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ATMS 178
10 November 2015
INDIVIDUAL QUIZ#09
Choose the single best answer in Questions (1) – (3). Each question is worth five points for
a total of 25 points.
(1) Vilhelm visited two cities in the fall of 1919 for the purposes of presenting the
nascent Bergen meteorology and of learning greater details about what measures would
be necessary for a comprehensive weather service for aviation. Which of the following
was one of the cities?
(a) Paris, [p. 179]
(b) Leipzig
(c) Vienna
(d) Rome
(2) The steering and squall surfaces were renamed ________ and ________, respectively.
(a) cold, occluded
(b) cold, warm
(c) warm, occluded
(d) warm, cold, [p. 188]
(3) As Vilhelm and his assistants began to advance their ideas on the polar front and on a
circumpolar weather service to countries around the world, Vilhelm referred to his
assistants as ________.
(a) “idiots”
(b) “messengers”
(c) “apostles”, [p. 197]
(d) “young jedi”
(4) What happened in Norway in 1921 that allowed Vilhelm to attract Norwegian
students in the forecasting service?
economy entered a depression [p. 180]
(5) List one political or economic reality that may have played a role in the leaders of
Austrian meteorology’s troublesome opposition to the Bergen school’s methods.
total defeat and dissolution of the Empire, economic catastrophe that had all but shut
down scientific work, international boycott, recognition that Vienna had ceased being a
leading center for meteorology [p. 199]