Predicting Weather Quiz Practice

A prediction of future events is called a ____________________.

• Forecast

• Barometer

• Meteorologist

• Cold Front

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Cold air sinks because it is _______ dense than air.

• more

• less

Weather is _________________.

• Why air masses interact with each other

• The average weather conditions over a long period of time

• What is happening in the atmosphere at a specific location and time

• The daily forecast of the weather

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Areas of low pressure always move towards areas of high pressure.

• False

• True

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_______ is the measure of how much water vapor is in the air. 

• Precipitation

• Air Pressure

• Barometer

• Humidity

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In which layer of the Earth's atmosphere would you find all of Earth's weather? 

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Statosphere

• Ionosphere

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If you were experiencing clear to partly cloudy skies with occasional light rain, you would likely be caught in a _______ front. 

• Stationary

• Occluded

• Warm

• Cold

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An _____________ is a large body of air with similar temperature and humidity

• Humidity

• Air Mass

• Weather Front

• Air Pressure

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A Cold Front is...

• Boundary between two air masses when neither is moving.

• Boundary where warm air raises steadily above the cooler air mass and causes gentle rain showers for longer periods of time.

• Boundary where warm humid air is pushed up and results in a short period of heavy rain and possibly violent thunderstorms.

• Two fronts that form when a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front.

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A Warm Front is...

• Boundary between two air masses when neither is moving.

• Boundary where warm air raises steadily above the cooler air mass and causes gentle rain showers for longer periods of time.

• Boundary where warm humid air is pushed up and results in a short period of heavy rain and possibly violent thunderstorms.

• Two fronts that form when a cold front catches up and overtakes a warm front.

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