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WorksheetsUtah Weather
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which two phenomenon contribute to the greatest snow on earth?
a)
Orographic effect; Lake effect
b)
geographic effect; precipitation effect
c)
isometric effect; rain shadow effect
d)
lake effect; rain field effect
2.
What areas of Utah are affected by rain shadow?
a)
The western slope of the Wasatch mountains
b)
The Brian Head area of southern Utah
c)
The Salt Lake
d)
The eastern side of the Wasatch mountains
3.
Which of these best explains why cities on opposite sides of a mountain receives different amounts of rain?
a)
cloud seeding
b)
the water cycle
c)
altitudinal zonation
d)
the orographic effect
4.
Because Pune, India, lies in a rain shadow, its people have learned to live with
a)
frequent droughts.
b)
tropical cyclones.
c)
water salinization.
d)
widespread flooding.
5.
What is another name for the side of a mountain range that is wet or gets the most rain?
a)
windward
b)
typhoon
c)
leeward
d)
tundra
6.
the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air
a)
relative humidity
b)
humidity
7.
An instrument used to measure humidity
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
aneometer
8.
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground
a)
Precipitation
b)
rain
c)
snow
d)
sleet
9.
A long period of low precipitation
a)
Flood
b)
Drought
c)
Thunderstorm
10.
The weather phenomenon known as lake effect snow is best described by which of the following:
a)
Moist air traveling over a lake and losing moisture due to precipitation
b)
A cold air mass traveling over a warmer body of water and picking up moisture, which leads to snow on the other side of the lake.
c)
A warm, moist air mass traveling over a lake and changing into a cool, dry air mass.
d)
A high pressure system causing snow near the Great Lakes
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