Weather 7.E.1 Quiz

Which type of technology is most likely used by meteorologists to predict the weather?

• Rain gauges are used to collect the amount of air pressure

• Sonar is used to detect movement and speed of clouds

• Satellites gather images of clouds and storm systems

• Barometers gather the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere

Which type of pressure is found along the edge of a cold front?

• Low pressure

• High pressure

• Medium pressure

• No change in air pressure

Which type of weather is associated with cold fronts?

• Thunderstorms all day long

• Neutral weather with cumulus clouds

• Steady cloud cover and drizzle all day

• Brief, narrow line of intense showers and thunderstorms

Which type of weather is created by warm fronts?

• Sunny weather

• Neutral weather with cumulus clouds

• Steady cloud cover and precipitation

• Brief, narrow line of intense showers and thunderstorms

Which statement best describes a stationary front?

• A front that does not move

• A front that overtakes another front

• A front that brings cooler air into the area

• A front that brings warmer air into the area

How does an occluded front form?

• When a front overtakes another front

• When a front moves warmer air into an area

• When a front brings a line of intense thunderstorms

• When a front does not move but stays in the same are

Which statement best describes a hurricane?

• Area that is overcome with more water than it can handle

• One cumulonimbus cloud that brings brief, intense precipitation

• Storm that occurs with precipitation forming only at extremely low temperatures

• A rotating collection of cumulonimbus clouds that form over warm ocean water

How do tornados form?

• When a collection of cumulonimbus clouds begin to rotate

• When precipitation that can only form at low temperature falls

• When an area is covered with more water that the ground can absorb

• When the strong, high winds of a thunderstorm begin to violently rotate

How are thunderstorms different from hurricanes?

• Hurricanes contain one cumulonimbus cloud and form over land

• Thunderstorms form over the ocean and affect huge amounts of area

• Hurricanes contain hundreds of cumulonimbus clouds and form over warm ocean water

• Thunderstorms contain hundreds of cumulonimbus clouds that rotate as a result of the Coriolis Effect

Why does convection occur?

• As a result of the Coriolis Effect

• As a result of the jet stream meandering north and south

• As a result of warm ocean currents moving close to the coast

• As a result of the uneven heating of the land and water on Earth