Weather and Climate - End of Unit Test

What is weather?

• The average weather conditions over a long period of time.
• The minute by minute conditions outside.

What is climate?

• The average weather conditions over a long period of time.
• The minute by minute conditions outside.

During the day, the land is warmer than the water, so the warm air rises, causing a breeze to come in from the ocean.  What is this called? 

• land breeze
• sea breeze
• westerly 
• easterly 

The boundary  between two air masses is known as:

• front
• storm
• climate
• flood

In _________ pressure systems, air sinks:

• high
• low
• medium
• none

In _______ pressure systems, air rises

• high
• low
• medium
• none

These can be produced by thunderstorms

• stationary fronts
• tornadoes
• volcanoes
• tsunamis

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

Which weather tool measures air pressure?

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• psychrometer