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Weather Unit Review 1

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The higher the elevation what happens to air pressure?
a)
Pressure gets higher
b)
Pressure disappears
c)
Pressure is lower
d)
No air pressure
2.
What is the picture an example of?
a)
Land Breeze
b)
Sea Breeze
c)
No Breeze
3.

In this picture, what part of the water cycle forms the clouds?
This is ____________________

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

4.
Heat transfer between two substances that are in contact with each other is called
a)
conduction
b)
convention
c)
convection
d)
radiation
5.
What causes winds?
a)
differences in precipitation
b)
differences in humidity
c)
differences in air pressure
6.
Where you will find the ozone layer.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
7.
Where weather occurs.
a)
stratosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
mesosphere
8.

The layer of the atmosphere with the northern lights.

a)

stratosphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

mesosphere

9.

What helps the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from the sun?

a)

the air pressure

b)

The Earth is tilted and on an axis

c)

The tilting of the equator

d)

Wind direction

10.
What is the function of the ozone layer?
a)
to allow UV rays to get to Earth
b)
to block UV rays from getting to Earth
c)
To keep oxygen in
d)
to allow meteors to get to Earth
11.
___________________ is the type of heat transfer that occurs in fluids, such as warm air rising and cold air sinking; creating wind.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
insulation.
12.
The handle of a metal spoon warms up when it is placed in a hot bowl of soup because of
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
insulation.
13.
A large house being heated by heater warms a house when the air is circulating.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
insulation.
14.

What part of the water cycle comes out of this cloud?

a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
15.

This type of cloud is like a blanket and is dark and lower to ground sometimes creating fog.

a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulus
16.
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
17.

They are low in the sky and look soft and fluffy but when rain is added you can expect poor weather

a)
Cirrus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)

Cumulus

d)
Stratus
18.

How are tornadoes and hurricanes alike?

a)

Both move because of the Coriolis Effect

b)

the both have spinning air

c)

they both start as Low Pressure

d)

All are correct

19.

What is a vortex?

a)

A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm

b)

A column of air being forcefully pushed away from a thunderstorm.

c)

A spiraling thunderstorm moving over large areas of water.

d)

A spiraling thunderstorm, like a hurricane.

20.
10. What is the strongest category of hurricane?
a)
Category 5
b)
Category 10
c)
Category 1
21.

A hurricane becomes more powerful by evaporating water from

a)

lakes

b)

mountains

c)

oceans

d)

rivers

22.

The suffix "nimbus" means

a)

gray

b)

high altitude

c)

cloud

d)

rain

23.

Which process causes winds?

a)

uneven heating of the earth by the sun

b)

differences in elevation

c)

condensation in the atmosphere

24.

Lightning heats the air so much that the air expands. The sound created by the sudden expansion and contraction is called _______________________.

a)

expansion

b)

thunder

c)

radar

d)

lightning

25.

Most hurricanes

a)

cannot be seen from space

b)

cross exposed land

c)

become dangerous category 5 storms

d)

lose their power when they move into cooler waters or moves over land

26.

The calm area in the center of a hurricane is called the _____.

a)

draft

b)

funnel

c)

eye

d)

squall

27.

About 75% of the world's tornadoes happen in the United States during Springs and early Summer when cold, dry from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. This relatively flat part of the country is known as ________________.

a)

Tornado Paradise

b)

Thunderstorm Lane

c)

Tornado Alley

d)

Hurricane Row