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Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.
a)
thunderstorm
b)
tornado
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
2.
A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is:
a)
tornado
b)
thunderstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
3.
A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:
a)
hurricane
b)
tornado
c)
thunderstorm
d)
blizzard
4.
This weather tool measures wind speed
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
5.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
6.
What is the most abundant gas found in the atmosphere?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Water Vapor
7.
Which layer of the atmosphere protects us from meteors?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Ionosphere
d)
Troposphere
8.
Humidity is the...
a)
Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
b)
Amount of Wind in the Air
c)
Amount of Precipitation in the Air
d)
Amount of Pressure in the Air
9.
Which front is represented on a map as a line with half circles attached to it?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
10.
Which front is represented on a map by a line with triangles attached to it?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front
11.
Which of these is an example of how a person could help improve air quality?
a)
Build a Compost Pile
b)
Burn Leaves in the Fall
c)
Carpool with Several People
d)
Use a Gas-Powered Lawn Mower
12.
________________ are made of water vapor that condenses in the troposphere.
a)
dew
b)
clouds
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
13.
As air masses move and collide with each other, ________ form at the boundaries between them.
a)
air masses
b)
fronts
c)
hurricanes
d)
tropical storms
14.
__________ a two-thermometer instrument slung around a rod or pole that is also referred to as a wet dry bulb used to measure relative humidity.
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
sling psychrometer
d)
anemometer
15.
Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.
a)
run-off
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
convection current
d)
water cylce
16.
Because the earth is spinning on its axis, the global winds appear to curve. This is known as the __________ ________.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Greenhouse Effect
c)
Climate Effect
d)
Atmosphere Effect
17.
Where does a hurricane form?
a)
Over a cold body of water
b)
Over a warm body of water
c)
Over cold land
d)
Over warm land
18.
Match the definition: A line on a weather map that joins places that have the same air pressure
a)
Thermometer
b)
Isobar
c)
Milligram
d)
Weather Vane
19.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a low pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
20.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
21.
Match the type of front: A warm air mass is caught between two cooler air masses
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Stationary front
d)
Occluded front
22.
Match the type of front: Cold and warm air masses meet, but neither can move the other
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Stationary front
d)
Occluded front
23.
Match the type of front: A warm air mass overtakes a slow-moving cold air mass
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Stationary front
d)
Occluded front
24.
Match the type of front: A fast-moving cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Stationary front
d)
Occluded front
25.
Match the type of air mass: warm and wet, forms over water
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
26.
Match the type of air mass: cold and wet, forms over water
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
27.
Match the type of air mass: warm and dry, forms over land
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
28.
Match the type of air mass: cold and dry, forms over land
a)
continental polar
b)
continental tropical
c)
maritime polar
d)
maritime tropical
29.
In what direction do winds always blow?
a)
From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
b)
From areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
30.
What layer does weather occur in?
a)
mesosphere
b)
troposphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
stratosphere
31.
Where is the ozone layer located?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Troposphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Mesosphere
32.
What is the layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth?
a)
Thermosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Mesosphere
33.
The blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)
Green House Effect
34.
Which of the following is the correct order of the atmosphere layers from Earth to space?
a)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
b)
troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, stratosphere
c)
thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere
d)
thermosphere, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere
35.
The hottest layer of the atmosphere it contains both the ionosphere and the exosphere.
a)
stratosphere
b)
troposphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
mesosphere
36.
What measures temperature?
a)
barometer
b)
anemometer
c)
thermometer
d)
psychrometer
37.
What type of cloud is thin and wispy in the higher altitudes?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
38.
What type of cloud looks like cotton and is in the lower altitudes?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
39.
What type of cloud looks like a sheet or flat layers and is in the lower altitudes, it can also create fog?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
40.
What percent of the sky is covered in clouds for the city with this symbol?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
41.
What direction is the wind blowing from?
a)
Northwest
b)
Northeast
c)
Southwest
d)
Southeast
42.
What is being indicated by number 3 in the image?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
isobar
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