Weather and Climate Summative Assessment

Water Vapor rises from the Earth's surface during this phase of the water cycle.

• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Run Off

Evaporation is caused by 

• the sun cooling
• the sun's heat energy
• the moons heat energy
• the moon cooling

A high pressure system is located north of New York City. What type of weather will be experienced there?

• clear, sunny skies
• cloudy and rainy

Which city is closest to a high pressure system?

• New York
• Miami
• Minneapolis
• Boise

The boundary  between two air masses is known as:

• front
• storm
• climate
• flood

When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature, it is:

• at its dew point
• saturated
• at its dew point AND saturated
• none of the rest

Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:

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

Cold air traveling south from Canada is:

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

What is the edge of a cold air mass moving into a mass of warmer air called?

• cold front
• warm front
• thunderstorm
• cloud

____________ air rises because it is ____________dense.

• Cool, Less
• Warm, Less
• Cold, More
• Warm, More