Name Learning Unit 6 Extreme Weather Review Questions This assignment is designed to assess your understanding of Unit 6 and includes some of the Questions for Review at the end of Chapters 10 15 and 14 from your text plus a few additional questions Each question can be answered in one to two sentences Please limit yourself to a maximum of three sentences Access the assignment complete it with ANSWERS IN A DIFFERENT COLOR FONT as a separate file and send it back for evaluation and grading through the assignment tab by or before the due date 1 What causes the Earth s seasons such as winter and summer 2 How do greenhouse gases warm the Earth s atmosphere 3 An area of low atmospheric pressure is characterized by what kind of weather 4 What is the equation for calculating relative humidity and how to changes in water vapor content and temperature effect relative humidity 5 What processes force air aloft 6 What is the main distinction between a cold front and a warm front Why are storms found at both warm fronts and cold fronts 7 What causes adiabatic lapse rate and what effect does the adiabatic lapse rate have on a rising parcel of air 8 Why do clouds have a fairly well defined base at a particular altitude 9 What causes the Coriolis force and what effect does it have on free moving objects including wind in the northern hemisphere 10 Which way does the air rotate or circulate around a low pressure area 11 Why do you see lightening before you hear thunder How far away is lightning if you hear the thunder 3 seconds after you see the flash of lightening 12 What causes the loud boom that we hear as thunder 13 What can you feel that is a sign that you are at high risk of being struck by lightning What should you do to avoid being killed by lightening if caught out in the open with no place to take cover 14 What process permits hailstones to grow to a large size 15 When is tornado season in the central United States 16 What is a wall cloud and what is its significance 17 In what direction do most mid continent tornadoes travel along the ground and how fast do tornadoes move along the ground 18 What is the greatest danger what causes the most deaths from a tornado 19 What is used to classify the severity of tornadoes and what is the severity based on 20 How do weather forecasters watching weather radar identify an area that is likely to form tornadoes 21 If you do not have a tornado shelter where in a home is the safest place to be If you do not have a basement where in the home is the safest place to be 22 When is hurricane season Why then 23 Why do hurricanes track west from Africa towards North America rather than from North America towards Africa And why do hurricanes generally curve northward as they approach the east coast of North America 24 Where in a hurricane are the winds strongest e g in the eye just outside the eye half way out to the outer fringe of the hurricane at the outer fringe 25 Why are skies clear in the eye of a hurricane 26 Where would the area of highest storm surge be compared with the eye of a major hurricane moving to the west What local circumstance increase the height of storm surge 27 Of the main hazards in a hurricane which causes the greatest amount of dollar damage Which causes the greatest loss of life 28 What factors cause a hurricane to dissipate 29 Why does it take much longer to evacuate before arrival of a hurricane than most people expect 30 In what respect does a typical nor easter differ from a hurricane
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