Unit 5 Review

Unit 5 Review

by Kevin Kunes

Multiple Choice

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

Multiple Choice

This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined

• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

Multiple Choice

This type of cloud is thick and puffy on top, and generally flat on the bottom. It has well-defined edges and can change shape rapidly.

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cloud 9

Multiple Choice

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

​5 major cloud types

​Cirrus

• ​High and whispy

​Alto

• ​around the middle

​Stratus

• ​Low and spread out

​Cumulus

• ​big and fluffy

Nimbus

• ​rainy

Multiple Choice

Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

Brings some clouds and gentle rains.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

Temperature drops quickly. Strong winds, heavy precipitation.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

Multiple Choice

Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

Multiple Choice

What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

• Thunderstorms

• Sunny skies

• Gentle rain

• No weather

​What do fronts look like?

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Multiple Choice

This weather instrument is a...

• thermometer
• anemometer
• rain gauge
• barometer

Multiple Choice

A rain gauge measures what?

• Air pressure
• Wind speed
  wind speed
• Amount of rain fall
• Wind direction

Multiple Choice

This weather instrument is a...

• anemometer
• Christmas ornament
• wind vane
• barometer

Multiple Choice

This weather instrument is an...

• wind vane
• anemometer
• barometer
• thermometer

Multiple Choice

You and your best friend want to fly a kite. Before going outside, you check this tool to see if the weather is good for kites.

• thermometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

• anemometer

Multiple Choice

At which humidity is it more likely to rain?

• 50%
• 20%
• 77%
• 99%

​How a Thermometer works (5.2.1 4/12)

​How a Psychrometer works (5.2.1 4/12)

https://javalab.org/en/psychrometer_en/

Multiple Choice

This instrument measures the amount of rain.

• rain gauge
• anemometer
• weather vane
• psychrometer

Multiple Choice

These two instruments measure humidity.

• psychrometer and hygrometer
• thermometer and hygrometer
• barometer and rain gauge
• anemometer and barometer

​Ways to predict the weather

​1995

​1996

​1997

​1998

​1999

2000

2001

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

?????

​Ways to predict the weather

• ​Persistence

• ​(similar to today)

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​1995

​1996

​1997

​1998

​1999

2000

2001

36

4

42

31

43

39

29

????

​Ways to predict the weather

• ​Persistence

• ​(similar to today)

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• ​Climatology

• ​(close to average)

Multiple Choice

The table shows the temperature and precipitation levels predicted to occur in four different cities on the same day. In only one city on this day, it is predicted to snow. Which city will most likely experience snow on this day?

• city A

• city B

• city C

• city D

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a type of data that is used to make a weather forecast?

• gravity

• wind speed

• air pressure

• temperature

Multiple Choice

Look at this map and predict the weather for the state of Vermont.

• rain

• clear skies

• snow

• tornadoes

Multiple Choice

What is it called when you say the weather tomorrow will be similar to today?

• Climatology method

• Persistence method

​​Mapping the weather with radio waves

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​more reflective = more water

Multiple Choice

Urban areas are often warmer than the surrounding rural areas because of

• changes in surface to less reflective ones

• tall buildings can block wind movement

• increased air-conditioner use and pollutants increase trapped heat

• All of these

Multiple Choice

How does the location of Los Angeles make it more susceptible to pollution?

• Its tropical location causes high temperatures, which increases air pollution.
• Its location in a bowl formed by mountains causes air pollution to get trapped.
• Its location on a large, flat plain exposes it to the wind, which carries air pollution.
• Its coastal location exposes it to pollution from the sea.

Multiple Choice

Climate is determined by averaging _________over a long period of time.

• ice ages 
• weather
• animal extinctions

​micro-climates

​What houses experience different weather than the others?