EAS 202 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
VERIFIED TO PASS 2025/2026
1. Depending on local topography, the maximum 65
range of broadcasts of the NOAA weather
radio is about kilometres
2. Viewed from above in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise and
inward
surface winds blow about the
center of a low pressure system.
3. Weather systems usually cross the United States several days.
in
4. Weather systems in the mid-latitudes of . east.
the Earth generally move in the direction
towards the
5. Air pressure can be thought of as weight of the overlying air.
6. weight of the overlying air. precipitation.
7. Viewed from above in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise and outwar
surface winds in a high pressure system blo
8. As a general rule, lows that track from less
west to east across southern Canada
produce
precipitation compared to lows that
track along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
9. Usually, the day's minimum temperature occurs around sunrise.
10. Meteorologists use water vapor satellite imagery track the movement of
water vapor
to
, at higher altitudes of the atmos-
11. A cloud in contact with the Earth's phere.
surface is known as
fog
, EAS 202 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bgfjvb
. tiny ice crystals.
12. ispy-appearing clouds that occur at high
alti- tudes are composed of mostly
13. What sources of current weather information are maps, and forecasts
via NOAA
available to the public? Weather Radio, local television or
radio, The Weather Channel
or other cable-TV weather
re-
ports, newspapers, and telephone
weather services.
14. Distinguish between the weather that usually ac- Fair weather usually but
not al-
companies a high (anticyclone) and a low ways accompanies a high (anticy-
(cy- clone). clone) and stormy weather
usually but not always
accompanies a low
(cyclone).
15. What determines the temperature and humidity the properties of the
surface over
characteristics of an air mass? which an air mass forms or travels.
For example, an air mass that
de- velops over a warm sea
becomes warm and humid.
16. Distinguish among stationary, warm, andAll types of fronts are narrow zones of
cold fronts in terms of their typical transition between air masses
movements. that ditter in temperature and/or
humidity. A stationary front
, does not move or moves very little.
th a warm front, colder air re- treats while warmer air advances.
the same pressure, warm air is less dense than cold air so
armer air advances by gliding up
VERIFIED TO PASS 2025/2026
1. Depending on local topography, the maximum 65
range of broadcasts of the NOAA weather
radio is about kilometres
2. Viewed from above in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise and
inward
surface winds blow about the
center of a low pressure system.
3. Weather systems usually cross the United States several days.
in
4. Weather systems in the mid-latitudes of . east.
the Earth generally move in the direction
towards the
5. Air pressure can be thought of as weight of the overlying air.
6. weight of the overlying air. precipitation.
7. Viewed from above in the Northern Hemisphere, clockwise and outwar
surface winds in a high pressure system blo
8. As a general rule, lows that track from less
west to east across southern Canada
produce
precipitation compared to lows that
track along the Gulf of Mexico coast.
9. Usually, the day's minimum temperature occurs around sunrise.
10. Meteorologists use water vapor satellite imagery track the movement of
water vapor
to
, at higher altitudes of the atmos-
11. A cloud in contact with the Earth's phere.
surface is known as
fog
, EAS 202 FINAL EXAM PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_bgfjvb
. tiny ice crystals.
12. ispy-appearing clouds that occur at high
alti- tudes are composed of mostly
13. What sources of current weather information are maps, and forecasts
via NOAA
available to the public? Weather Radio, local television or
radio, The Weather Channel
or other cable-TV weather
re-
ports, newspapers, and telephone
weather services.
14. Distinguish between the weather that usually ac- Fair weather usually but
not al-
companies a high (anticyclone) and a low ways accompanies a high (anticy-
(cy- clone). clone) and stormy weather
usually but not always
accompanies a low
(cyclone).
15. What determines the temperature and humidity the properties of the
surface over
characteristics of an air mass? which an air mass forms or travels.
For example, an air mass that
de- velops over a warm sea
becomes warm and humid.
16. Distinguish among stationary, warm, andAll types of fronts are narrow zones of
cold fronts in terms of their typical transition between air masses
movements. that ditter in temperature and/or
humidity. A stationary front
, does not move or moves very little.
th a warm front, colder air re- treats while warmer air advances.
the same pressure, warm air is less dense than cold air so
armer air advances by gliding up
