GEOG&100 2d- Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Climate

Which of the following is LEAST likely associated with a tornado?

Slow-moving warm front boundary

Which of the following is NOT true regarding tornadoes?

Jen Carfagno of the Weather Channel is the meteorologist who discovered stronger mini-swirls embedded within the bigger vortex

Which of the following was not associated with Dr. Ted Fujita of Japan and the University of Chicago?

Developed dual doppler radar

Tropical cyclones are similar to mid-latitude storms (frontal) in many ways. Which of the following is NOT one similarity between the two storms. (in other words - pick the false statement)?

These are both storms that form when two unlike air masses collide

Which of the following statements about tropical cyclones is FALSE?

The eye is a violent part of the storm with rising air

Which of the following is NOT a factor for determining climate?

Longitude

Which question will have the greatest annual temperature range?

45 degrees latitude in the interior of a continent

Tornadoes can and do form in all 50 states, but the most frequent and most severe tornadoes are found in the southern Great Plains of Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.

True

Dry, warm air coming over the Rockies often collides with warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico forming a dry line that increases the chances of a tornado

True

Once the eye of a hurricane has passed by it is generally safe to come out and look around.

False

The most destructive part of a hurricane are the spiral rain bands.

False

The storm surge of rising water along the coast kills more people than the wind of hurricanes.

True

Hurricanes can never become mid-latitude cyclones.

False

A typhoon is NOT the same thing as a hurricane.

False

Tropical cyclones are called cyclones in the Indian Ocean

True

A tropical storm is characterized a hurricane when sustained winds reach 74 mph.

True

A prime location for tropical depression to form (which could later become hurricanes) is off the coast of South America right at the Equator.

False

Global warming is increasing the number of hurricanes but not their intensity

False

A climograph show average monthly temperature and precipitation values that have been collected over a 10 year period.

False

If two locations have the same latitude, the one with the more continental location will usually have the greater annual temperature range.

True

A climates have a warm summer and a cool winter

False

Glen Trewartha from the University of Wisconsin came up with an entirely new climate classification system, different than the Koeppen system.

False

Bremerton is considered a D climate in the Koeppen classification system.

False

Bremerton has a greater annual temperature range than New York City

False