Glendale Community College » Geography » Geography 101 - Physical Geography » Spring 2021

Question #1

This area has the world’s largest concentration of tornadoes:

A. Australia

B. The Southern Great Plains

C. Central Africa

D. Florida

E. The Great Basin

Question #2

This area has the world’s largest concentration of thunderstorms:

A. Australia

B. The Caribbean

C. The Southern Great Plains

D. The Great Basin

E. Central Africa

Question #3

You hear thunder 10 seconds after seeing a lightning flash. How far away was the lightning?

A. 10 miles

B. 2 miles

C. 3 miles

D. 5 miles

E. 25 miles

Question #4

In which of these latitudes would you tend to find the lowest number of typhoons, tropical cyclones or hurricanes in a typical year?

A. 0 to 5N

B. 20N to 25N

C. 5N to 10N

D. 10N to 15N

E. 15N to 20N

Question #5

On a weather map, a line with semi-circles on one side is a _______.

A. Stationary Front

B. Occluded Front

C. Warm Front

D. Cold Front