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Weather Unit Review Quizizz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which gas is most abundant in the atmosphere?
a)
Nitrogen 
b)
Oxygen 
c)
Argon
d)
Carbon Dioxide
2.
What is the second most abundant gas in the atmosphere? 
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Nitrogen 
c)
Oxygen 
d)
Carbon Monoxide 
3.
What does this graph say about air pressure? 
a)
As elevation increases air pressure increases. 
b)
As elevation increases air pressure decreases.
c)
As elevation decreases air pressure decreases 
4.
The result of a column of air pushing down on an area is which of your vocabulary terms?
a)
Pressure
b)
Water Vapor 
c)
Barometer 
d)
Air Pressure
5.
How many layers are there to the Earth's Atmosphere? 
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
6.
What does this diagram tell you about the atmosphere? 
a)
The layers of the atmosphere are separated by temperature. 
b)
The Thermosphere is the hottest layer. 
c)
How the layers of the atmosphere are layered. 
d)
All are correct. 
7.
Which layer of the atmosphere is where all weather occurs?
a)
Stratosphere 
b)
Mesosphere
c)
Troposphere 
d)
Thermosphere 
8.
What type of heat transfer is shown in this picture?
a)
Conduction 
b)
Convection 
c)
Radiation 
d)
Convention 
9.
How is the electromagnetic energy from the sun reaching Earth? 
a)
Conduction 
b)
Radiation 
c)
Convection 
d)
Convention 
10.
How is wind named?
a)
From the direction from which they blow from.
b)
From the direction of which to they blow to. 
c)
By the amount of air pressure
d)
Isobars
11.
How does wind move? 
a)
Wind moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
b)
Wind moves from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure. 
c)
Wind moves areas of high cloud coverage to areas of low cloud coverage
d)
Wind moves from wind barbs. 
12.
What is the temperature of the air at #5? 
a)
Warm
b)
Cool
13.
Which letter shows the location of the Trade Winds? 
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.
What type of global wind is found at letter A? 
a)
Polar Easterlies 
b)
Prevailing Westerlies 
c)
Doldrums 
d)
Tradewinds 
15.
What direction do objects deflect to, in the northern hemisphere, due to the Coriolis Effect? 
a)
Left
b)
Right 
c)
East
d)
West 
16.
What airmass is found at Letter D?
a)
Tropical Maritime 
b)
Polar Maritime 
c)
Tropical Continental
 
d)
Polar Continental 
17.
Describe the air at A and C.
a)
Cold and Dry
b)
Cold and Moist 
c)
Warm and Moist 
d)
Warm and Dry
18.
Describe air mass #2. 
a)
Warm 
b)
Humid
c)
Warm and Humid 
d)
Cool and Humid
19.
True or False,  a front is the boundary of  an air mass. 
a)
False
b)
True 
20.
Which type of front is shown in this picture? 
a)
Occluded
b)
Warm 
c)
Cold 
d)
Stationary 
21.
What type of weather is associated with this front?
a)
Clear Skies
b)
Cloudy Skies
c)
Very violent Storms and Precipitation 
d)
Precipitation 
22.
What direction is the cold front moving? 
a)
South 
b)
Southwest 
c)
Southeast 
d)
Northeast 
23.
According to this weather map, where is there cloudy skies and possibly rain? 
a)
Denver
b)
Los Angles 
c)
New York 
d)
Chichago 
24.
According to the isobars, which state is the windiest? 
a)
Pennsylvania 
b)
Wyoming 
c)
Georgia 
d)
Kansas 
25.
Which of the following best describes the weather in NC? 
a)
100% Cloud Coverage 
b)
100% Cloud Coverage, light winds
c)
100% Cloud Coverage, light winds from the NE, and rain. 
d)
75% Cloud coverage light winds from the SE
26.
What direction is the wind moving on this map?
a)
East
b)
Southeast
c)
South
d)
Northwest
27.
What storm is the Saffir-Simpson scale categorize? 
a)
Tornado 
b)
Hurricane 
28.
What is true of how a hurricane forms? 
a)
Water temperature must be 75 degrees 
b)
They originate only south of the equator 
c)
Cool High Pressure air pushes warm low pressure air up which causes it lose pressure, swirl and sink. 
d)
None are true
29.

Which type of air mass and water temperature would cause a strong hurricane?

a)

continental polar

b)

maritime polar

c)

maritime tropical

d)

continental tropical

30.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
31.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
32.
Which system results in rainy or stormy weather?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
c)
hurricane
d)
weather system
33.

Which ingredient is NOT necessary for severe thunderstorm development?

a)

cold air

b)

instabiltiy

c)

moisture

d)

lift

34.

What do the wind speeds need to reach for a storm to be classified as a hurricane

a)

39 mph

b)

74 mph

c)

105 mph

d)

200 mph

35.

Where do most hurricanes develop?

a)

Near the Equator

b)

Middle of the United States

c)

Near the Poles

d)

Antarctica

36.

What is the calm center of a hurricane called?

a)

funnel cloud

b)

downburst

c)

eyewall

d)

eye

37.
What is the area most commonly called that tornadoes travel through?
a)
Tornado lane
b)
The track of Tornadoes
c)
Tornado Alley
d)
Thunder Alley
38.

What makes a tornado?

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

when warm and cold fronts come together

39.

What to do waves transmit?

a)

Energy

b)

Convection Currents

c)

Ultra Violet

d)

Visible Light

e)

None are correct

40.

The majority of Earth's energy comes from...

a)

the Earth's core

b)

the Sun

c)

hydroelectric power

d)

burning fossil fuels

41.

Which of the following is example light scattering ?

( There CAN be more than 1 answer)

a)
b)
c)
d)
42.

Why does the Sun appear red at sunset?

a)

Red light is the least scattered and travel the longer distance.

b)

Red light is the most scattered and travel the shorter distance.

c)

Red light is the least scattered and more blue light are scattered.

d)

All the components of white light are absorbed by the atmosphere except red light.

43.

What does this image say about radiation from the Sun?

a)

Most energy is absorbed at the Earth's surface.

b)

1/3 of solar radiation is reflected by clouds.

c)

1/4 is absorbed by the atmosphere and clouds.

d)

The ground does not reflect any solar radiation back into the atmosphere.

44.
Why does warm air rise?
a)
Warm air is more dense than cooler air.
b)
Warm air has more pressure than cooler air.
c)
Warm air is less dense than cooler air.
d)
Warm air has a higher dew point than cooler air.
45.
According to the Coriolis Effect, which direction does the wind deflect objects in the Northern Hemisphere? 
a)
To the Right
b)
To the Left
c)
Towards the North Pole
d)
South

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