G8 Unit 3 Mid-Point Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a process of the water cycle.

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Perspiration

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A meteorologist is...

• A scientist who studies and creates maps.

• A scientist who studies weather and makes predictions about weather.

• A scientist who studies meteors and asteroids.

• The first scientist to predict the weather in outer space.

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What does latitude measure?

• Measures distances North and South of the Equator

• Measures distances North and South of the Prime Meridian

• Measures distances East and West of the Equator

• Measures distances East and West of the Prime Meridian

A boundary between 2 air masses is called ....

• an isobar

• a hurricane

• a weather front

• Continental Polar

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Which symbol below represents an occluded front?

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What happens to the temperature as the altitude (height above sea level) increases?

• it increases

• it decreases

• it stays the same

• it has no impact on temperature at all

When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an ...

• warm front

• Maritime Tropical air mass

• stationary front

• occluded front

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On a weather map, the isobars are draw very close together.

What would you expect to experience near this region?

• weak winds

• strong winds

• freezing temperatures

• dry climate

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Which symbol below represents a warm front?

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What do you call the weather patterns of a region over a long period of time?

• natural hazard

• anenometer

• climate

• weather

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