Quiz 1 Solutions

1.) What weather phenomena struck Galveston, TX in 1900 and is considered America's greatest weather disaster?

c.) Hurricane

2.) What new technology made the first weather forecasting services possible by allowing weather observations to be instantly communicated across the country?

a.) Telegraph

3.) What technology in the 1950's allowed scientific forecasting to be become possible by solving mathematical equations?

d.) Computers

4.) (True or False) Does the interaction of cold polar air and warm tropical air in the Great Plains help generate the violent thunderstorms?

a.) True

5.) What weather phenomena struck New York, NY in 1888 and wound up bringing the city to a standstill?

b.) Blizzard