NAME:
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Grade: _____/20
Meteorology 1111, Fall 2002
Due: 9/16 at beginning of class
Complete these questions to be handed in at
the beginning of the next class period.
1. Pressure is a measure of: (choose one)
(a) Weight per unit volume (b) Weight per unit distance (c) Force per unit area
(d) Force per unit volume
2. A high pressure system over Okalahoma causes the barometer to read 29.96 in
Hg. What is this in millibars?
3. In millibars, what is the standard (or average)
atmospheric pressure (at sea level)?
4. What instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?
5. In the Northern Hemisphere, if the wind is
blowing at your back and you hold your arms out, low is pressure is: (choose
one)
(a) to your right. (b) to your left. (c) behind you. (d) in front of you.
6. ______ is a measure of the distance north or south of the equator, while
_____ is a measure of the distance east or west of the prime meridian.
(a) radian, polar (b) polar, radian (c) latitude,
longitude (d) longitude, latitude (e) none of the above
7. The highest temperature ever recorded in Oklahoma was 120°F on June 27,
1994. Convert this temperature to Celsius and Kelvin.
8. If the dew point temperature and the air temperature are the same, then the
air is said to be: (select one)
(a) isothermal (b) unstable (c) stable (d) saturated (e) none of the above
9. Convert 35 knots to miles per hour.
10. If the wind direction in Norman, OK is measured to be 210°, which state did
it blow from?