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WorksheetsUp, Up & Away
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What's something you can't see, but something you can feel?
a)
water
b)
fire
c)
wind
d)
earth
2.
Wind is part of the _____
a)
geosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
atmosphere
3.
Which two spheres are often involved in causing the wind?
a)
the geosphere and the hydrosphere
b)
the geosphere and the biosphere
c)
the biosphere and the hydrosphere
d)
the biosphere and the atmosphere
4.
Wind is the flow of large amounts of air, usually from _____
a)
a low-pressure area to a high-pressure area
b)
a high-pressure area to a low-pressure area
c)
a high-temperature area to a low-temperature area
d)
a low-temperature area to a high-temperature area
5.
What is defined as "the amount of force that air in the atmosphere puts on an object"?
a)
density
b)
mass
c)
temperature
d)
pressure
6.
How much pressure the air exerts on stuff mainly has to do with its _____
a)
density
b)
mass
c)
temperature
d)
speed
7.
Cool air produces _____
a)
low air pressure
b)
high air pressure
c)
low wind speed
d)
high wind speed
8.
Warm air produces _____
a)
low air pressure
b)
high air pressure
c)
low wind speed
d)
high wind speed
9.
Warmer land forms heat the air above them and _____
a)
that hot air has lower air pressure
b)
that hot air has higher air pressure
c)
that cool air has lower air pressure
d)
that cool air has higher air pressure
10.
Compared to land forms, water absorbs less heat and is cooler, so it _____
a)
heats the air more and creates higher air pressure
b)
heats the air more and creates lower air pressure
c)
heats the air less and creates higher air pressure
d)
heats the air less and creates lower air pressure
11.
During the daytime, the breeze that blows from the ocean onto the land is called _____
a)
a land breeze
b)
a sea breeze
c)
a cool breeze
d)
a day breeze
12.
During the night, the breeze that blows from the land out to the ocean is called _____
a)
a land breeze
b)
a sea breeze
c)
a cool breeze
d)
a night breeze
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