A sea breeze usually originates during the

VII assessment

Question 1

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Answer Studies have shown that at least half of the hurricanes that make landfall produce at least one tornado.

Most tornado injuries and deaths result from flying debris.

When a cyclone's strongest winds do not exceed 38 mph, it is called a tropical depression.

Because hurricanes strengthen as they move inland, most of the damage occurs within 200 miles from the coast

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4 points

Question 2

A land breeze usually originates during the:

Answer evening and flows toward the land.

day and flows toward the land.

evening and flows toward the water.

day and flows toward the water.

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4 points

Question 3

Another name for a midlatitude cyclone is:

Answer tornado.

hurricane.

typhoon.

extratropical cyclone.

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4 points

Question 4

A subpolar low (polar front) is:

Answer a zone where the trade winds meet.

the forward edge of the Antarctic ice cap.

a zone where the polar easterlies and the westerlies converge.

the boundary between frozen sea water and liquid sea water.

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4 points

Question 5

Lines on a weather map connecting places of equal air pressure are called:

Answer isovectors.

isobars.

isotherms.

isogrids.

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4 points

Question 6

What pressure zone is associated with abundant precipitation and warm temperatures?

Answer Subtropical high

Equatorial low

Subpolar low

Polar easterlies

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4 points

Question 7

Which of the following is when the pressure gradient force is balanced and winds blow parallel to the isobars?

Answer Jet streams

Anti-cyclones

Westerlies

Geostrophic winds

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4 points

Question 8

Standard sea level pressure in inches of mercury is __________ inches.

Answer 7.52

14.70

28.70

29.92

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4 points

Question 9

Which of the following is characterized by circulation consisting of strong up and down movements?

Answer Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Mid-latitude cyclones

Thunderstorms

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4 points

Question 10

A sea breeze usually originates during the:

Answer evening and flows toward the land.

day and flows toward the land.

evening and flows toward the water.

day and flows toward the water.

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4 points

Question 11

Examine Figure 14.13. Given your understanding of the conditions required for the formation of a thunderstorm, why would there be so many thunderstorms in eastern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico? What is so special about this relatively small area?

Answer

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30 points

Question 12

Why are coastal and mountainous regions often much more windy than other locations at similar latitudes? Also, from this and earlier chapters on meteorology, are there other weather characteristics that are perhaps unique or different for these areas?

Answer

VII assessment

Question 1

The final stage of evolution of the most massive stars is a:

Answer black hole.

main-sequence star.

red giant.

white dwarf.

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4 points

Question 2

Based on the observed red shifts in the spectral lines of distant galaxies, astronomers conclude that:

Answer Earth is the center of the universe.

the universe is contracting.

the universe is expanding.

the universe is in a steady state.

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4 points

Question 3

Which of the following astronomers derived two basic laws of planetary motion, then later added a third?

Answer Galileo

Kepler

Copernicus

Brahe

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4 points

Question 4

The discovery that the universe appears to be expanding led to a widely accepted theory called:

Answer the Big Bang.

Hubble's Law.

Einstein's Law.

the Doppler Effect.

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4 points

Question 5

__________ galaxies are sometimes called dwarf galaxies, being typically smaller than spiral galaxies.

Answer Elliptical

Irregular

Normal

Barred

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4 points

Question 6

__________ has a hot, turbulent atmosphere dominated by carbon dioxide.

Answer Mars

Jupiter

Mercury

Venus

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4 points

Question 7

Which theory held that the Earth was a sphere that stayed motionless at the center of the universe?

Answer Heliocentric

Geocentric

Big Bang

Stationary

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4 points

Question 8

According to the Ptolemaic (Greek) model of the universe, how many "heavenly" bodies could be observed wandering along the background of stars?

Answer One

Nine

Five

Seven

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4 points

Question 9

Which main-sequence stars are the least massive?

Answer Red

Orange

Yellow

Blue

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4 points

Question 10

Which of the following is a FALSE statement?

Answer Stars that appear the brightest are of the first magnitude, while the faintest stars visible to the unaided eye are of the sixth magnitude.

Most stars have such small parallax shifts that accurate measurement is always possible.

Stellar parallax is the extremely slight back-and-forth shifting in the apparent position of a nearby star due to the orbital motion of the Earth.

Emission nebulae are gaseous masses that consist largely of hydrogen.

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4 points

Question 11

Describe the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram. How is it useful in classifying stars? Where do stars tend to cluster on the diagram? Where on the H-R diagram does a star spend most of its life?

Answer

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30 points

Question 12

Discuss stellar evolution (describing each stage in brief). What forces are opposing one another throughout the life of a star and how do they influence the various stages in the life cycle of a star?