WorksheetsWeather -Ch.16
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is the symbol for a...
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front
2.
This is the symbol for a...
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Stationary Front
c)
Warm Front
d)
Cold Front
3.
This is the symbol for a...
a)
Stationary Front
b)
Occluded Front
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
4.
This is the symbol for a...
a)
Stationary Front
b)
Occluded Front
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
5.
What is the area called when two air masses meet and do not combine?
a)
Local wind
b)
Isotherm
c)
Global wind
d)
Front
6.
For a cloud to form, what takes place?
a)
water vapor freezes on an object
b)
water vapor condenses
c)
water vapor precipitates
d)
water vapor evaporates
7.
What type of cloud is made up of ice crystals and is at high altitudes?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
8.
What type of cloud is covers the sky like a blanket and is layered?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
9.
What type of cloud looks like cotton balls and is fluffy?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
10.
What type of cloud brings thunderstorms and severe weather?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
11.
Where do hurricanes originate?
a)
Over dry warm land
b)
Over dry cold land
c)
Over cold ocean water
d)
Over
warm ocean water
warm ocean water
12.
What type of precipitation forms in cumulonimbus clouds when water droplets rise and fall several times?
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Snow
d)
Hail
13.
When a hurricane comes ashore, what happens to it?
a)
The hurricane gains strength
b)
The hurricane keeps the same strength
c)
The hurricane loses strength
d)
The hurricane returns to the ocean.
14.
If you eneter the eye of a hurricane, what would the weather be like?
a)
Stormy weather
b)
Cold wet weather
c)
Calm weather
d)
Windy weather
15.
If the relative humidity is 100%, what do we say the air is?
a)
Saturated
b)
Dry
c)
Hot
d)
Cold
16.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
17.
A violently rotating column of air called a _____ when it comes in contact with the ground.
a)
hurrican
b)
tornado
c)
trade wind
d)
local wind
18.
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
19.
When two air masses meet, there is a _____, or boundary.
a)
thunderstorm
b)
watch
c)
front
d)
cloud
20.
A _____ is a large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
blizzard
b)
cold front
c)
tornado
d)
hurricane
21.
There are three forms of precipitation: rain, snow and sleet.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
A severe storm that involves strong winds and forms over warm water is:
a)
tornado
b)
thunderstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
23.
A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming from a cumulonimbus cloud:
a)
hurricane
b)
tornado
c)
thunderstorm
d)
blizzard
24.
This severe weather involves lightning, rain, and forms from a cumulonimbus cloud.
a)
thunderstorm
b)
tornado
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
25.
This weather tool measures wind speed
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
26.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
27.
Humidity is the...
a)
Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
b)
Amount of Wind in the Air
c)
Amount of Precipitation in the Air
d)
Amount of Pressure in the Air
28.
What measures temperature?
a)
barometer
b)
anemometer
c)
thermometer
d)
psychrometer
29.
occurs when drops of water or crystals of ice become too large to be suspended in a cloud and fall toEarth; rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail
a)
winds
b)
temperature
c)
precipitation
d)
dew point
30.
the current condition of the atmosphere
a)
climate
b)
precipitation
c)
temperature
d)
weather
31.
line drawn on a weather map that connects two places with the same atmospheric pressure
a)
isobar
b)
isotherm
c)
temperature
d)
precipitation
32.
determines wind direction
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
wind vane
d)
hygrometer
33.
measure of how fast air molecules move
a)
wind
b)
humidity
c)
air pressure
d)
temperature
34.
the temperature at which air is saturated and condensation can occur
a)
dew point
b)
humidity
c)
temperature
d)
precipitation
35.
In a ___________ front neither cool nor warm air advance.
a)
occluded
b)
warm
c)
stationary
d)
cold
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