ISP 203B FINAL TEST BANK QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
●● tornado
Answer: narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from a
thunderstorm to the ground
●● wind shear
Answer: the difference in wind direction or speed across a short distance
●● updraft
Answer: current of rising air ( if the air is sufficiently moist then the
moisture condenses and becomes a cloud)
●● velocity
Answer: distance traveled per unit of time
●● discharge
Answer: the volume of water passing a given point per unit of time
●● hydrograph
Answer: graph showing river discharge vs time at a given location
, ●● levees
Answer: artificial embankments of material placed at the edge of a
channel to prevent floodwater from spreading over a floodplain
●● recurrence intervals
Answer: average time between floods of a given size
●● fuel load
Answer: amounts of combustible material in an area
●● supercell formation
Answer: strong thunderstorm with a rotating updraft
●● mesocyclone
Answer: the rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm
●● supercell thunderstorms
Answer: Large thunderstorms that contain winds moving in opposing
directions and that are associated with strong winds, lightning, thunder,
and sometimes hail and tornadoes.
●● little to none
AND ANSWERS PREMIUM STUDY GUIDE
●● tornado
Answer: narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from a
thunderstorm to the ground
●● wind shear
Answer: the difference in wind direction or speed across a short distance
●● updraft
Answer: current of rising air ( if the air is sufficiently moist then the
moisture condenses and becomes a cloud)
●● velocity
Answer: distance traveled per unit of time
●● discharge
Answer: the volume of water passing a given point per unit of time
●● hydrograph
Answer: graph showing river discharge vs time at a given location
, ●● levees
Answer: artificial embankments of material placed at the edge of a
channel to prevent floodwater from spreading over a floodplain
●● recurrence intervals
Answer: average time between floods of a given size
●● fuel load
Answer: amounts of combustible material in an area
●● supercell formation
Answer: strong thunderstorm with a rotating updraft
●● mesocyclone
Answer: the rotating updraft of a supercell thunderstorm
●● supercell thunderstorms
Answer: Large thunderstorms that contain winds moving in opposing
directions and that are associated with strong winds, lightning, thunder,
and sometimes hail and tornadoes.
●● little to none
