1 A) a stationary front B) a warm front C) a cold front D) an occluded front 2 A) the jet stream B) the intertropical convergence zone C) the prevailing westerlies D) the horse latitudes 3 A) the ITCZ B) jet streams C) prevailing westerlies D) polar easterlies 4 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561661/ai.GIF','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (6.0K)</a>]]> A) stationary B) cold C) warm D) occluded 5 A) the polar easterlies B) the trade winds C) the jet stream D) the prevailing westerlies 6 A) station model B) isopleth C) ceilometer D) digital forecast 7 A) Weather in an area can change, but the climate of an are never changes. B) Climate is controlled by solar energy, and weather is controlled by energy from the ground. C) Climate refers only to precipitation and wind, but weather also includes average temperatures. D) Weather refers to the short-term state of the atmosphere, and climate refers to the long-term conditions. 8 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561683/50_weather2_gm_120c.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (85.0K)</a>]]> A) clear and sunny B) light winds and steady rain C) thunderstorms and strong winds D) strong winds but no rain 9 A) Earth's shape B) Earth's rotation C) Earth's revolution around the Sun D) Earth's energy flows from the equator to the poles 10 A) a radiosonde B) a barometer C) a thermometer D) an anemometer 11 A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 12 A) high-pressure system activity B) movement of clouds and precipitation C) low-pressure system activity D) wind speed of current storms 13 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0078746361/561736/77_clouds_ss_120c.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (14.0K)</a>]]> A) -1.2 millibars B) -12 millibars C) 12 millibars D) 1.2 millibars 14 A) It evaporates water from the ground, causing a desert to form. B) It causes large windstorms to form. C) It evaporates water from the ground, causing rain forests to form. D) It causes clouds to form, but no rain falls. 15 A) differences in sunlight reaching Earth's surface B) differences in air temperature and thus air pressure C) global warming in some parts of the Earth system, but not all D) the air to reach an average temperature worldwide 16 A) wind B) clouds C) rain D) thunder 17 A) the seasons B) a year C) the Coriolis Effect D) a heat imbalance
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