7.E.1.2,3 Review

What are the steps of the water cycle in the correct order? ,

• evaporation/transpiration, run-off/ground water,condensation, precipitation

• evaporation/transpiration, condensation, precipitation, run-off/ground water

• run-off/ground water, precipitation, condensation, evaporation/transpiration

• Precipitation, evaporation/transpiration, condensation, run-off/ground water

Compared to a polar air mass, a tropical air mass is:

• colder

• warmer

• dryer

• more moist

Air masses are named by their:

• Temperature & Moisture

• Moisture & Density

• Temperature & Density

• Temperature & Location

An air mass formed over the equator is like to be:

• Wet and warm

• Wet and cold

• Dry and cold

• Dry and warm

Which of the following is NOT an air mass? cP mT pC mP

• cP

• mT

• pC

• mP

Due to their high altitude, cirrus clouds are composed mainly of:

• Water droplets

• A mix of water droplets and ice crystals

• Their composition often varies

• Ice crystals

You look out your window and see stratus clouds. What type of weather does this indicate?

• Tornado

• Rain

• Hail

• Hurricane

What is transpiration?

• When water is heated by the sun and changed to water vapor

• When water cools causing the water molecules to clump together forming clouds

• When plants release water vapor into the air

• When water droplets in clouds get large and heavy and fall to the earth

This type of storm forms when winds moving in different directions collide over warm ocean water.

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Winter Storms

• Thunderstorms

Snow is _______________

• A mixture of water and ice

• Crystallized water

• ice

• Water droplets