1. What is a flash flood?
a. A short term event within 6 hours of the causative (heavy rain, day break, levee failure,
rapid snowmelt and ice jams) and often within 2 hours of the start of high intensity rainfall.
b. A short term event within 6 hours of the causative (light rain, gradual snowfall, sunny day ,
low fog and hail) and often within 2 days of the finish of high intensity rainfall.
c. A long term event that only occurs in wetlands
d. a short term event that ends drought
2. When a movement of a large mass of mud forms from loose soil and water it is known as a...
a. mudslide
b. chocolate shake
c. downburst
d. gust
3. A flowing mixture of water - saturated debris that moves down slope under the force of gravity is
called a...
a. mud pot
b. debris flow
c. glacier
d. quick sand
4. Atmospheric River
a. Where most of the water vapor is transported in relatively narrow regions of the
atmosphere.
b. Where most of the ice crystals are transported in a relatively narrow region of the
atmosphere
c. The Amazon River transports the atmospheric river
d. Both a & c
5. Which of these is a severe storm?
a. Light rain falling in your backyard
b. Hurricane
c. Snow on the ground
d. Tornado
e. Both b & d
6. Which of the following has sustained winds of 74 mi/hr?
a. Thunderstorm
b. Flood
c. Hurricane
d. Lightning
7. A Haboob ("huh-boobs") is a...
a. tornado
b. Dust storm
c. Water sprout
d. itchy eye
8. Which of the following Indicates that atmospheric conditions are favorable for hazardous weather
to occur over a particular region during a specified time period is?
a. weather warning
b. weather
c. weather watch
d. shear
9. A forecast indicating that hazardous weather is either imminent or actually occurring within a
specified forecast area is a..
a. flood
b. weather warning
c. wind
d. weather watch
10. What can range in size from a pear to gulf balls?
a. snow
b. hail
c. rain
d. fog
11. A front that is NOT moving is called a..
a. Warm front
b. Occluded front
c. Stationary front
d. Dry line
12. What is an air mass?
a. A large body of air that has similar characteristics throughout it
b. Pressure exerted by a mass of air at a give point
c. A boundary that separates a warm air mass from a dry air mass
d. The air between the stratospheres
13. What is responsible for producing blue skies on a clear day?
a. Mie scattering
b. Selective scattering
c. Rayleigh scatter
d. Both band c
14. Winds flow (clockwise, counterclockwise) around a high in the northern hemisphere and (clockwise,
counterclockwise) around a high in the southern hemisphere are? (circle answer)
15. What is also known as anti-cyclones?
a. High pressure center
b. Low pressure center
c. Dry line
d. Squaw line
Short answers
16. What does the Beaufort Scale measure?
17. What are contrails?
18. What is the pressure gradient force?
19. Define dew point temperature?
20. What is an isobar?
21. What are the layers of the atmosphere?