Weather Review

Which front is this?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Occluded front

• Stationary Front

Which direction is this front moving?

• North

• South

• Staying still

• West

What is the boundary between two air masses called?

• front

• barometer

• maritime

• occluded

Mariah noticed a large puddle on the sidewalk after a rain storm. A few hours later, the puddle was almost gone. Mariah wonders what happened to the water.

What is the mostly likely explanation?

• The water soaked into the ground.

• An animal drank the water

• The water turned into a solid

• The water evaporated

On field day, the students in Mrs. Gallanthen's class bring out bottles of cold water to drink. After about 20 minutes, all of the bottles had little droplets of water on the outside. What is this an example of?

• condensation

• leaking

• runoff

• humidity

Air masses move due to the rotation of the Earth and the winds.

• True

• False

How does the air move in a land breeze?

• From east to west

• From west to east

• From the land to the ocean

• From the ocean to the land

Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?

• the moon

• the sun

• the Earth's surface

• the rotation of the Earth

the transfer of heat in a fluid (gas or liquid) by means of up & down movements called convection currents

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

the transfer of heat through a vacuum (empty space)

• conduction

• convection

• radiation