Unit 12 | Student Practice Quizzes | Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Second Edition

Question 1:

The most prominent type of precipitation in the tropics is ________.
a) orographic
b) convergent-lifting
c) frontal
d) acid
e) cumulus

Question 2:

In what stage does a thunderstorm produce cumulonimbus clouds?
a) The mature stage
b) The developing stage
c) The orographic stage
d) The dissipating stage
e) No cumulonimbus clouds are formed in a thunderstorm.

Question 3:

What type of precipitation is associated with an air mass rising over a mountain range?
a) Convergent-lifting
b) Leeward
c) Convective
d) Frontal
e) Orographic

Question 4:

A large parcel of air with relatively uniform characteristics is termed a(n) ________.
a) supercell
b) convective cell
c) air mass
d) air cell
e) low pressure cell

Question 5:

Air descending a mountain range is usually ________ to/than that ascending a peak.
a) colder and more moist
b) colder and drier
c) warmer and more moist
d) warmer and drier
e) identical in temperature and moisture

Question 6:

All of the following are types of precipitation except ________.
a) convergent-lifting
b) orographic
c) frontal
d) condensative
e) convectional

Question 7:

The ice-crystal process is also known as the ________ process?
a) Kelvin
b) Convergent
c) Bergeron
d) Anvil
e) Hail

Question 8:

Collision-Coalescence happens in what type of cloud?
a) Warm
b) Cold
c) Cool
d) Cumulus
e) Terminal

Question 9:

The Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone happens mainly over the ________ region?
a) Equitoral Atlantic
b) Equitorial Pacific
c) Equitorial Indian
d) Equitorial Southern
e) Equitorial Arctic

Question 10:

A rising column of air resulting from surface heating is called a ________.
a) advection cell
b) conduction cell
c) convection cell
d) condensation cell
e) convergent cell

Question 11:

Which of the following is not a stage in the life of a thunderstorm?
a) Developing
b) Mature
c) Dissipating
d) Redeveloping

Question 12:

Which of the following is not a type of fog?
a) Radiation
b) Frontal
c) Valley
d) Advection
e) Convection

Question 13:

Supercells are the result of ________.
a) thunderstorm activity
b) precipitation events
c) cloud cover
d) fog events
e) monsoons

Question 14:

Orographic uplift is the result of ________.
a) ocean cooling
b) mountain uplift
c) moutain downdrift
d) rain shadow effect
e) Foehn

Question 15:

Which of the following is not a letter code used to identify air masses?
a) (m) Maritime
b) ( c ) Continental
c) (T) Tropical
d) (P) Polar
e) (S) Subtropical

Question 16:

A cold front produces more intense precipitation than a warm front.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Lightning and thunder are a result of a thunderstorm’s horizontal air currents.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

The rain shadow effect is used to describe the dry conditions caused by orographic processes.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

Thunderstorms never tend to cluster.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Hailstones are common in squall-line thunderstorms.
a) True
b) False

Question 21:

If a tornado forms over a water surface, it is called a windspout.
a) True
b) False

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Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Second Edition - Unit 12