Weather and Climate Quiz

What is an air mass?

• A large volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content

• A specific wind direction

• A type of cloud formation

• A measurement of atmospheric pressure

What is a front?

• A military line of confrontation

• The boundary between two different air masses

• The foremost part of a building

• A deceptive outward appearance

What process of the water cycle do clouds form?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Collection

Different kinds of precipitation falls because of what reasons (2 of them)?

• Temperature and humidity levels

• Cloud shapes and wind speed

• Atmospheric pressure and ocean currents

• Temperature differences and atmospheric conditions

Explain how air moves in a cold front.

• Air moves downward as the cold front pushes warmer air up

• Air remains stationary

• Air moves upward independently of the cold front

• Air moves horizontally along the surface

Explain how air moves in a warm front.

• Air rises as it is pushed up by the colder, denser air

• Air sinks as it is heavier than the cold front

• Air moves horizontally along the boundary without rising or sinking

• Air does not move

How does air move in a cyclone?

• In a straight line

• In a circular pattern

• Vertically upwards

• It does not move

How does air move in an anti cyclone?

• Clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

• Counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere

• Vertically upwards

• Randomly in all directions

A hurricane needs two things to form - what are they?

• Warm water and cold air

• High pressure and low humidity

• Warm water and low pressure

• Cold water and high pressure

Tornadoes must over the ocean - TRUE OR FALSE

• True

• False