Weather Study Quiz

Air always travels from an area of __________________.

• high pressure towards an area of low pressure

• high pressure towards other high pressure areas

• low pressure towards other areas of low pressure

• low pressure towards an area of high pressure

Which of the following would produce clear skies with very few clouds?

• cold front

• warm frony

• low pressure system

• high pressure system

When a mass of warm air moves into an area of cold air and slowly rises over it, it is called a _____

• cold front

• warm front

• occluded front

• stationary front

Name this cloud

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

Sheet-like or layered clouds are called

• cumulus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

The driving force of the water cycle is?

• the sun

• troposphere

• wind

• oxygen

High level clouds are known as

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

The absorption and release of water by plants and trees is known as

When the ground cannot absorb the rainfall, and it does not evaporate, the water flows over the surface into lakes and rivers as

What type of front is this?