Which of the following changes of state (of moisture)is a HEATING process?

  melting
  freezing
  none of the above
  both melting and freezing

How would an increase in air temperature of twenty (20) fahrenheit degrees affect its moisture holding capacity?

  moisture holding capacity is increased about 10 percent
  moisture holding capacity is increased about 20 percent
  moisture holding capacity is increased about 25 percent
  moisture holding capacity is increased about 33 percent
  moisture holding capacity is increased about 50 percent
  the change in its moisture holding capacity is NOT linear (based on temperature change); it is logrithmic

Which of the following upper atmospheric features is NOT produced by differential heating

  Arctic Front Jetstream (AFJ)
  Polar Front Jetstream (PFJ)
  Subtropical Jetstream (STJ)
  all of the above are produced by differential heating
  none of the above are produced by differential heating

Which of the following is NOT a stage of development for a hurricane/typhoon?

  Tropical disturbance
  Tropical depression
  Tropical instability
  Tropical storm
  all of the above are correct
  neither tropical disturbance nor tropical instability are valid

What is standard atmospheric pressure AND temperature at sea level?

  30.12 millibars/10 degrees Celsius
  29.92 inches of mercury/10 degrees Celsius
  30.12 millibars/15 degrees Celsius
  29.92 inches of mercury/20 degrees Celsius
  none of the above are correct

What is the approximate temperature associated with the Subtropical jetstream (STJ) at 500 mb?

  -11 Celsius
  -15 Celsius
  -17 Celsius
  -25 Celsius
  none of the above are correct

What the transfer of heat over a LARGE area by horizontal movement?

  Conduction
  Convection
  Advection
  Radiation
  Air Mass

In a convective cloud, CLEAR icing is produced in which of the following temperature ranges?

  0 to -9 Celsius
  - 9 to -18 Celsius
  -18 to -22 Celsius
  -22 to -30 Celsius
  clear icing can be produced at all of the above temperature ranges, depending on atmospheric pressure and altitude encountered

True or false: With the same isobaric spacing, winds are FASTER around a low pressure system than a high pressure system.

  TRUE
  FALSE
  Depends on whether or not it is a tropical system

Changing the temperature WITHOUT changing the amount of heat in the parcel of air is:

  impossible
  the adiabatic process
  best accomplished by changing moisture content
  best demonstrated in a laboratory (most often in a vacuum)

A land breeze is strongest over _____ during the _____.

  land; summer
  land; winter
  water coastline; summer
  water coastline; winter

Winter tornadoes account for about ___ percent of the annual total (nationwide), and about ___ percent of the annual deaths (nationwide).

  10%; 25%
  10%; 33%
  10%; 50%
  20%; 25%
  20%; 50%

The mathematical factors and calculations used to formulate satellite orbital (and output) information is:

  triangulation data
  GPS data
  ephemeris data
  infrared and apogee/perigee data
  none of the above are correct

A line of equal geopotential height change (on upper air charts) is an:

  isodrosotherm
  isobar
  isallobar
  isallohypse
  isochrone
  none of the above