Second Review for Weather Quizzizz

Which of the following conditions are necessary for a hurricane to form?

• warm water, cold air, land
• warm water, low pressure, warm air
• warm water, land, high pressure
• cold water, low pressure

What provides the energy that produces hurricanes?

• Moon
• Wind
• Sun
• Ocean currents

Ocean currents that originate at the ____ are warm.

• poles
• tropic of capricorn
• tropic of cancer
• equator

How does the Gulf Stream affect land?

• The land will be warmer and drier
• The land will be colder and drier
• The land will be warmer and wetter
• The land will be colder and wetter

Warm air rises because it is _____ dense.

• more
• less
• extremely
• warm air does not rise, it sinks

What type of air is associated with low pressure?

• warm air
• dry air
• cold air
• stationary air

How do winds blow?

• high to low
• low to high
• east to west
• west to east

What type of weather is associated with a high pressure system?

• thunderstorms
• cooler with clear skies
• warm and rainy
• humid and rainy for days

What provides the energy that drives all weather on Earth?

• wind
• ocean currents
• moon
• sun

What type of weather occurs when a cold front hits?

• thunderstorms
• rain showers
• hurricanes
• tornadoes