Session 5: Assessment

Assessment Questions for Session 5

Match the following scales with the appropriate atmospheric phenomenon (you may use each choice more than once) :

a. global scale b. synoptic scale c. mesoscale d. microscale

jet streams street canyon effects

thunderstorm cold front

wakes air mass

sea breeze westerlies

mountain-valley wind rotors
An air mass forms over the Mexican desert. As which of the following would the air mass be classified?

a) cP

b) mP

c) cT

d) mT
Air aloft converges and sinks. At the earth's surface, the air diverges and spirals out of the center in a clockwise direction. What type of synoptic phenomenon is this?

a) hurricane

b) high pressure system

c) low pressure system

d) sea breeze
Which of the following is the best example of a thermal circulation?

a) sea breeze

b) warm front

c) chinook wind

d) katabatic wind

Which of the following best describes eddy viscosity?

	a) small, random molecular motions that reduces motion a few centimeters above the surface
	b) a force directed 90° to the direction of motion
	c) motion induced by the convergence of cold and warm air masses
	d) whirlwinds causes by surface features that serve as a frictional influence

If the time is 6:00 pm in eastern daylight time, what is the UTC?

a) 10:00 am

b) 10:00 pm

c) 11:00 am

d) 11:00 pm

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