Class test: Chapter:14 "Wind and Storm"

A dark funnel shaped cloud that reaches from the sky to the ground is

• Hurricane

• Tornado

• Typhoon

• Thunderstorm

Which part of the earth gets the maximum amount of sunlight?

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Equator

• Tropics

The instrument that measures the wind speed in a cyclone is

• Anemometer

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Ammeter

What is another name for cyclone in japan ?

• Tornadoes

• Typhoon

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

What causes differences in air pressure?

• even heating of the Earth

• Even cooling of the earth

• uneven heating of the earth

• global warming

Which statement correctly defines wind?

• Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
• Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
• Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
• Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.

What creates the air pressure difference between the equator and the poles?

• The length of the seasons
• The shape of the earth 
• the duration of the solar year
• The amount of direct sunlight each area receives 

The eye of a cyclone is

• Cloudy and highly stormy

• full of strong winds

• calm and cloudless

• site with high atmospheric pressure

Which effect is created by high speed winds?

• High pressure

• Lightning

• Rains

• Low pressure

Thunderstorms develop very frequently in areas having:

• polar climate

• tropical climate

• desert climate

• temperate climate