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Worksheets3rd 9 Weeks Test Prep
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is a...
a)
Sea breeze
b)
Land breeze
2.
This is a...
a)
Land Breeze
b)
Sea Breeze
3.
Which of the following is an example of convection?
a)
A hair dryer is drying up your hair.
b)
When the AC or heater changes the temperature.
c)
When a car engine turns hot after being turned on.
d)
When you are making soup and the water is rising and lowering.
4.
Warm air is __________ dense than cold air and rises creating convection currents.
a)
more
b)
less
5.
What is the source of energy that drives Earth’s winds?
a)
The sun
b)
The Earth’s movement
c)
Earth’s gravity
d)
Lunar gravity
6.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
7.
name this symbol
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
8.
rapidly moving cold air mass runs into a warm air mass the cold air slides under the warm air. This is called a .....
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
9.
What front is moving through
Alabama and Georgia?
Alabama and Georgia?
a)
Warm
b)
Occluded
c)
Stationary
d)
Cold
10.
Which term best describes how the earth's atmosphere is heated?
a)
Spirally
b)
Unevenly
c)
Circularly
d)
Kinetically
11.
How do jet streams influence the weather?
a)
by creating clouds
b)
by increasing the moisture in the atmosphere
c)
by moving weather from one area to another very quickly
d)
by drying out the atmosphere
12.
Warm water current that warms coastal weather
a)
Jet Stream
b)
Gulf Stream
c)
El Nino
d)
La Nina
13.
Look at the H-R diagram. Which star is
sort of cool, dim (not too much light), and red?
sort of cool, dim (not too much light), and red?
a)
Betelguse
b)
Sirius B
c)
Procyon B
d)
Barnard's star
14.
Which of the following is the largest?
a)
star
b)
universe
c)
cluster
d)
galaxy
15.
What phase is this?
a)
Full Moon
b)
First Quarter Moon
c)
Last Quarter Moon
d)
New Moon
16.
What phase is this?
a)
First Quarter Moon
b)
Last Quarter Moon
c)
Waxing Gibbous Moon
d)
Waning Gibbous Moon
17.
The Northern hemisphere experiences Winter when the axis is tilted ___________ the Sun.
a)
toward
b)
away from
c)
equal to
d)
near
18.
In what areas of the world do hurricanes form?
a)
Warm ocean waters
b)
Polar ocean waters
c)
On lakes and rivers
d)
Over the central plains of the U.S
19.
What causes day and night?
a)
The earth rotating on its axis
b)
The earth revolving around the sun
c)
The axis' tilting back and forth
d)
The phases of the moon
20.
A hurricane gets its energy from
a)
Warm ocean waters
b)
high air pressure
c)
winds along surface
d)
Sun
21.
Which star has the lowest temperature?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
22.
Which star has the lowest luminosity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
23.
Why do hurricanes lose so much of their power when they hit land?
a)
they run into high pressure which kills hurricanes
b)
land is cooler than water therefore the hurricane loses the energy it needs from warm temperatures
c)
the land breezes shear the hurricane therefore making it harder for it to stay together
d)
the hurricane no longer receives heat and moisture from the warm ocean it uses for fuel
24.
T/F When the moon is waxing,the part that is lit by the sun is getting larger on the right side
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
25.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
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