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1. Long lasting, rotating thunderstorms are called meso-cyclones
2. The exhaust of air from the top of the The pressure gradient force
hurricane occurs because.... between the warm core at the
top of the hur-ricane and the
surrounding cold air pushes air
outward from the core
3. Hiding under a large tree branch
would be an appropriate safety Hail
response for which
4. Tornadic thunderstorms are most likely near sunset
5. It is good to be in a metal car in a lightning storm lightning flows on the
metal car body
because
6. Enhanced fujita scale for tornadoes? If pieces of a roof are missing =
F1
If the whole roof is missing = F2
If the outside walls are roof are
gone
= F3
If the whole building is
destroyed but there is
debris = F4
If the whole budilig is destroyed
and debris is gone = F5
7. Saffir simpson hurricane wind scale Classifies hurricanes according to
wind speed on a scale ranging
from Category 1 to Category 5
8. For most storms discussed in class what is the fuel for
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storms? warm humid air
9. The most violent part of a typhoon is the eye wall
10. Vertical air motions are driven by force buoyancy
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11. Strong descending currents of cold downburtsts
air from thunderstorms are called
Indian ocean and South pacific
12. For which ocean is a hurricane called a
tropical cyclone?
liqueifaction
13. The runways at Vancouver airport,
located in Richmond on the Fraser River saturated, unconsolidated
delta, might be damaged by due to a sedi-ments
large earthquake because the airport is
built on . (Refer to map of SW BC
below). Richmond is underlain by less
con-solidated rock
14. Based on the map of SW British Columbia
below, we can conclude that earthquake
intensity in Richmond is likely higher than
that in Vancouver because .
15. Folds are plastic deformation in response
to a compressive stress
16. The modified Mercalli scale indicates what? the intensity of an earthquake
17. In order to estimate an earthquake's 19. How rapid was
location using seismograms, what do you the Permo-
need to know along with the P-wave and Triassic
S-wave arrival times? extinction
thought to be?
18. Which of the following does NOT
contribute to the "felt" intensity of an
earthquake?
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1. Long lasting, rotating thunderstorms are called meso-cyclones
2. The exhaust of air from the top of the The pressure gradient force
hurricane occurs because.... between the warm core at the
top of the hur-ricane and the
surrounding cold air pushes air
outward from the core
3. Hiding under a large tree branch
would be an appropriate safety Hail
response for which
4. Tornadic thunderstorms are most likely near sunset
5. It is good to be in a metal car in a lightning storm lightning flows on the
metal car body
because
6. Enhanced fujita scale for tornadoes? If pieces of a roof are missing =
F1
If the whole roof is missing = F2
If the outside walls are roof are
gone
= F3
If the whole building is
destroyed but there is
debris = F4
If the whole budilig is destroyed
and debris is gone = F5
7. Saffir simpson hurricane wind scale Classifies hurricanes according to
wind speed on a scale ranging
from Category 1 to Category 5
8. For most storms discussed in class what is the fuel for
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storms? warm humid air
9. The most violent part of a typhoon is the eye wall
10. Vertical air motions are driven by force buoyancy
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11. Strong descending currents of cold downburtsts
air from thunderstorms are called
Indian ocean and South pacific
12. For which ocean is a hurricane called a
tropical cyclone?
liqueifaction
13. The runways at Vancouver airport,
located in Richmond on the Fraser River saturated, unconsolidated
delta, might be damaged by due to a sedi-ments
large earthquake because the airport is
built on . (Refer to map of SW BC
below). Richmond is underlain by less
con-solidated rock
14. Based on the map of SW British Columbia
below, we can conclude that earthquake
intensity in Richmond is likely higher than
that in Vancouver because .
15. Folds are plastic deformation in response
to a compressive stress
16. The modified Mercalli scale indicates what? the intensity of an earthquake
17. In order to estimate an earthquake's 19. How rapid was
location using seismograms, what do you the Permo-
need to know along with the P-wave and Triassic
S-wave arrival times? extinction
thought to be?
18. Which of the following does NOT
contribute to the "felt" intensity of an
earthquake?
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