ISP 203B FINAL PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS STUDY MATERIAL

ISP 203B FINAL PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS STUDY
MATERIAL

●● 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.