Earth and Environmental Quiz 2.2

What type of storm front is this? 

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

What type of front is shown?

• Warm Front

• Cold Front

• Occluded Front

• Stationary Front

Which type of weather front can produce foggy weather that can last for several days?

• Cold

• Warm

• Stationary

• Occluded

Which weather system brings sunny, dry, calm, clear weather?

• High pressure system

• Low pressure system

Which weather system brings rainy, stormy, cloudy weather?

• High pressure system

• Low pressure system

Which type of pressure system is pictured?

• high
• low
• medium
• none

What causes winds?

• differences in precipitation
• differences in humidity
• differences in air pressure

Lines on a map that connect places of equal air pressure are called

• Isotherms

• Isobars

• Isotemps

• Isocream