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Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 40mins
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Class
Date
1.
All will happen if the ozone layer continues to disappear, except _____.
a)
Increase sea level
b)
Melting of polar ice
c)
Lower rates of cancer
d)
Increase sea surface temperatures
2.
When comparing trends in atmospheric data you should _______.
a)
look at similar time frames
b)
ignore time all together
c)
review different time periods
d)
take into account hurricane activity
3.
Why is it necessary to limit the release of CFCs into the atmosphere?
a)
They are causing increases in acid rain
b)
They increase CO2 levels
c)
They are destroying the ozone layer
d)
They increase greenhouse gas build-up
4.
What is a natural contributor to air pollution?
a)
Automobile exhaust
b)
Slash-and-burning of the rainforests
c)
Fossil fuel refineries
d)
Volcanic eruptions
5.
Which air pollution is human induced?
a)
Sea salt
b)
Dust
c)
Fossil fuel burning
d)
Bolide impact
6.
What breeze does the image depict?
a)
Sea
b)
Lunar
c)
Solar
d)
Land
7.
What breeze does the image represent?
a)
Sea
b)
Lunar
c)
Land
d)
Solar
8.
Air pressure is expressed on maps using _______.
a)
Contour lines
b)
Thermalbars
c)
Isobars
d)
Isoparabolic intervals
9.
What instrument is used to determine air pressure?
a)
Aeromometer
b)
Anemometer
c)
Barometer
d)
Clinograph
11.
Weather maps show gradients and patterns of _______.
a)
air pressure
b)
coastal migration
c)
atmospheric pollution
d)
sea surface temperatures
11.
Weather maps show gradients and patterns of _______.
a)
air pressure
b)
coastal migration
c)
atmospheric pollution
d)
sea surface temperatures
12.
Which weather condition best reflects the passing of a cold front?
a)
Pressure
b)
Wind direction
c)
Temperature
d)
Precipitation
13.
On a weather map, "High" refers to _______.
a)
Temperature
b)
Rain fall
c)
Altitude
d)
Pressure
14.
Which does not refer to the largest storm on Earth?
a)
Hurricane
b)
Typhoon
c)
Tornado
d)
Cyclone
15.
What are needed to form a hurricane?
a)
Moisture and heat
b)
Temperature and low pressure
c)
Thunderstorms and dry air
d)
Humidity and cool water
16.
Thunderstorms form from the opposite charges in what type of cloud?
a)
Nimbolunimbus
b)
Cumulostratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Alto cumulus
17.
What is layer "C" of the atmosphere?
a)
Toposphere
b)
Exosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Mesosphere
18.
What is layer "B" of the atmosphere?
a)
Stratosphere
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Thermosphere
d)
Exosphere
19.
All affect climate except ________.
a)
Elevation
b)
Latitude
c)
Longitude
d)
Proximity to oceans
20.
What can you expect to happen when moist air cools below its dew point?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Sublimation
d)
Evapo-transpiration
21.
What part of the illustration shows Evaporation?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
22.
Which number illustrates Condensation?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
23.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
24.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
25.
The boundary between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
26.
Which type of cloud is most often observed during a thunderstorm?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
27.
Mark looks at the clouds in the sky and decides that he does not need to
take his umbrella with him today. Which clouds did Mark most likely see
in the sky?
take his umbrella with him today. Which clouds did Mark most likely see
in the sky?
a)
cirrus
b)
nimbostratus
c)
cumulonimbus
28.
name this front
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
29.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
30.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
31.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
32.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
33.
A(n) _____ is a large body of air that has properties similar to the part of Earth's surface over which it depends.
a)
tornado
b)
pressure system
c)
front
d)
air mass
34.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
35.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
36.
The place where two air masses meet.
a)
air mass
b)
air pressure
c)
water cycle
d)
front
37.
The change of state from a liquid to a gas.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
Water Cycle
38.
The movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to the Earth's surface as precipitation.
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
water cycle
d)
precipitation
39.
Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?
a)
spirally
b)
unevenly
c)
circularly
d)
kinetically
40.
This type of front results in the same weather for several days
a)
warm
b)
cold
c)
stationary
d)
occluded
41.
Which type of cloud is most often observed during a thunderstorm?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
42.
The deflection of wind and water due to the rotation of the Earth
a)
Greenhouse Effect
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Milankovitch Cycles
d)
Global Warming
43.
This type of front occurs when a cold front catches up with a warm front
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Warm Front
d)
Stationary Front
44.
This type of Front occurs when cold air from the Poles dives down to meet warm air from the equator
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
polar front
d)
equator front
45.
The natural motion of air
a)
coriolis effect
b)
clouds
c)
sinking
d)
wind
46.
A narrow band of fast moving winds high in the atmosphere
a)
Jet Stream
b)
doldrums
c)
westerlies
d)
polar easterlies
47.
a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere
a)
jet stream
b)
cloud
c)
doldrums
d)
wind
48.
this type of front is when a warmer air mass moves in to replace a colder one
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
49.
this is the unit in which me measure air pressure
a)
isobar
b)
isotherm
c)
millibar
d)
celcius
50.
This movement of air has constant easterly winds the move at 30 degrees North & 30 degrees South of the equator.
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Doldrums
c)
Horse Latitudes
d)
Prevailing Westerlies
51.
This is an area near the equator that has relatively calm and light wind
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Horse Latitudes
c)
Doldrums
d)
Polar Easterlies
52.
this device is used to measure wind speed
a)
barometer
b)
thermometer
c)
buret
d)
anemometer
53.
This is a group of numbers and symbols to show the forecast.
a)
barometer
b)
anemometer
c)
station model
d)
weather map
54.
When a cold front collides with a warm front this type of cloud will form.
a)
Cumulonimbus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
d)
Cumulus
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