Chapter 14-QUIZ

__________ is a moving air

• wind

• thunder

• lightning

• storm

____________ is a violently spinning funnel-shaped wind with the narrow end towards the ground

• cyclone

• storm

• tornado

• thunderstorm

____________ is a powerful circular storms formed over low-pressure area

• cyclone

• storm

• tornado

• thunderstorm

____________ is a storm accompanied by strong winds, rain, thunder and lightning

• cyclone

• storm

• tornado

• thunderstorm

____________is used to measure wind speed

• wind vane

• weather vane

• anemometer

• speedometer

Force exerted by the air around us is called______

• Gas Pressure

• Moist wind

• Air pressure

• Wind and storm

Air pressure decreases with

• decreasing Altitude

• decreasing temperature

• decreasing humidity

• low wind speed

The following factors below affects air pressure, except one

• altitude

• vapour

• volume

• temperature

Instrument use to measure wind direction

• odometer

• speedometer

• wind vane

• wind arrows

Wind blows from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure

• true

• false