A(n) ____________________ ____________________ features an occluded front.
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Question 2In the Norwegian cyclone model, a(n) ____________________ ____________________ initially develops along the front separating two air masses.
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Question 3In the Norwegian cyclone model, dry ____________________ ____________________ air is initially separated from moist marine tropical air.
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Question 4Summertime high pressure systems
A) can cause drought.
B) often stay relatively stationary for a week or more at a time.
C) contributed to the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
D) do not have large horizontal temperature gradients.
E) all of the above
Question 5The major source region for January anticyclones in North America is in
A) northwest Canada.
B) the Pacific Northwest.
C) northeast Canada.
D) the Southwest.
E) Gulf of Mexico.
Question 6The sinking air in an anticyclone
A) causes instability.
B) leads to widespread precipitation.
C) increases in relative humidity as it sinks.
D) warms adiabatically.
E) all of the above
Question 7Air in an anticyclone
A) converges aloft.
B) flows along the surface toward the center of the high.
C) is moved by strong horizontal pressure gradients.
D) cannot be affected by a jet stream.
E) all of the above
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