Anticyclones
A) have strong winds.
B) are identified by their tightly spaced isobars.
C) do not appear in the continental United States.
D) have skies that are mostly clear.
E) cause violent weather events.
Question 2Compared to cyclones, anticyclones are
A) wetter.
B) of shorter duration.
C) more cloudy.
D) windy.
E) none of the above
Question 3The dry conveyor belt
A) brings much moisture to a cyclone.
B) is associated with most of a cyclone's clouds.
C) is the main cause of a cyclone's precipitation.
D) brings calm conditions to the surface.
E) can bring down air from the lower stratosphere.
Question 4The cold conveyor belt
A) produces the dry slot.
B) flows ahead of the warm front.
C) does not produce clouds.
D) often brings dry air from the stratosphere down near the surface.
E) all of the above
Question 5This conveyor belt is responsible for the comma head of a cyclone
A) cold conveyor belt.
B) dry conveyor belt.
C) warm conveyor belt.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Question 6This conveyor belt contributes to the formation of the most precipitation of a cyclone
A) cold conveyor belt.
B) dry conveyor belt.
C) warm conveyor belt.
D) stratospheric conveyor belt.
E) none of the above
Question 7The warm conveyor belt
A) has few clouds associated with it.
B) is very dry.
C) contains much stratospheric ozone.
D) rises above the warm front.
E) none of the above
Question 8Hurricane Huron
A) was fueled in part by heat transfer from the Great Lakes to the extratropical cyclone.
B) eventually sank the Fitzgerald.
C) was a true tropical hurricane.
D) was an Arctic hurricane.
E) did not possess rainbands.
Question 9Extratropical cyclones over large bodies of water
A) can gain both sensible heat and latent heat from the water.
B) are usually weaker than if they were over land.
C) lose much energy to the water.
D) are called busts.
E) all of the above
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