PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY PRACTICE QUIZ:
CYCLONIC STORMS
1. In the middle latitudes, a cyclonic storm will usually move in which direction?
2. The center of a cyclone is characterized by what kind of pressure?
- A
- High pressure
- B
- Low pressure
- C
- Intermediate pressure
- D
- Variable pressure
- E
- Increasing pressure
3. Refer to the weather map shown. If you were located at point E on the map, what type of weather would you most likely be having?
- A
- Cold and rainy, with thick clouds
- B
- Warm and humid, with mostly clear skies
- C
- Very cold, with clear skies
- D
- Hot and dry, with clear skies
- E
- Very stormy
4. Refer to the weather map shown. The front that extends from A to C is what kind of front?
5. Refer to the weather map shown. If you were standing along the front that extnds from A to B, what type of weather would you most likely be experiencing?
- A
- Cold, clear weather
- B
- Warm, gentle rain
- C
- Warm, humid conditions, with a few clouds in the sky
- D
- Intense precipitation
- E
- Hot and dry, with clear skies
6. Refer to the weather map shown. If you were located at point D, what type of weather would you most likely be experiencing?
- A
- Very low pressure
- B
- Warm, humid weather
- C
- Cold, clear weather
- D
- Cold, rainy conditions
- E
- Intense storms
7. Which of the following is true of an occluded front?
- A
- Cold air is lifted completely off the ground
- B :: It is shown on a weather map by a line with triangles on one side and half circles on the other
- C
- The warm front has caught up with the cold front
- D
- The warm air mass has been completely lifted off the ground
- E
- The barometric pressure is very high
8. Which of the following is true during the cumulus stage of a thunderstorm?
- A
- Precipitation is most intense
- B
- Updrafts of air lead to the formation of cumulus clouds
- C :: Strong updrafts and downdrafts of air take place within the same cumulonimbus cloud
- D
- Lightning is most likely to be very intense
- E :: Downdrafts of air are very strong within the cumulus cloud as precipitation begins
9. Where are the strongest winds in a hurricane found?
- A
- In the eye of the hurricane
- B
- In the spiral bands of thunderstorms
- C
- In the eye wall of the hurricane
- D
- In the easterly wave
- E
- After the hurricane comes ashore
10. In which general direction is a hurricane most likely to move?
- A
- Towards the west with the trade winds
- B
- Towards the west with the westerlies
- C
- Towards the east with the trade winds
- D
- Towards the south with the trade winds
- E
- Towards the east with the westerlies
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