WX 201 Exam 3 questions with ANSWERS
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The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley
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breeze are examples of - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔thermal
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circulations
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
have lengths on the order of - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔thousands of kilometers |\ |\
in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the
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polar front is______, while air further south is____ -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cold; warm |\ |\ |\
the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content
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is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔mT
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because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds
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aloft with the same pressure gradiant - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔more slowly than |\ |\ |\
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot,
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muggy summer weather in the eaastern half of the United
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States - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔mT
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, If the flow of air into a surface low pressure area is
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greater than the divergence of air aloft, the surface
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pressure in the center of the low will - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔increase |\
The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the
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exit is found______` - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔upwind;
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downwind
When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze
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moving west, they form a - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sea
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breeze convergence zone |\ |\
Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔it generally blows west to east
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The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pressure |\ |\
the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given
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horizontal distance is called the - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔pressure gradient |\
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The land/sea breeze, lake, breeze, and mountain/valley
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breeze are examples of - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔thermal
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circulations
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
have lengths on the order of - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔thousands of kilometers |\ |\
in the Northern Hemisphere, air found to the north of the
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polar front is______, while air further south is____ -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cold; warm |\ |\ |\
the air mass with the highest actual water vapor content
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is - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔mT
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because of friction, the surface winds move ______ winds
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aloft with the same pressure gradiant - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔more slowly than |\ |\ |\
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot,
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muggy summer weather in the eaastern half of the United
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States - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔mT
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, If the flow of air into a surface low pressure area is
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greater than the divergence of air aloft, the surface
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pressure in the center of the low will - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔increase |\
The entrance region of a jetstreak is found______ and the
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exit is found______` - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔upwind;
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downwind
When a sea breeze moving east meets a sea breeze
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moving west, they form a - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sea
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breeze convergence zone |\ |\
Which statement describes the subtropical jetstream -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔it generally blows west to east
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The contour lines on a 500mb chart are lines of -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pressure |\ |\
the amount of pressure change that occurs over a given
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horizontal distance is called the - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔pressure gradient |\
