Weather and Climate Quiz

Which topic is NOT a weather variable?

• Doppler radar

• air temperature

• relative humidity

Air moves outward from a

• stationary front.

• tropical air mass.

• high-pressure system.

An air mass has the greatest effect on weather in Florida.

• maritime polar

• maritime tropical

• continental tropical

A cold front brings to an area.

• severe storms

• steady rain or snow

• cloudy skies and light rain

Which type of precipitation does NOT reach Earth in a frozen form?

• hail

• rain

• snow

Hurricanes form when

• a cold front meets a warm front.

• updrafts in a thunderstorm rotate.

• warm, moist air rises over an ocean.

Air pressure is measured with a(n)

• barometer.

• anemometer.

• thermometer.

The amount of water vapor in the air relative to what that air could hold is the

• dew point

• air pressure

• relative humidity

the pressure that a column of air exerts on the air or surface below it.

• dew point
• humidity

• pressure

• weather

temperature when air is fully saturated with water vapor

• humidity
• pressure

• weather

• density