Weather and Climate Test

How does the density of gasses change in the atmosphere as altitude increases.

• They do not change
• They become more dense
• They become less dense

How do pressure systems move?

• they do not move
• from low to high pressure areas
• from high to low pressure areas
• full to empty pressure areas

A severe weather warning means

• severe weather has passed through and it is now safe to go outside
• severe weather is occurring
• it is the season during which the type of severe weather concerned occurs
• the conditions are right for severe weather, but it is not occurring yet

High pressure means good weather because ____.

• clouds are blown away by wind
• the air masses rise
• the air masses sink, making it difficult for clouds to form
• none of these answers

When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, we are experiencing ____.

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
  transpiration

Which of the following is a description of a climate?

• The wind just blew my trash can into the road. 
• It is raining and cold outside.
• It snowed 18 inches last night.
• It rains about 20 inches a year in this area.

Which type of air mass is formed over the ocean near the equator?

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Continental tropical
• Maritime tropical

Which of the following shows the necessary elements for the formation of rain?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which of the following shows the necessary elements for the formation of hail?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which type of system is shown?

• cold front
• high pressure
• low pressure
• stationary front