Weather lab
Weather 105 – Exam Two – Fa. 17
- What does the acronym ‘GIS’ represent?
- Geographic Information System
- Geologic Information Science
- Geographic Index Satellite
- To locate data associated with individual layers in ArcMap, open the Attribute Table.
- True
- False
For questions 3 – 10, refer to the weather station data below:
- The air temperature is 55 degrees. T F
- The dewpoint is 37 degrees. T F
- The wind direction is northeast. T F
- The wind speed is 15 mph. T F
- The pressure trend is continuously rising. T F
- The sky cover is overcast. T F
- The weather is moderate rainfall. T F
- The barometric pressure is 1013.8. T F
- West or northwest winds are associated with:
- Warm Fronts
- Stationary Fronts
- Cold Fronts
- Severe weather, such as tornadoes, occur along a:
- Dryline
- Rainshadow
- Lenticular Cloud
- ArcMap software provides a tool for mapping and tracking hurricanes. Additionally, non-spatial information such as date, time, air pressure and wind speed may be included in the Attribute Table.
- True
- False
- Several species of tropical sea life were found off of the Southern California coast during the winter of 2015-2016. This was due to the ________ ocean water.
- cold
- warm
- salty
- Ice crystal clouds, also known as high, wispy ‘Mare’s Tails’, are called:
- Cumulonimbus
- Cumulus
- Cirrus
- Cumulonimbus clouds are tall, billowing clouds that are associated with severe weather, thunderstorms and hail.
- True
- False
- This symbol represents weather that can cause local flooding in hillside and burn areas of Southern California. This weather symbol is known as a:
- Cold Front
- Warm Front
- Stationary Front
- The lowest pressure in a hurricane occurs in the:
- Outer wall
- Outer bands
- Eye or center
- Natural vegetation, which protects against soil erosion during heavy rainfall, has been destroyed by fire and drought throughout much of Southern California.
- True
- False
- ______________ is vital to California’s water supply and necessary for continued replenishment of reservoirs during spring and summer months.
- Sunshine
- Solar Radiation
- Snowpack
- Clouds that are formed from particulate matter emitted by airplane or jet engines are known as:
- Cirrus
- Cumulus
- Contrails
- Lake Oroville is the largest reservoir in the State Water Project and has the tallest dam in the nation.
- True
- False
- A Mackerel sky is associated with:
- Low clouds
- Cirrocumulus clouds
- Stratus clouds
- Over 25 million people in Central and Southern California depend on imported water. The three conveyance systems responsible for conveying this water are:
- The Santa Monica, Los Angeles and Sacramento Aqueducts
- The San Gabriel, Colorado and Los Angeles Aqueducts
- The California, Los Angeles and Colorado Aqueducts
- In the video, ‘How Wolves Change Rivers’, not only did the reintroduction of the Wolves change the ecosystem, but they also changed the physical geography. At what National Park did this video take place?
- Yosemite
- Yellowstone
- Glacier
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