BJU Earth Science 8. Chapter 20 Test Questions and Answers 100% Verified
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BJU Earth Science 8. Chapter 20
Diagram Exercise: Match the clue with the letter from the figure. - ️️Question:
shows cloud cover
Correct Answer: B
Question:
gives wind speed and direction
Correct Answer: A
Question:
shows types of clouds
Correct Answer: E
Question:
shows the temperature
Correct Answer: D
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BJU Earth Science 8. Chapter 20 Test
Diagram Exercise: Match the clue with the letter from the figure. - ✔️✔️Question:
shows cloud cover
Correct Answer: B
Question:
gives wind speed and direction
Correct Answer: A
Question:
shows types of clouds
Correct Answer: E
Question:
shows the temperature
Correct Answer: D
Question:
shows the precipitation
Correct Answer: C
Which type of front involves two air masses where a warm existing air mass rises to
make way for the incoming cold air mass? - ✔️✔️cold
The Atacama Desert in Chile exists because moisture is dropped as snow and rain on
one side of the Andes Mountains, leaving little moisture in the air on the other side. This
rain shadow effect is caused by - ✔️✔️orographic lifting.
Winds flowing from different directions that collide force air masses aloft. Cloud
formation and storms often result. What is the meteorological term for this process? -
✔️✔️convergence
A "hook" appearing in the Doppler radar image of a severe storm is often the sign of a -
✔️✔️tornado.
Which of these descriptions most accurately describes a Nor'easter? - ✔️✔️a winter
storm system that brings snow in from the Atlantic Ocean
Which of the following is not associated with a single cumulonimbus cloud? -
✔️✔️hurricane
If the time between a lightning flash and the sound of thunder is 3 s, how far has the
sound traveled? - ✔️✔️1 km (0.6 mi)
Which kind of violent storm has the greatest wind speed? - ✔️✔️tornado
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