The term meteorology goes back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who, about 340 B.C., wrote a book called ____.
A) Weather and Climate
B) Meteorologica
C) Extraordinary Weather
D) Meteorology Today
Question 2Continental polar air associated with a wintertime high pressure area will likely bring ____.
A) freezing temperatures
B) warm temperatures and rain
C) cloudy skies and a rare winter thunderstorm
D) a blizzard
Question 3The legislation that empowers the U.S. Federal government to set emissions standards that each state is required to enforce is called ____.
A) Greenpeace
B) The Clean Air Act
C) The Clean Program
D) CLEAN
Question 4The word weather is defined as____.
A) the frequency of precipitation or other events
B) any type of falling precipitation
C) the condition of the atmosphere at any particular time and place
D) the general climate of a region
Question 5Surface pressure systems tend to move ____ the wind at the 500-mb level.
A) at the same speed as
B) much faster than
C) in the same direction as
D) in the opposite direction as
Question 6Discuss why it is so difficult to prove that Earth's current warming trend is due entirely to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases.
Question 7What is the weather element that involves the horizontal movement of air?
A) air temperature
B) air pressure
C) wind
D) humidity
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