ATLS10 2023-2024 POST-TEST ATLS10 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS

ATLS10 2023-2024 POST-TEST ATLS10 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
The cold water observed along the northern California coast in summer is due primarily to ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-upwelling
In the three-cell model of Earth's general air circulation, areas of surface low pressure should be found at ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-the equator and 60* latitude
Great Britain typically has warmer winter temperatures than other areas of similar latitude because of the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-gulf stream
What term describes air aloft that changes speed or direction? - CORRECT ANSWER-wind shear
The winter monsoon in eastern and southern Asia is characterized by ____ weather and winds blowing from ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-dry, land to sea
The polar jet stream is strongest and moves furthest south in the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-winter
The tropical western Pacific Ocean regions experience ____ during strong ENSO events. - CORRECT ANSWER-lower sea levels
On a weather map of the Northern Hemisphere, one would observe the westerlies ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-between the subpolar lows and the subtropical highs
During the summer along the coast, a sea breeze is usually strongest and best developed ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-in the afternoon
The polar front jet stream blows ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-in a wavy pattern from west to east
In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents in the Atlantic and the Pacific move in a generally circular pattern. The direction of this motion is ____ in the Atlantic and ____ in the Pacific. - CORRECT ANSWER-clockwise, clockwise
The wind belt observed on the poleward side of the polar front is called the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-polar easterlies
Surface air is warmer and drier as a result of compressional heating in a downslope wind. - CORRECT ANSWER-true
The majority of the United States lies within a(n) ____ wind belt. - CORRECT ANSWER-westerly
A sea breeze circulation will reverse direction and become a land breeze circulation ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-once per day
Cyclogenesis occurs frequently on the eastern slopes of the Rockies as a result of ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-compressional heating
Record breaking low temperatures are associated with which air mass? - CORRECT ANSWER-cP
When a cold front passes, the lowest pressure reading at a station will occur ____ the front passes. - CORRECT ANSWER-wrong answer: just after what i think right answer it: just as
The coldest of all air masses is ____ - CORRECT ANSWER-cA
The region of air between the cold and warm fronts of an open wave is known as the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-warm sector
Some mid-latitude cyclones may have calm winds at their center, similar to a hurricane's "eye". - CORRECT ANSWER-true
During the winter, an air mass that moves into coastal sections of Oregon and Washington from the northwest would most likely be ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-mP
Source regions for air masses tend to be generally flat or of varied composition, and in an area of light winds dominated by surface high pressure. - CORRECT ANSWER-false
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, dry summer weather in southern Arizona? - CORRECT ANSWER-cT
Cold fronts that move into the United States from the east, or northeast, are called ____ fronts. - CORRECT ANSWER-back door
One would expect a cP air mass to be ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-cold and dry
What type of air mass would be responsible for hot, muggy summer weather in the eastern half of the United States? - CORRECT ANSWER-mT
Drylines typically occur in the ____. - CORRECT ANSWER-souther great plains of the united states