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WorksheetsGS 6.3 Weather
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Air pressure is greatest:
a)
closer to Earth
b)
farther from Earth
2.
A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming over land is:
a)
hurricane
b)
tornado
c)
thunderstorm
d)
blizzard
3.
A severe storm that involves winds over 119mph and forms over water is:
a)
tornado
b)
thunderstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
4.
This severe weather involves low temperatures and snow either falling or drifting
a)
hurricane
b)
thunderstorm
c)
tornado
d)
blizzard
5.
This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and possibly hail
a)
thunderstorm
b)
tornado
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
6.
The boundary between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
7.
Which type of pressure system is pictured?
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
d)
none
8.
What type of weather would you expect with the pressure system pictured?
a)
clear
b)
cloudy
c)
severe storms
d)
hot
9.
Which type of pressure system is pictured?
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
d)
none
10.
What type of weather would you expect from the pressure system pictured?
a)
clear
b)
cloudy
c)
hot
d)
stormy
11.
When air contains as much moisture as possible at a specific temperature, it is:
a)
at its dew point
b)
saturated
c)
at its dew point AND saturated
d)
none of the rest
12.
Cold air traveling south from Canada is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
13.
Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
14.
Warm air mass that does not carry water:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
15.
Cold air mass that is carrying water is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
16.
In _________ pressure systems, air sinks:
a)
high
b)
low
c)
medium
d)
none
17.
These can be produced by thunderstorms
a)
stationary fronts
b)
tornadoes
c)
volcanoes
d)
tsunamis
18.
This type of front can bring strong storms
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
stationary
d)
occluded
19.
Which option pictured describes how rain is formed?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
20.
This weather tool measures wind speed and direction
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
21.
Which weather tool measures the amount of kinetic energy in molecules?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
anememeter
22.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
23.
This means that the conditions are right for severe weather
a)
watch
b)
warning
24.
Which weather tool measures the amount of kinetic energy in molecules?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
anememeter
25.
This cloud brings steady rain.
a)
stratus clouds
b)
cirrus clouds
c)
cumulus clouds
d)
cumulonimbus clouds
26.
These clouds bring or indicate fair weather.
a)
stratus and cirrus clouds
b)
cirrus and cumulonimbus clouds
c)
stratus and cumulonimbus clouds
d)
cirrus and cumulus clouds
27.
This form of precipitation forms as ice crystals in clouds that are below freezing.
a)
rain
b)
sleet
c)
snow
d)
hail
28.
What happens to water vapor as it rises?
a)
It evaporates and disappears.
b)
It condenses and forms clouds.
c)
It travels great distances and precipitates.
d)
It stays hanging in the air and does nothing.
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