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8. Altocumulus and altostratus clouds usually bring which of the following types of weather? sunny skies
light snow or rain
heavy snow or rain
cold, windy conditions
Question 9.9. Which of the following statements best explains why a city on the windward side of a mountain gets more precipitation than one on the leeward side of the mountain?
Warm, moist air rises and loses its moisture.
Cool, dry air descends and loses its moisture.
Cool, dry air rises and loses its moisture.
Warm, moist air descends and loses its moisture.
Question 11.11. Which of the following would be most useful for determining the presence of a tornado?
barometer
Doppler radar
weather satellite
weather balloon
Question 12.12. Meteorologists are studying the increase in temperature over North America over the past decade. What are they studying?
weather
barometric pressure
climate
cloud formation
Question 13.13. Miami is a city in the Southeast region of the United States, and Seattle is a city in the Pacific Northwest. Which statement about the climate in these two cities is not true?
Miami has a tropical temperature profile, while Seattle does not.
Both cities have a maritime temperature profile.
Miami is in a region called Tornado Alley, while Seattle is not in that region.
Miami has more thunderstorms that Seattle.
Question 14.14. Supercells are updrafts that may cause which of the following?
hurricanes
blizzards
thunderstorms
tornadoes
Question 15.15. Which of the following explains why the Pacific Northwest receives so much precipitation?
hurricanes
lake effect
converging warm and cold air masses
orographic uplift
Question 16.16. A stationary front is the starting point in the formation of which of the following?
thunderstorm
tropical cyclone
midlatitude cyclone
tornado