4 of 31 What is a narrow, linear thunderstorm cluster that can extend hundreds of miles? A. tornado B. jet stream C. hurricane D. squall Question 5 of 31 What is the minimum rate of deepening for a low pressure system to be considered a bomb cyclone? A. 12 mb in 24 hours B. 24 mb in 24 hours C. 6 mb in 24 hours D. 3 mb in 24 hours Question 6 of 31 Prior to the April 2011 tornado outbreak, when was the largest US tornado outbreak? A. May 1947 B. April 1974 C. May 1999 D. April 2001 Rationale: Question 7 of 31 Which depression forms as a comma shape cloud during winter months due to upper level disturbances and cold, humid air masses? A. polar low B. cold low C. lee cyclone D. thermal low Question 8 of 31 Which of the following is the forecasting for weather within the next two hours? A. climate forecasts B. nowcasts C. long-range forecasts D. medium-range forecasts Question 9 of 31 Which of the following is the forecasting for weather upwards to 15 days in the future? A. long-range forecasts B. nowcasts C. climate forecasts D. medium-range forecasts Question 10 of 31 Which air mass describes high precipitation during the seasonal monsoon? A. cT B. cP C. mP D. mT Question 11 of 31 What does a Richardson number less than 10 suggest? A. high instability and strong vertical shear B. weak instability and strong vertical shear C. weak instability and weak vertical shear D. high instability and weak vertical shear Question 12 of 31 What depression is believed to form as a result of vertical motion and adiabatic cooling in coastal Arctic regions? A. thermal low B. polar low C. cold low D. lee cyclone Question 13 of 31 What forms as a boundary separating different air masses? A. divergence B. fronts C. depression D. subsidence Question 14 of 31 What term describes the formation of a depression because of convergence and cyclonic curvature along the slopes opposite that of windward side of mountains? A. cold low B. thermal low C. lee cyclone D. polar low Question 15 of 31 On synoptic weather maps, what symbol(s) represents occluded fronts? A. semi-circles B. triangles C. dashes D. both semi-circles and triangles |
| Part 2 of 4 -9.0 Points Question 16 of 31 How many significant figures does 0.105 have? A. 3 B. 4 C. 1 D. 2 Question 17 of 31 In data measurement, what does precision refer to? A. The number of significant digits in the solution of a mathematical problem B. How close a measured value is to previous measured values C. How close a measured value is from a standard or established value D. Whether or not a measurement was performed correctly. Question 18 of 31 What are qualitative data measurements? A. Measurements that are appropriate for any experiment B. Measurements that are appropriate for any type of variable C. Measurements of categorical variables and can be displayed as types or descriptions D. Measurements of numerical variables and are displayed as numerical values |
| Part 3 of 4 – Week 5 Lab Question 19 of 31 The maps in this lab are created by forecasts from which model? (Image is also attached) A. NAM B. European C. Doppler D. GFS Question 20 of 31 At 500 mb, what area of pressure is centered over northeastern Canada? (Image is also attached) A. constant pressure B. low pressure C. no pressure D. high pressure Question 21 of 31 Using 2-meter above ground level (AGL) temperature and 2-meter AGL dew-point temperature maps, what air mass is present at the surface across the Maine? (Image is also attached) A. cP B. cT C. mP D. mT Question 22 of 31 Using 2-meter above ground level (AGL) temperature and 2-meter AGL dew-point temperature maps, what air mass is present at the surface off the western coast of Washington state? (Image is also attached) A. cP B. mT C. cT D. mP Question 23 of 31 Using the 200 mb Height map, which state is positioned under an upper level trough? (Image is also attached) A. New Hampshire B. Iowa C. Idaho D. Florida Question 24 of 31 At the surface, in what direction is the wind rotating across Lake Erie and Lake Ontario? (Image is also attached) A. clockwise B. counterclockwise C. no rotation D. no wind Question 25 of 31 How far in the future is this model simulating weather? (Image is also attached) A. 3 days B. 7 days C. 11 days D. 16 days Question 26 of 31 The jet stream is shown on what weather analysis map(s)? (Image is also attached) A. 500 mb B. on all maps C. surface D. 200 mb Question 27 of 31 What height conveys forecasted weather at the highest altitude? (Image is also attached) A. surface B. 500 mb C. 200 mb D. altitude is the same on all maps Question 28 of 31 Using 2-meter above ground level (AGL) temperature and 2-meter AGL dew-point temperature maps, what air mass is present at the surface in Minnesota? (Image is also attached) A. cP B. cT C. mP D. mT Question 29 of 31 Using the 200 mb Height map, which state is positioned under an upper level ridge? (Image is also attached) A. Iowa B. Florida C. New Hampshire D. New York Question 30 of 31 What height conveys forecasted weather at the lowest altitude? (Image is also attached) A. 500 mb B. surface C. altitude is the same on all maps D. 200 mb |
| Part 4 of 4 – Week 5 Lab Report Question 31 of 31 Please upload your Week 5 Lab Report below. |