SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS        SURVEY OF METEOROLOGY        CH 9

1. Which of the following associations is most accurate?

     a.  microscale - chinook wind

     b.  synoptic scale - sea breeze

     c.  mesoscale - land breeze

     d.  planetary scale - lake breeze

2. Thermal turbulence above the surface is usually most severe:

     a.  immediately after sunset

     b.  at the time of maximum surface heating

     c.  around midnight

     d.  just before sunrise

     e.  about midmorning, or soon after the minimum temperature is reached

3. The wind's speed generally increases with height above the earth's surface because:

     a.  only the lowest layer of air rotates with the earth

     b.  air temperature normally decreases with height

     c.  wind instruments are not accurate at the earth's surface

     d.  friction with the earth's surface slows the air near the ground

     e.  air parcels expand and become less dense as they rise above the surface

4. A wind rose indicates:

     a.  the wind speed at a location at a particular time

     b.  the percentage of time that the wind blows from different directions

     c.  observed wind speed and direction on a surface map

     d.  spinning wind patterns caused by buildings or other obstructions

5. Suppose a west wind of 20 knots blows over a coastal region which is densely covered in shrubs. If this same wind moves out over the middle of a large calm lake, its speed and direction would probably be:

     a.  greater than 20 knots and more northwesterly

     b.  less than 20 knots and more northwesterly

     c.  greater than 20 knots and more southwesterly

     d.  less than 20 knots and more southwesterly

     e.  less than 20 knots and westerly

6. An instrument used to measure wind speed is called a(an):

     a.  anemometer

     b.  ceilometer

     c.  psychrometer

     d.  tachometer

7. A smog front is most often associated with which wind system?

     a.  monsoon

     b.  chinook

     c.  Santa Ana

     d.  mountain breeze

     e.  sea breeze

8. The winter monsoon in eastern and southern Asia is characterized by:

     a.  wet weather and winds blowing from land to sea

     b.  wet weather and winds blowing from sea to land

     c.  dry weather and winds blowing from sea to land

     d.  dry weather and winds blowing from land to sea

9. On the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, chinook winds are driest when:

     a.  clouds form and precipitation falls on the upwind side of the montains

     b.  the air aloft is cold

     c.  the sun is shining

     d.  the winds are blowing from the east

     e.  surface friction is greatest on the downwind side of the mountain

10. Strong Santa Ana winds develop in Los Angeles during the fall when a _____ pressure center forms to the _____.

     a.  high, northeast of Los Angeles over the Great Basin

     b.  high, southwest of Los Angeles over the Pacific Ocean

     c.  low, northeast of Los Angeles over the Great Basin

     d.  low, southwest of Los Angeles over the Pacific Ocean