NAS CHAPTER 10 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
In equal volumes, which one of the following air masses exerts the highest surface air pressure? -
CORRECT ANSWER -A
In summer, at the same pressure, maritime tropical air is ______ continental tropical air. -
CORRECT ANSWER - less dense than
A source region for continental tropical air is - CORRECT ANSWER - the American
Southwest.
Cold and humid air: - CORRECT ANSWER - mP
At the same pressure, which one of the following air masses is least dense? - CORRECT
ANSWER - maritime tropical
At the same pressure, which one of the following air masses is most dense in winter? -
CORRECT ANSWER - arctic
A(n) ____________ air mass has greatest temperature change between winter and summer. -
CORRECT ANSWER - continental polar
Usually air mass modification is most rapid when - CORRECT ANSWER - continental
polar air moves over bare ground.
In winter, maritime polar air is ______ continental polar air. - CORRECT ANSWER -
warmer than
, A front is a narrow zone of transition between air masses that contrast in - CORRECT
ANSWER - Any of these is correct.
As a warm front approaches, clouds appear in which one of the following sequences? -
CORRECT ANSWER - cirrus, altostratus, stratus
A cirrus cloud indicates ______ air advection aloft. - CORRECT ANSWER - warm
The cloud and precipitation shield associated with a cold front typically is ______ the cloud and
precipitation shield associated with a warm front. - CORRECT ANSWER - narrower than
A type of cloud associated with a fast-moving, well-defined cold front: - CORRECT
ANSWER - cumulonimbus
Warm fronts typically travel ______ cold fronts. - CORRECT ANSWER - slower than
The type of front formed when the leading edge of cold air merges with a warm front is known
as - CORRECT ANSWER - an occluded front.
An occluded front forms - CORRECT ANSWER - late in the life cycle of an extra-tropical
cyclone.
The most common type of occlusion in the Great Lakes region is the - CORRECT
ANSWER - cold-type occlusion.
Surface air pressure drops when horizontal divergence aloft ______ horizontal convergence at
the surface. - CORRECT ANSWER - is greater than
In a mature extra-tropical cyclone, fog and drizzle are most likely to develop - CORRECT
ANSWER - in the cold air just ahead of the surface warm front.
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
In equal volumes, which one of the following air masses exerts the highest surface air pressure? -
CORRECT ANSWER -A
In summer, at the same pressure, maritime tropical air is ______ continental tropical air. -
CORRECT ANSWER - less dense than
A source region for continental tropical air is - CORRECT ANSWER - the American
Southwest.
Cold and humid air: - CORRECT ANSWER - mP
At the same pressure, which one of the following air masses is least dense? - CORRECT
ANSWER - maritime tropical
At the same pressure, which one of the following air masses is most dense in winter? -
CORRECT ANSWER - arctic
A(n) ____________ air mass has greatest temperature change between winter and summer. -
CORRECT ANSWER - continental polar
Usually air mass modification is most rapid when - CORRECT ANSWER - continental
polar air moves over bare ground.
In winter, maritime polar air is ______ continental polar air. - CORRECT ANSWER -
warmer than
, A front is a narrow zone of transition between air masses that contrast in - CORRECT
ANSWER - Any of these is correct.
As a warm front approaches, clouds appear in which one of the following sequences? -
CORRECT ANSWER - cirrus, altostratus, stratus
A cirrus cloud indicates ______ air advection aloft. - CORRECT ANSWER - warm
The cloud and precipitation shield associated with a cold front typically is ______ the cloud and
precipitation shield associated with a warm front. - CORRECT ANSWER - narrower than
A type of cloud associated with a fast-moving, well-defined cold front: - CORRECT
ANSWER - cumulonimbus
Warm fronts typically travel ______ cold fronts. - CORRECT ANSWER - slower than
The type of front formed when the leading edge of cold air merges with a warm front is known
as - CORRECT ANSWER - an occluded front.
An occluded front forms - CORRECT ANSWER - late in the life cycle of an extra-tropical
cyclone.
The most common type of occlusion in the Great Lakes region is the - CORRECT
ANSWER - cold-type occlusion.
Surface air pressure drops when horizontal divergence aloft ______ horizontal convergence at
the surface. - CORRECT ANSWER - is greater than
In a mature extra-tropical cyclone, fog and drizzle are most likely to develop - CORRECT
ANSWER - in the cold air just ahead of the surface warm front.
