Quiz about Weather Test Part 1

Question 1

Which global wind is located at number 1?

Accepted Answer

Polar easterlies

Answer

trade winds

Answer

doldrums

Answer

horse latitudes

Question 2

Which global wind is located at number 4?

Accepted Answer

prevailing westerlies

Answer

trade winds

Answer

horse latitudes

Answer

doldrums

Question 3

Which global wind is locater at number 5?

Accepted Answer

trade winds

Answer

doldrums

Answer

horse latitudes

Answer

prevailing westerlies

Question 4

In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

Accepted Answer

from west to east

Answer

from east to west

Answer

from north to south

Answer

from south to north

Question 5

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

Accepted Answer

global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

Answer

the Earth to rotate on its axis

Answer

earthquakes

Answer

the Earth to revolve around the sun

Question 6

On either side of the equator, early sailors relied on steady winds called ___________.

Accepted Answer

the trade winds

Answer

the doldrums

Answer

polar easterlies

Answer

jet streams

Question 7

What direction do winds in the Northern Hemisphere blow?

Accepted Answer

right

Answer

left

Answer

straight

Question 8

A wet, cold air mass would be -

Accepted Answer

maritime polar

Answer

maritime tropical

Answer

continental tropical

Answer

continental polar

Question 9

A dry and cold air mass would be...

Accepted Answer

Continental polar

Answer

Maritime polar

Answer

Maritime tropical

Answer

Continental tropical

Question 10

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

Accepted Answer

Dry

Answer

Wet

Answer

Cold

Answer

Warm

Question 11

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Wet

Answer

Dry

Answer

Cold

Answer

Warm

Question 12

cT air mass is

Accepted Answer

tropical continental

Answer

tropical maritime

Answer

polar maritime

Answer

polar continental

Question 13

a cP air mass is a

Accepted Answer

Polar Continental

Answer

Arctic Continental

Answer

Polar Maritime

Answer

Tropical Continental

Question 14

All of these are air masses that affect the US EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

mA

Answer

cP

Answer

cT

Answer

mT

Question 15

Which of these locations did a tropical maritime (mT) air mass originate?

Accepted Answer

over a Southern region of the Atlantic Ocean

Answer

over Antarctica

Answer

Over Canada

Answer

Over Mexico

Question 16

If an air mass formed over land, and is mostly dry, which descriptor will likely be part of its name?

Accepted Answer

Continental

Answer

Tropical

Answer

Arctic

Answer

Maritime

Question 17

When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

Accepted Answer

warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms

Answer

warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures

Answer

warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures

Answer

cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

Question 18

In a high pressure area, the weather will likely be

Accepted Answer

cooler and clear skies

Answer

warm but cloudy

Answer

cold and rainy

Answer

snowy and clear

Question 19

What type of storm front is this?

Accepted Answer

cold front

Answer

warm front

Answer

stationary front

Answer

occluded front

Question 20

What is a boundary area where air masses meet but do not mix?

Accepted Answer

front

Answer

low pressure system

Answer

super cell

Answer

high pressure system

Question 21

What type of storm front is this?

Accepted Answer

warm front

Answer

cold front

Answer

stationary front

Answer

occluded front

Question 22

What characteristics are used to classify air masses?

Accepted Answer

temperature and humidity

Answer

pressure and temperature

Answer

latitude and longitude

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wind speed and location

Question 23

What type of weather would you expect to see after a cold front has passed through an area?

Accepted Answer

cool and clear skies

Answer

warm and humid

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thunderstorms

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foggy

Question 24

What type of weather would you expect to see after a warm front has passed through an area?

Accepted Answer

warm and humid

Answer

cool and clear skies

Answer

thunderstorms

Answer

foggy

Question 25

What direction is the cold front moving on the map?

Accepted Answer

Southeast

Answer

Southwest

Answer

Northwest

Answer

Northeast

Question 26

What direction is the warm front moving on the map?

Accepted Answer

North

Answer

South

Answer

East

Answer

West

Question 27

What type of front occurs when a warm air mass and a cold air mass do not have enough energy to move the other one out of the way?

Accepted Answer

Stationary front

Answer

Warm front

Answer

Cold front

Answer

Occluded front

Question 28

This map shows a _____ front.

Accepted Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

occluded

Answer

stationary

Question 29

This map shows a cP air mass. Which option correctly describes this air mass?

Accepted Answer

cold and dry

Answer

cold and moist

Answer

warm and dry

Answer

warm and moist

Question 30

This is the symbol for what kind of front?

