Which type of disturbance has an eye that is visible from satellite imagery?
A. tornado
B. mesocyclone
C. easterly wave
D. midlatitude cyclone
E. hurricane
Question 2What is the correct order of increasing wind speed?
A. tropical depression, hurricane, tropical storm
B. tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane
C. hurricane, tropical depression, tropical storm
D. tropical storm, tropical depression, hurricane
E. hurricane, tropical storm, tropical depression
Question 3What is true about tropical cyclones?
A. They are much larger than midlatitude cyclones.
B. They can move into the midlatitudes.
C. They are associated with high-pressure centers.
D. They develop from two unlike air masses.
E. They are categorized by their barometric readings.
Question 4What is an easterly wave?
A. a migratory, high-pressure system in the tropics
B. a band of thunderstorms associated with a cyclone
C. a migratory, low-pressure system in the tropics
D. a band of easterly blowing surface winds
E. migratory surface ocean waves of the tropics
Question 5How are the locations of cyclones and anticyclones related?
A. Anticyclones are behind the warm front of a cyclone.
B. Cyclones are ahead of the cold front of an anti-cyclone.
C. Anticyclones are behind the cold front of a cyclone.
D. Anticyclones are ahead of the warm front of a cyclone.
E. Cyclones are behind the cold front of an anti-cyclone.
Question 6What is NOT true about a midlatitude anticyclone?
A. Weather is stormy.
B. It has a high-pressure center.
C. There are no fronts.
D. It migrates west to east.
E. It occasionally stalls.