Unit 13 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

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

Question 2:

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

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:
a) colder and moister
b) colder and drier
c) warmer and moister
d) warmer and drier
e) identical in temperature and moisture to that ascending the peak

Question 6:

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

Question 7:

A cold front produces more violent weather than a warm front.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

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

Question 9:

A spontaneously rising column of air is called a convection cell.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

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

Question 11:

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

Question 12:

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

Higher Education

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