Chapter 24 worksheet Multiple Choice

____ 2. What air masses generally move eastward, toward Europe?

____ 3. A large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar is a(n)

____ 4. An air mass usually brings the weather of

____ 5. Continental polar, maritime polar, continental tropical, and maritime tropical are types of

____ 6. Which of the following is NOT a thunderstorm stage?

____ 7. A hurricane begins when warm, moist air rises rapidly and the moisture condenses, releasing energy in the form of

____ 8. What tool do meteorologists use to solve mathematical equations and store data?

____ 9. Which of the following measurements indicates a southerly wind?

____ 10. What does radar use to determine the velocity and location of objects?

____ 11. Doppler radar and satellite images provide information to create

____ 12. Weather stations report data to

____ 13. Which of the following types of weather have meteorologists tried to control with freezing nuclei?

____ 14. A pattern of meteorological symbols that represent the weather at a particular observing station is a

____ 15. When air moves slowly, it takes on the temperature and humidity of its region, becoming a(n)

____ 16. Which of the following is NOT a type of air mass?

____ 17. What do weather centers all over the world do with the information they collect?

____ 18. What do scientists use to convey information on a weather map?

____ 19. Meteorologists have tried to control all of the following types of weather EXCEPT

____ 20. Which of the following is NOT a main type of air mass?

____ 21. Lines that connect points of equal temperature on a weather map are called

____ 22. Which of the following conditions is issued when severe weather has been spotted in a given area?

____ 23. An air mass that originates in the Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and brings warm, moist air is called

____ 24. An air mass that originates in the U.S. southwest and brings dry, warm air is called

____ 25. A front that forms when a cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and lifts the warm air mass off the ground and over another air mass is called a(n)