Weather Review

______________is the force exerted by the gases pushing on an object.

• Ozone pressure
• Cloud pressure
• Air pressure
• Stratus pressure

As air masses move and collide with each other, ________ form at the boundaries between them.

• air masses
• fronts
• hurricanes
• tropical storms

Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and sinks.  This creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.

• transpiration 
• conduction
• convection 
• precipitation

The weather systems usually move across the United States from _____ to ________.

• north; south
• west; north
• south; north
• west; east

As water vapor rises higher and higher in the air _____.

• the vapor cools and then condenses to form clouds.
• the vapor heats and then evaporates to form clouds.
• the vapor cools and then evaporates to form clouds.
• the vapor heats and then condenses to form clouds.

The type of air mass that is circled on this map shows an air mass called ______.

• continental polar
• continental tropical
• maritime polar 
• maritime tropical

The type of air mass that is circled on this map shows an air mass called ______.

• continental polar
• continental tropical
• maritime polar 
• maritime tropical

The amount of water vapor in the troposphere is called _____.

• a. altitude
• b. rain
• c. insolation
• d. humidity

_______________  ______________ are fast moving bands of air that move from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere.

• prevailing westerlies
• jet streams
• trade winds 
• prevailing easterlies

Heat transfer that occurs when two objects are touching each other is called _____.

• convection
• conduction
• radiation