CFA Weather and Climate Review

Which system results in rainy or stormy weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

What type of weather would you expect to see after a cold front has passed through an area?

• cool and clear skies
• warm and humid
• thunderstorms
• foggy

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

Uneven heating of the Earth's atmosphere causes which of the following?

• Greenhouse Effect
• Local and global winds
• Infrared Radiation
• Global temperature increase

What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?

• volcanoes
• the sun
• lightning
• wind

What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?

• evaporating
• condensing
• transpiring
• freezing

Which one heats and cools fastest?

• land
• sea
• both are the same rate
• air

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

Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.

• more
• less

What causes the Coriolis effect?

• The sun
• The Earth's rotation
• The moon
• The ocean