WX 201 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 BANK
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Clouds and precipitation e. converging and sinking
are frequently found on
the downwind side of a
large lake. This would
indicate that the air on the
downwind side is
a. diverging and sinking
b. diverging and rising
c. Stable and rising
d. converging and rising
e. converging and sinking
,A geostrophic wind is a a. Coriolis; pressure gradient
wind that results from a
balance between the ( )
force and the ( ) force.
a. Coriolis; pressure
gradient
b. Coriolis; gravitational
c. pressure gradient
frictional
d. Coriolis; frictional
e. pressure gradient;
graviational
Squall lines most often c. cold-front
form ahead of a
a. warm front
b. cold-type occluded
front
c. cold front
d. stationary front
e. warm-type occluded
front
Because of friction, e. more slowly than
surface winds move _
winds aloft with the same
pressure gradient
a. at the same speed as
b. twice as fast as
c. faster than
d. at half the speed as
e. more slowly than
,Northeasters (or d. the Atlantic coast of North America
nor'easters) are mid
altitude storms commonly
found along
a. both the Pacific and
Atlantic coasts of North
America
b. the Gulf coast coast of
North America
c. the Pacific coast of both
North and South
d. the Atlantic coast of
North America
e. the Pacific coast of
North America
If the flow of air into a a. increase
surface low pressure area
is greater than the
divergence of air aloft, the
surface pressure in the
center of the low will
a. increase
b. decrease
c. drop rapidly
d. remain the same
e. deepen
, Vorticity refers to the a. spin of air parcels
a. spin of air parcels
b. formation of clouds
c. development of a wave
cyclone
d. rising and sinking of air
along weather front
e. changing of the seasons
Before the passage of a e. drops; rises
cold front the pressure
normally _, and after the
passage of a cold front
the pressure normally_
a. does not change; drops
b. drops; drops
c. rises; drops
d. rises; rises
e. drops; rises
As westerly winds blow e. downwind
over a north-south
oriented mountain range,
the airflow is deflected in
such a way that a trough
on the _ side of the
mountain.
a. both upwind and
downwind
b. upwind
c. side
d. north
e. downwind
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Clouds and precipitation e. converging and sinking
are frequently found on
the downwind side of a
large lake. This would
indicate that the air on the
downwind side is
a. diverging and sinking
b. diverging and rising
c. Stable and rising
d. converging and rising
e. converging and sinking
,A geostrophic wind is a a. Coriolis; pressure gradient
wind that results from a
balance between the ( )
force and the ( ) force.
a. Coriolis; pressure
gradient
b. Coriolis; gravitational
c. pressure gradient
frictional
d. Coriolis; frictional
e. pressure gradient;
graviational
Squall lines most often c. cold-front
form ahead of a
a. warm front
b. cold-type occluded
front
c. cold front
d. stationary front
e. warm-type occluded
front
Because of friction, e. more slowly than
surface winds move _
winds aloft with the same
pressure gradient
a. at the same speed as
b. twice as fast as
c. faster than
d. at half the speed as
e. more slowly than
,Northeasters (or d. the Atlantic coast of North America
nor'easters) are mid
altitude storms commonly
found along
a. both the Pacific and
Atlantic coasts of North
America
b. the Gulf coast coast of
North America
c. the Pacific coast of both
North and South
d. the Atlantic coast of
North America
e. the Pacific coast of
North America
If the flow of air into a a. increase
surface low pressure area
is greater than the
divergence of air aloft, the
surface pressure in the
center of the low will
a. increase
b. decrease
c. drop rapidly
d. remain the same
e. deepen
, Vorticity refers to the a. spin of air parcels
a. spin of air parcels
b. formation of clouds
c. development of a wave
cyclone
d. rising and sinking of air
along weather front
e. changing of the seasons
Before the passage of a e. drops; rises
cold front the pressure
normally _, and after the
passage of a cold front
the pressure normally_
a. does not change; drops
b. drops; drops
c. rises; drops
d. rises; rises
e. drops; rises
As westerly winds blow e. downwind
over a north-south
oriented mountain range,
the airflow is deflected in
such a way that a trough
on the _ side of the
mountain.
a. both upwind and
downwind
b. upwind
c. side
d. north
e. downwind
