Weather Quiz Review

The boundary  between two air masses is known as:

• front
• storm
• climate
• flood

Cold air traveling south from Canada is:

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

Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:

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

This type of front can bring strong storms

• cold
• warm
• stationary
• occluded

This type of front results in the same weather for several days

• warm
• cold
• stationary
• occluded

When a cold front overtakes a warm front, the temperature drops as the warm air mass is cut off from the ground and pushed upward.  It can bring strong winds and heavy precipitation. 

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front 

The main reason that we have currents in the ocean and air is

• the sun heats the air and ocean evenly everywhere
• the heat inside the earth heats the ocean and the ocean heats the air
• the sun cannot heat both the air and water, so one must heat the other
• the sun heats air and water more at the equator because it receives more direct sunlight

The force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it.

• Air Pressure
• Water Vapor
• Temperature
• Troposhere

What tool do you use to measure temperature? 

• Rain gauge
• Ruler
• Barometer
• Thermometer

What tool do you use to measure air pressure? 

• Rain gauge
• Ruler
• Barometer
• Thermometer