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WorksheetsBeginning of Weather
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 36mins
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Class
Date
1.
Energy for convection on the Earth comes from...
a)
The sun
b)
The moon
c)
Solar winds
d)
The ocean
2.
In convection, WARM air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
3.
Is hot air LESS dense or MORE dense than cold air?
a)
LESS dense
b)
MORE dense
c)
EQUAL density
4.
True or false, gas molecules move from high density to lower density.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Low pressure air masses are composed of cold,very dense air?
a)
Yes
b)
No
6.
In convection currents, cold air does what?
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
7.
High pressure air warm and less dense
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The hot "line" around the center of the earth is called the
a)
Equalibrium
b)
Equator
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
9.
The Coriolis effect is...
a)
The curvature of things as they move across the Earth's surface.
b)
The reflection of the Sun's light on the moon.
c)
The heating of the earth by greenhouse gasses.
d)
What determines the speed at which the Earth spins.
10.
How many convection areas are there, what are they, and where are they located?
a)
3; Tropical (equator), Temperate (top and bottom middle), Polar (poles)
b)
2; Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
c)
3; Ocean, Equator, Polar
d)
2; Ocean and Polar
11.
Which heats and cools quicker, land or water?
a)
Land
b)
Water
12.
Why does convection happen in the Earth's atmosphere?
a)
It happens because of unequal heating of the earth's surface.
b)
It happens because of unequal cooling of the earth's surface.
c)
It happens because of the different salinity of ocean water
d)
It happens because sunlight reflects off the Earth.
13.
Do land breezes affect the sea breezes?
a)
No
b)
Yes
c)
Do not know what land breezes are?
d)
Do not know sea breezes are?
14.
When do land breezes happen and why?
a)
During the night, because the land cools down faster than the ocean causing winds
b)
During the day, because the land is warm
c)
At dawn because both land and sea are at equal temperature
d)
At dusk because the ocean's waves move the air
15.
When do sea breezes happen and why?
a)
During the day, because the land is warmer than the ocean.
b)
During the night, because the ocean is warmer than the land.
16.
What is this a picture of?
a)
Sea Breeze
b)
Land Breeze
c)
Air Breeze
17.
What causes the Coriolis effect?
a)
The sun
b)
The Earth's rotation
c)
The moon
d)
The ocean
18.
How do ocean currents effect Earth's climate?
a)
wind
b)
ocean salinity
c)
Tempature
d)
Tornado's
19.
Deep ocean currents effect the creation of wind?
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Surface currents effect wind and climate on the Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
When will the tides be lower than normal?
a)
Point A
b)
Point B
c)
Point C
d)
None of these tides are always the same
22.
If the warm current was changes to cold (disrupted) What would happen?
a)
warmer than normal climate
b)
cooler than normal climate
c)
no change
d)
this is not possible
23.
The Gulf stream carries _____________ water from the east coast of The United States to the West coast of Europe.
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Freezing
d)
Fresh
24.
Warm ocean currents generally come where on the Earth?
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The Equator
d)
Both A and B
25.
The California Current (west coast) carries _________ water from canada
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Freezing
d)
Fresh
26.
What are two types of ocean currents?
a)
local and global
b)
sea and land
c)
surface and deep
d)
warm and cold
27.
A cool current in the Pacific Ocean near North America that brings cold water down from Canada.
a)
California Current
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Surface Current
28.
Constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by temperature and salinity. It moves water around the globe.
a)
California Current
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Surface Currents
d)
Gulf Stream
29.
A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.
a)
Gulf Stream
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Surface Current
d)
Gyre
30.
The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean.
a)
California Current
b)
Surface Current
c)
Gyre
d)
Global Conveyor Belt
31.
What process brings the deep cold ocean currents up to the surface?
a)
Conduction
b)
Global Wind Patterns
c)
Convection Currents
d)
Temperature and salinity
32.
Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?
a)
colder temperature
b)
colder temperature & more salinty
c)
warmer temperature & less salinty
d)
less salinty
33.
The Gulf Stream Current will help you get to what continent?
a)
Europe
b)
South America
c)
Central America
d)
South Africa
34.
The winds responsible for bring most weather patterns across the Unites States are..
a)
Polar Winds
b)
NE Trade Winds
c)
Easterlies
d)
Westerlies
35.
What does the gulf stream do to the temperature of the water?
a)
makes it warmer
b)
makes it colder
c)
depends on the season
d)
nothing, it doesn't have any effect
36.
wind speeds up to 217 mph
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
37.
These often form in the Central Plains and in an "Alley"
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
38.
damage measured by the Fujita Scale
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
39.
Very large- usually about 342 miles in diameter
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
40.
Form over warm waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
41.
These form when warm, moist air meets cold, dry air
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
42.
These move slowly, usually between 5 and 15 mph
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
43.
A vortex is the movement of liquids or gases in a spiral around a central axis. In a storm, it is the calm center area around which clouds spiral
a)
True
b)
False
44.
A hurricane is a good example of a catastrophic event to observe with a satellite
a)
true
b)
false
45.
What does weather mean?
a)
hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.
b)
It can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph.
c)
when melany,keren ,richard falls down out the sky
d)
when there is a lot of air
46.
A cold, dry air mass would be called -
a)
continental tropic
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime polar
d)
continental maritime
47.
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an -
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
48.
When a warm air mass is trapped between two cooler air masses, it is called a/an -
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
49.
The boundary between two air masses is called a/an -
a)
flood
b)
front
c)
climate
d)
storm
50.
When a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass, it will get colder and we will have severe weather. What type of front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
51.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
52.
A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
a)
front
b)
air mass
c)
cloud
d)
tornado
53.
What type of weather would a continental tropical air mass bring?
a)
dry and cold weather
b)
wet and cold weather
c)
dry and warm weather
d)
wet and warm weather
54.
An air mass that formed over the ocean near the equator would probably be -
a)
maritime polar
b)
maritime tropical
c)
continental polar
d)
continental tropical
55.
A wet, cold air mass would be -
a)
maritime tropical
b)
maritime polar
c)
continental tropical
d)
continental polar
56.
Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass?
a)
over the ocean, near the equator
b)
over the ocean, near the poles
c)
over a continent, near the equator
d)
over a continent, near the poles
57.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
58.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
59.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
60.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
61.
What does symbol # 4 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
62.
What does symbol # 1 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
63.
warm air rises creating this type of pressure; can bring rain and storms
a)
low
b)
high
c)
even
d)
updraft
64.
What type of weather is most likely associated with low air pressure?
a)
windy
b)
cool
c)
rainy
d)
hot
65.
When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air mass, the result is a(n)
a)
cold front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
stationary front
66.
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(n)
a)
occluded front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
cold front
67.
Weather associated with high pressure is generally
a)
cloudy but dry
b)
unpreditable
c)
wet and cloudy
d)
dry and clear
68.
This is the measurement of how much water vapor is in the air.
a)
wind
b)
humidity
c)
condensation
d)
air pressure
69.
If the air is only holding one-third as much moisture as it can possibly hold, what is the relative humidity?
a)
50%
b)
25%
c)
33%
d)
67%
70.
This type of front results in the same weather for several days
a)
warm
b)
cold
c)
stationary
d)
occluded
71.
This type of front can bring strong storms
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
stationary
d)
occluded
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