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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do tornadoes form?
a)
Over water
b)
Over land
c)
With warm fronts
d)
During High pressure systems
2.
What type of front would cause temperatures to cool?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Store Front
3.
What is the barometric reading on this station model?
a)
201 millibars
b)
17 millibars
c)
17 millibars
d)
-24 millibars
4.
Besides temperature what other characteristic is used to describe an air mass?
a)
Pressure
b)
Humidity
c)
Density
d)
Wind Speed
5.
In Pennsylvania, which way do winds blow around LOW pressure systems?
a)
Counterclockwise
b)
Clockwise
c)
East to West
d)
West to East
6.
What air mass would be COLD and WET?
a)
mP
b)
mT
c)
cP
d)
cT
7.
Besides friction, what causes hurricanes to lose energy over land?
a)
Lack of warm, moist air
b)
Increase in temperature
c)
Decrease in pressure
8.
Which direction is the cold front moving that is shown on the map?
a)
Southeast
b)
Northwest
c)
West
d)
East
9.
What type of precipitation would you expect for this station model?
a)
Short-lasting Rain
b)
Snow
c)
Sleet
d)
Hail
10.
Which type of front would most likely produce thunderstorms?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
c)
Stationary
d)
Schist
11.
Which type of front would most likely lead to flooding?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
12.
Which front is created when two cool air masses move towards a warm air mass?
a)
Warm
b)
Occluded
c)
Cold
d)
Stationary
13.
Which front does cold air advance upon warm air?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
c)
Occluded
d)
Stationary
14.
What characteristics would you associate with a Continental Tropical air mass?
a)
Dry and Cold
b)
Dry and Warm
c)
Wet and Cold
d)
Wet and Warm
15.
How would the sky be described from the pictured station model?
a)
Clear skies
b)
Overcast skies
c)
Partly Sunny
d)
Partly Cloudy
16.
What most likely will happen to much of Pennsylvania's weather in the next several hours?
a)
Temperatures increase; clear skies
b)
Temperatures decrease; precipition
c)
Temperatures decrease; clear skies
d)
Temperatures increase; precipitaiton
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