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Hint	Answer	% Correct
When determining how a cyclone will be influenced at the upper levels, you should look at	300 Winds	100%
For zonal flows, our radius of deformation will always begin at ______	3900km	100%
The level of non-divergence is located at this level of the atmosphere	500 hPa	100%
When looking for vorticity advection terms, you should look at	500 Vorticity	100%
When looking for diabatic heating/latent heat forces and cloud cover, you should look at	700 Relative Humidity	100%
When looking for temperature advection terms, you should look at	850 Temperatures	100%
When looking at how a trough or ridge will amplify, you should look at	Ageostrophic flux	100%
With cold air advection, winds ______ with height	Back	100%
Where temperature gradients drive atmospheric processes	Baroclinic	100%
Where temperature gradients are not important for understanding or explaining flow	Barotropic	100%
Veering means that winds will rotate ______ with height	Clockwise	100%
Backing means that winds will rotate _______	Counter-clockwise	100%
Where we see strong rising motion over a low pressure surface, we will see _______ __________	Cyclone Intensification	100%
When there is downward vertical motion, there will be ______	dAVA	100%
When heights rise AT THE SURFACE, we can attribute this to _________	dCAA	100%
When there is upward vertical motion, there will be ______	dCVA	100%
In QG-Height, temperature advection will be ________	Differential	100%
In QG-Omega, vorticity advection will be ______	differential	100%
When heights fall AT THE SURFACE, we can attribute this to ________	dWAA	100%
T or F: When forecasting, you can completely trust a model's output as 100% reality	F	100%
T or F: A digging trough will move upwards, following CVA relative to a vorticity maximum	F	100%
To identify fronts, you should look at	Isentropic Analysis/Surface maps	100%
When evaluating how the upper levels will maintain or inhibit a cyclone, you should look at this feature	Jet stream	100%
In QG-Height, vorticity advection will be ________	Local	100%
In QG-Omega, temperature advection will be _______	local	100%
When heights rise, we can attribute this to _______	Local AVA	100%
When there is downward vertical motion, there will be _____ ______	Local CAA	100%
When heights fall, we can attribute this to _______	Local CVA	100%
When there is upward vertical motion, there will be _____ ______	Local WAA	100%
When determining how a cyclone will strengthen over land or water, you should look at this term	Static stability	100%
With warm air advection, winds ______ with height	Veer	100%
When identifying features such as cloud shields or baroclinic leaves, you should look at	Visibile	100%
When attempting to locate conveyor belts/jet streams, you should look at	Water Vapor	100%
This tilt will be the most optimal tilt for our midlatitude cyclones	Westward	100%
Q-Vectors will clue us in on _______	Convergence	0%
A digging/lifting trough will follow ______ relative to a ________	CVA and Vorticity Maximum/cva and vorticity maximum	0%
When height fall ALOFT, we can attribute this to ________	Differential CAA	0%
When heights rise ALOFT, we can attribute this to __________	Differential WAA	0%
The atmosphere is _________ _________	Hydrodynamically unstable	0%
When determining locations of rising motion separate from QG, you should look at	Isentropic Analyses	0%
When looking for how a cyclone will move, you should look at	QG-Height/QG-Omega	0%
When looking for how a cyclone will evolve, you should look at	QG-Omega	0%
When looking for how a cyclone will progress through the westerlies, you should look at	Thermal wind	0%
When evaluating how a cyclone will move, aside from vorticity, it is also important to look at ______ ______	Thermal winds	0%