Question: High pressure systems are usually are associated with ____________ and low-pressures systems are associated with _____________.

A.) fair weather, clouds and precipitation

B.) Fair weather, fair weather

C.) Clouds and precipitation, Fair weather

D.) the jet stream, fronts

Answer: Correct Answer ( A.) High pressure usually are associated with fair weather and low pressure systems are associated with clouds and precipitation

Question: in ______________, Warm air displaces cold air and it develops a gradual frontal slope.

A.) An Occluded Front

B.) A Stationary Front

C.) A Cold Front

D.) A Warm Front

Answer: Correct Answer: (D.) is a warm front, warm air displaces cold air and develops a gradual frontal slope.

Question: Long-term variation in weather for a particular area make up the ____________ of an area.

A.) Climate

B.) Stability

C.) Weather

D.) Meteorology

Answer: Correct Answers is A.) The long-term variation in weather for a particular area is the area’s climate

Question: The exchange of heat or moisture between an air mass and the underlying surface is called ____________.

A.) Air mass modification

B.)Air Mass Weather

C.) Air Mass convection

D.) Climate

Answer: Correct Answer Is (A.) The exchange of heat or moisture between an Air mass and the underlying surface is called air mass modification.

Question: What are four- to seven-day forecasts based on?

A.) Patterns and cycles

B.) Current Weather

C.) Circulation patterns of the troposphere

D.) Observation of cloud and the precipitations

Answer: Correct Answer Is C.) Four to seven day forecasts are based on the circulation patterns of the troposphere and the lower stratosphere.

Question: What causes the Coriolis effect?

A.) seasons

B.) Earths rotation

C.) The prevailing Westerlies

D.) Earth’s tilted axis

Answer: The Correct answers is (D.) Earth’s rotation from west to east causes the Coriolis Effect.

Question: What instrument is used to measure temperature?

A.) A radiosonde

B.) a Barometer

C.) a Thermometer

D.) An Anemometer

Answer: The Correct Answer is (C.) A Thermometer Is used to measure temperature.

Question: What is a large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms?

A.) A Cloud

B.) A Climate

C.) An Air Mass

D.) A Weather Systems

Answer: The Correct Answer Is (C.) An Air Mass is a large body of air that takes on the characteristics of the area over which it forms.

Question: What is the Current State of the atmosphere called?

A.) Stability

B.) Weather

C.) Climate

D.) Rain

Answer: The Correct Answer Is (B.) Weather is the Current state of the Atmosphere.

Question: What is the Network of the weather stations located across the United States called?

A.) A Ceilometer

B.) Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS)

C.) Radiosondes

D.) Weather Radar Systems

Answer: The Correct Answer Is (B.) The Automated Observing System id the network of weather stations locations across the United States.