2. What is the stage of lightning called where electrons are making a path towar

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2. What is the stage of lightning called where electrons are making a path towards the Earth’s surface?

a. Downdrafts

b. Updrafts

c. Return stroke

d. Thunder

e. Step-leader

3. If an air mass were designated with the letters “cT”, what area could it have originated from?

a. The Arctic

b.Over Canada

c. The North Pacific

d. A desert

e. The tropics

4. The location where warm air from the mid-latitudes converges with cold air from the poles is called:

a. La Nina

b. El Nino

c. Polar Front

d. Polar Easterlies

5. The part of the lightning stroke which first ionizes the air channel is the:

a. Dart leader

b. Step leader

c. Return Stroke

d. Electron stroke

e. Back stroke

6. Where does the majority of hail happen in a thunderstorm?

a. Within the updrafts

b. Within the downdrafts

c. With lightning’s return stroke

d. With the step-leader of lightning

7. What is the sound generated from violently expanding gasses in the atmosphere during a lightning event called?

a. Downdrafts

b. Updrafts

c. Return Stroke

d. Thunder

e. Step-leader

8. The Trade Winds are also:

a. Westerly winds

b. Easterly winds

c. Northerly winds

d. Southerly winds

9. El Nino conditions require the ocean water off of the California coast to warm up.

a. True

b. False

10. Surface winds that blow from the poles to the lower latitudes are called:

a. La Nina

b. El Nino

c. Polar Front

d. Polar Easterlies

e. Jet Stream

Explanation / Answer

2. c

3, d

4. c

5 .b

6. a

7. d

8..b

9. a

10 d.

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