Accepted Answer

occluded

Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

stationary

Question 31

This diagram shows the formation of what kind of front?

Accepted Answer

occluded

Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

stationary

Question 32

This image shows the map symbol for what kind of front?

Accepted Answer

stationary

Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

occluded

Question 33

This type of front has a steep slope, meaning it moves quickly and creates short, violent storms.

Accepted Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

occluded

Answer

stationary

Question 34

This type of front forms when a warm and cold air mass meets, but neither overtakes the other. This forms long, lingering rain/snow showers.

Accepted Answer

stationary

Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

occluded

Question 35

This kind of front forms when a faster moving cold front overtakes a slower moving warm front. When the two cold air masses meet, they wedge up the warm air mass creating clouds and precipitation.

Accepted Answer

occluded

Answer

cold

Answer

warm

Answer

stationary

Question 36

Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as dry and cold?

Accepted Answer

cP

Answer

mP

Answer

cT

Answer

mT

Question 37

An air mass is a large mass of air that is defined by its temperature and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Water vapor content (humidity)

Answer

Elevation (altitude)

Answer

Strength

Answer

Weather

Question 38

This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.

Accepted Answer

Warm

Answer

Cold

Answer

Stationary

Answer

Occluded

Question 39

Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

Accepted Answer

cold, dry

Answer

warm, humid

Answer

warm, dry

Answer

cold, humid

Question 40

What is an air mass?

Accepted Answer

an area of air with the same temperature and humidity throughout

Answer

a boundary between two fronts

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a bubble of warm air that rises up

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a region of air with a changing temperatur

Question 41

The words "polar" and "tropical" both describe the _____ of an air mass.

Accepted Answer

temperature

Answer

humidity

Question 42

Which of these best describes a maritime polar air mass?

Accepted Answer

humid and cold

Answer

dry and cold

Answer

dry and warm

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humid and warm

Question 43

Which kind of front is this?

Accepted Answer

Stationary Front

Answer

Warm Front

Answer

Cold Front

Answer

Occluded Front

Question 44

Which kind of front is this?

Accepted Answer

Cold Front

Answer

Stationary Front

Answer

Warm Front

Answer

Occluded Front

Question 45

A warm front brings _________ air.

Accepted Answer

warmer

Answer

colder

Answer

wetter

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drier

Question 46

A cold front brings _________ air.

Accepted Answer

colder

Answer

warmer

Answer

wetter

Answer

drier

Question 47

What type of front is being shown in this picture?

Accepted Answer

warm

Answer

cold

Answer

stationary

Answer

occluded

Question 48

Type of air mass: extremely cold and very dry

Accepted Answer

Continental Arctic

Answer

Maritime Tropical

Answer

Continental Polar

Answer

Maritime Polar

Question 49

Type of air mass: Cool and moist

Accepted Answer

Maritime Polar

Answer

Continental Polar

Answer

Continental Tropical

Answer

Maritime Tropical

Question 50

Type of air mass: hot and very dry

Accepted Answer

Continental tropical

Answer

Continental polar

Answer

Maritime polar

Answer

Maritime tropical

Question 51

Which type of weather is associated with a cold front?

Accepted Answer

heavy rain, snow, thunderstorms, and snow for short periods of time

Answer

Steady, light rain or snow can occur for longer periods of time

Question 52

A high pressure system is an capital ______ on a weather map.

Accepted Answer

H

Answer

A

Answer

L

Answer

P

Question 53

A low pressure system on a weather map is a capital ____.

Accepted Answer

L

Answer

A

Answer

H

Answer

P

Question 54

What type of weather does a high pressure system bring to an area?

Accepted Answer

happy, sunny clear weather

Answer

lousy, cold, rainy weather

Answer

fog, lots of fog

Answer

lightning

Question 55

What type of weather does a Low Pressure system bring?

Accepted Answer

lousy, cold, rainy weather

Answer

happy, sunny clear weather

Answer

lightning

Answer

rainbows and unicorns

Question 56

A low pressure system winds move in a clockwise direction.

Accepted Answer

false

Answer

true

Question 57

heavier, sinking air

Accepted Answer

high pressure

Answer

low pressure

Question 58

lighter, rising air

Accepted Answer

low pressure

Answer

high pressure

Question 59

low pressure

Accepted Answer

counterclockwise and inward

Answer

counterclockwise and outward

Answer

clockwise and inward

Answer

clockwise and outward

Question 60

high pressure

Accepted Answer

clockwise and outward

Answer

counterclockwise and inward

Answer

counterclockwise and outward

Answer

clockwise and inward

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