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WorksheetsWeather Review JW
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two most common gases found in the atmosphere?
a)
Nitrogen and Oxygen
b)
Carbon and Water vapor
c)
Helium and Sodium
2.
Where does all weather occur?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Troposphere
d)
Exosphere
3.
In which layer of the atmosphere is the ozone located?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
4.
The coldest layer of the atmosphere is what?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Exosphere
5.
What is the outermost layer of the atmosphere called?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Exosphere
6.
What layer of the atmosphere is the ozone located in?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Exosphere
7.
Water vapor is water in the form of ___________.
a)
Steam
b)
Crystals
c)
Gas
d)
Droplets
8.
Water that evaporates from plants is called__________________.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Respiration
d)
Transpiration
9.
What is it called when water vapors turn into water droplets?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Respiration
d)
Transpiration
10.
Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called____________.
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Nimbostratus
d)
Cirrus
11.
Any form of water that falls from clouds is called___________.
a)
dew
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
percipitation
12.
Very high feathery clouds are called____________.
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulus
13.
Low level clouds that form in layers are called____________________.
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulus
14.
When water moves back towards sea level this is called what?
a)
Runoff
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Evaporation
15.
What type of cloud brings long periods of precipitation?
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulus
c)
Cirrus
16.
What is another name for a cumulonimbus cloud?
a)
Puffy Cloud
b)
Thunderhead
c)
Nimbostratus
17.
A large body of air is called______________.
a)
air mass
b)
front
c)
occluded
d)
stationary
18.
The boundary between two air masses is called______________.
a)
air mass
b)
front
c)
occluded
d)
stationary
19.
What type of front forces warm air up creating cumulonimbus clouds?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
20.
What atype of front forms when warm air mass slides over a cold air mass?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
21.
What type of front forms when two air mass collide and neither one moves?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
22.
What tool is used to measure wind speed?
a)
Wind vane
b)
Barometer
c)
Rain guage
d)
Anemometer
23.
What tool is used to measure air pressure?
a)
Wind vane
b)
Barometer
c)
Rain guage
d)
Anemometer
24.
What tool is used to measure wind direction?
a)
Wind vane
b)
Barometer
c)
Rain guage
d)
Anemometer
25.
What tool is used to measure the amount of precipitation?
a)
Wind vane
b)
Barometer
c)
Rain guage
d)
Anemometer
26.
What type of pressure system brings good weather with winds circulating in a clockwise direction?
a)
Low Pressure
b)
Front
c)
Force
d)
High Pressure
27.
What type of pressure system brings bad weather with winds circulating in a counter-clockwise direction?
a)
Low Pressure
b)
Front
c)
Force
d)
High Pressure
28.
What climate region is found near the equator?
a)
Tropical
b)
Temperate
c)
Polar
29.
What climate region is found near the between 30 degrees and 60 degrees north and south latitude?
a)
Tropical
b)
Temperate
c)
Polar
30.
What are the winds called that are found in the United States?
a)
Prevailing Westerly
b)
Trade Winds
c)
Doldrums
d)
Polar Winds
31.
Fast moving ribbon of air is called _____________.
a)
Westerly Winds
b)
Jet Streams
c)
Trade Winds
32.
What type of breeze moves from the ocean to the land during the day?
a)
Land Breeze
b)
Sea Breeze
c)
Cold Breeze
d)
Warm Breeze
33.
Solar energy is energy that comes from the sun?
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Hurricanes form over cold ocean water.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Which layer of the atmosphere extends from 50km to 85km?
a)
Trosphere
b)
Stratosphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Thermosphere
36.
Satellites images are used for seeing cloud patterns and movement.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Radar images can be used to detect cloud cover, rainfall, storm location.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
What is the name of an air mass that is cold and dry?
a)
ContinetalPolar
b)
Maritime Polar
c)
Continental Tropical
d)
Maritime Tropical
39.
What is the name of an air mass is warm and moist?
a)
ContinetalPolar
b)
Maritime Polar
c)
Continental Tropical
d)
Maritime Tropical
40.
The Greenhouse effect is when all the heat in the atmosphere is allowed to escape back into space.
a)
True
b)
False
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