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WorksheetsWeather Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does a barometer measure?
a)
Wind speed
b)
Temperature
c)
Air pressure
d)
Humidity
2.
What does an anemometer measure?
a)
Humidity
b)
Rainfall
c)
Wind direction
d)
Wind speed
3.
Which of the following measures temperature?
a)
Hygrometer
b)
Thermometer
c)
Weather Vane
d)
Barometer
4.
What is humidity?
a)
the amount of density in the air
b)
the amount of moisture in the air
c)
the amount of oxygen in the air
d)
the amount of heat in the air
5.
Convection currents form when air temperatures are ________________.
a)
different
b)
the same
c)
less than 0 degrees Celsius
d)
greater than 0 degrees Celsius
6.
Which of the following is least dense?
a)
warm air
b)
cold air
c)
air that is sinking
d)
air that is moving
7.
What does the L on the weather map represent?
a)
warm front
b)
stationary front
c)
area of low pressure
d)
area of high pressure
8.
Which of the following is a major factor in the movement of weather?
a)
humidity
b)
wind
c)
temperature
d)
precipitation
9.
What does high pressure generally indicate?
a)
fair weather
b)
monsoon season
c)
cloudy, rainy weather
d)
drought
10.
What does the following symbol on a weather map represent?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
11.
What causes the Coriolis effect?
a)
Earth's rotation
b)
the moon
c)
the sun
d)
differential heating
12.
What substance heats and cools the slowest?
a)
sand
b)
soil
c)
air
d)
water
13.
True or false, warm air can hold more moisture than cold air.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
A sea breeze blows from _______________.
a)
the land to the ocean
b)
the ocean to the land
15.
True or false, wind flows from low pressure areas to high pressure areas.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
True or false, during the night the land gets colder than the ocean, so a sea breeze develops.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
True or false, weather is the minute to minute changes in the atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
When relative humidity increases, _______________.
a)
rain becomes more likely.
b)
it becomes hotter.
c)
thunderstorms happen.
d)
wind happens.
19.
The picture below shows the place where air currents will form due to the uneven heating of Earth. In which direction will air currents most likely move?
a)
straight down over the land
b)
from the land toward the sea
c)
straight up above the sea
d)
from the sea toward the land
20.
The diagram below shows a landscape. Where in the diagram would the air pressure be the greatest?
a)
at the beach
b)
on top of the mountain
c)
at the bottom of the clouds
d)
in the upper atmosphere
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