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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law of Storms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was nicknamed "Pathfinder of the Seas" and "Father of Modern Oceanography and Naval Meteorology"?
(a) A. V. Kellogg.
(b) Matthew Fontaine Maury.
(c) William B. Stockman.
(d) William Dampier.

2. Christopher Columbus was commissioned to lead a fleet on a voyage where in 1502?
(a) Cameroon.
(b) Hispaniola.
(c) The Bolivar Peninsula.
(d) Niger.

3. The author writes that low pressure lingered over ___________, and the air was heavy with moisture, causing trillions of water molecules to heat up.
(a) Morocco.
(b) Cameroon.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Niger.

4. What term refers to a wind that blows with the direction of travel?
(a) Headwind.
(b) Tailwind.
(c) Nonlinear dynamics.
(d) Pushwind.

5. Isaac Cline's new house was located how many blocks north of the Gulf?
(a) 4.
(b) 25.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galveston's highest point was how many feet above sea level in 1900?

2. The sequence that consisted of dry air, blue skies, and fair conditions changed to dominating high clouds and gray skies. Eventually, dark skies and a lower cloud ceiling were known as the _____________.

3. Who wrote Perils of a Restless Planet?

4. Where was Isaac Cline born?

5. In 1900, Galveston was the biggest port for what product in the United States?

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