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WorksheetsClouds, Air Masses and Fronts
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 27mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is a weather "front"?
a)
Air does not easily mix
b)
Light precipitation,and wamer temperatures
c)
Warm Fronts
d)
The border (Boundary) between 2 air masses
2.
On a weather map this front is represented by red semicircles pointing toward colder air.What kind of front is this example of?
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Warm Fronts
d)
Stationary Front
3.
Warm air is pushed almost straight up.What kind of front is this example of?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Occluded Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Cold Front
4.
What is an air mass?
a)
A place where weather always changes in an extreme way.
b)
Air that is wet and freezing
c)
A cloud that produces rain, snow, sleep, or hail.
d)
A large body of air with the same moisture and temperature throughout.
5.
What forms when two air masses meet and creates weather?
a)
a hurricane
b)
hail
c)
a front
d)
a tornado
6.
What kind of front is it when a cold air mass and a warm air mass try to overtake one another, but neither one are strong enough to do so?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
7.
Which type of front can be seen here?
a)
cold front
b)
occluded front
c)
stationary front
d)
warm front
8.
Which type of front can be seen here?
a)
cold front
b)
occluded front
c)
stationary front
d)
warm front
9.
When a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, what kind of front is formed?
a)
cold front
b)
occluded front
c)
stationary front
d)
warm front
10.
What type of air mass is circled?
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
11.
What type of air mass would form over a body of land near the equator?
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
12.
What type of air mass is circled?
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
13.
What weather instrument is seen in the picture and what does it measure?
a)
barometer; air pressure
b)
thermometer; temperature
c)
anemometer; wind speed
d)
psychrometer; humidity
14.
What type of cloud is in this picture?
a)
cumulonimbus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cirrus
15.
What is the process in which water vapor changes directly into a liquid?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
transpiration
d)
precipitation
16.
A cold, dry air mass would be called -
a)
continental tropic
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime polar
d)
continental maritime
17.
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
18.
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
19.
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
20.
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
21.
A wet, cold air mass would be -
a)
maritime tropical
b)
maritime polar
c)
continental tropical
d)
continental polar
22.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
23.
What does symbol # 1 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
24.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
25.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
26.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
27.
Type of cloud seen here?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
28.
Type of cloud seen here?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
29.
Type of cloud seen here?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
30.
Type of cloud seen here?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
31.
This cloud is puffy with a flat bottom. White ones signal fair weather while dark ones signal rain.
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
stratus
d)
cumulonimbus
32.
These clouds are responsible for thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
33.
What type of air mass is wet and cold?
a)
mP
b)
MT
c)
cT
d)
cP
34.
What type of of air mass is dry and cold?
a)
mP
b)
mT
c)
cP
d)
cT
35.
What type of of air mass is wet and warm?
a)
mP
b)
mT
c)
cT
d)
cP
36.
What type of of air mass is dry and warm?
a)
cP
b)
cT
c)
mP
d)
mT
37.
What is the difference between humidity and dew point?
a)
Humidity is the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms, while dew point is the amount of water vapor in the air.
b)
Humidity is the amount (percentage) of water vapor the air is holding compared to the amount it could hold, while dew point is the amount of water vapor in the air.
c)
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, while dew point is the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms.
d)
Silly Mr. Lloyd, none of the answers are correct.
38.
How are clouds formed within the troposphere?
a)
Clouds are formed when warm, moist air is forced upward in the atmosphere (by convection or fronts), cools, and some of the water vapor in the air condenses to form droplets of liquid water.
b)
Clouds are formed when warm, dry air is forced upward in the atmosphere (by convection or fronts), cools, and some of the water vapor in the air condenses to form droplets of liquid water.
c)
Clouds are formed when cool, dry air is forced upward in the atmosphere (by convection or fronts), warms, and some of the water vapor in the air condenses to form droplets of liquid water.
d)
Clouds do not form in the troposphere, they form in the stratosphere!
39.
These clouds are the closest to the ground. Their name means layer- or sheet like. They bring rain or snow and cover most of the sky.
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Cumulus
40.
This is the measurement of how much water vapor is in the air.
a)
wind
b)
humidity
c)
condensation
d)
air pressure
41.
Cumulus clouds are in the air. What type of weather should you expect?
a)
blizzards
b)
clear skies
c)
steady rain
d)
thunderstorms
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