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WorksheetsWeather 2016 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is occurring at point I?
a)
Water is cooling to help the fish population survive
b)
Transpiration is at work
c)
Precipitation is accumulating
d)
The Sun is heating water and causing it to evaporate
2.
When air temperature increases in the hydrosphere, you can expect that...
a)
Rock weathering will increase
b)
Evaporation will increase
c)
Mountain formation will increase
d)
Earthquake intensity will decrease
3.
What part of the water cycle is not being obviously displayed?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Evaporation
d)
Runoff
4.
The process by which water vapor in the atmosphere cools down and becomes a liquid is called...
a)
water pressure
b)
transpiration
c)
contemplation
d)
condensation
5.
Sometimes, water vapor condenses into stratus clouds that are in contact with the ground. What's the result of this process?
a)
earth
b)
wind
c)
fire
d)
fog
6.
How does the ocean affect weather on Earth?
a)
The air temperature remains low because the ocean water is cooler than the air above it
b)
Water evaporates from the ocean, causing clouds to form and send rain back to earth
c)
Salt in the ocean dries the air above until the air heats up and rises
d)
Waves in the ocean push on the air above, which causes grand storms to form
7.
The reading on Bill Nye's barometer will rise when the air...
a)
speed increases
b)
pressure increases
c)
pressure decreases
d)
speed decreases
8.
What type of weather should we be experiencing if the weather man broadcasts a map of Stantonsburg that displays the Low Pressure symbol on it?
a)
fair weather
b)
cloudy and stormy
c)
nothing
d)
What are you talking about?
9.
What condition is associated with most warm fronts?
a)
tornado formations
b)
low temperatures
c)
violent air mass collisions
d)
cloud formations bringing precipitation
10.
An air mass travels north over the Pacific Ocean, from the tropics, and then eastward across the U.S. Which weather pattern would you expect?
a)
cool and wet
b)
warm and dry
c)
cool and dry
d)
warm and wet
11.
Barometric pressure has been dropping all day. What weather conditions will most likely occur?
a)
very hot weather
b)
sunny weather
c)
stormy weather
d)
calm weather
12.
What type of cloud is tall, wide, and associated with thunderstorms?
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
nimbostratus
d)
cumulonimbus
13.
Which type of of clouds have the highest elevation?
a)
Cumulus-large, puffy, white
b)
Cirrus-thin, wispy, white
c)
Stratus-puffy, dark, grey
d)
Cumulonimbus-huge, tall, wide, grey and white
14.
What is the process that keeps the Earth's water constantly recycling?
a)
Water Vapor
b)
Evaporation
c)
Coriolis Effect
d)
Water Cycle
15.
Which two weather tools can measure the amount of humidity in the atmosphere around us?
a)
psychrometer and barometr
b)
hygrometer and psychrometer
c)
hygrometer and anemometer
d)
barometer and anemometer
16.
What carries weather instruments into the troposphere and lower stratosphere to measure temperature, humidity, and air pressure?
a)
sattelites
b)
barometer
c)
weather balloon
d)
air plane
17.
What type of cloud has the latin root name that means curl?
a)
Nimbus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
d)
Cumulus
18.
What type of cloud has the latin root name that means layer?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Nimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Stratus
19.
What type of cloud has the latin root name that means rain?
a)
Nimbus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulus
d)
Cirrus
20.
What type of system will produce cloud and/or rainy weather?
a)
High
b)
Low
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
21.
What is the name of the scientist who studies the causes of weather and tries to predict what will happen?
a)
Zoologist
b)
Marine Biologist
c)
Botanist
d)
Meteorologist
22.
What type of front occurs when a fast moving cold air mass overtakes a slower moving air mass?
a)
occluded
b)
low pressure
c)
warm
d)
cold
23.
What type of air mass would form over Canada and bring cold and dry air to the U.S.?
a)
CP
b)
MP
c)
CT
d)
MT
24.
What type of weather is associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Rainy :(
b)
Thunderstorms
c)
Fair Weather
d)
Blizzard
25.
In Hydrology, what is the flow of water beneath Earth's surface that is used as our primary source of drinking water?
a)
Underground Runoff
b)
Surface Runoff
c)
Accumulation
d)
Precipitation
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