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WorksheetsAtmosphere and Weather Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
What does this symbol represent?
a)
warm front
b)
occluded front
c)
cold front
d)
stationary front
2.
What causes weather on Earth?
a)
the sun
b)
the lithosphere
c)
the oceans
d)
the atmosphere
3.
What front does this symbol represent?
a)
occluded
b)
cold
c)
warm
d)
stationary
4.
What front is this
a)
occluded
b)
warm
c)
cold
d)
stationary
5.
This is a warm front symbol.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Which of the following is the scale used to classify tornado intensity?
a)
Richter scale
b)
Saffir-Simpson scale
c)
Volcanic Eruption Index
d)
Enhanced Fujita scale
7.
Where does weather occur?
a)
mesosphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
stratosphere
8.
What's the temperature profile of the troposphere as you ascend?
a)
colder
b)
warmer
9.
A high pressure zone
a)
is a mass of descending air
b)
is a mass of ascending air
c)
is a mass of rotating air
d)
all of the above
10.
What is it called when you have a rising air mass?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
c)
convection
d)
wind
11.
What do the black lines called isobars represent?
a)
pressure/wind
b)
humidity/wind
c)
wind/precipitation
12.
What layer of the atmosphere is "A"?
a)
Exosphere
b)
Thermo-sphere
c)
Mesosphere
d)
Troposphere
13.
Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Ozone
c)
Water Vapor
d)
carbon dioxide
15.
What decreases as you go up in the atmosphere?
a)
Altitude
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Meteors
d)
Air Pressure
16.
What are the 2 most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere?
a)
carbon dioxide and oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide and nitrogen
c)
nitrogen and oxygen
d)
nitrogen and hydrogen
17.
How much of the atmosphere is composed of nitrogen gas?
a)
87%
b)
38%
c)
78%
d)
21%
18.
whater boiling is an example of ____
a)
conduction
b)
radiation
c)
density
d)
convection
19.
heat energy traveling through space is an example of _____
a)
convection
b)
density
c)
radiation
d)
conduction
20.
heat always travels from _____ to ______ objects
a)
hot to cold
b)
cold to hot
c)
cold to cold
d)
hot to hot
21.
The higher one is in the atmosphere the ________________ oxygen(air) there is available to breathe.
a)
More
b)
Less
22.
What's the hottest layer of the Earths Atmosphere
a)
Friday
b)
Ozone Layer
c)
Exposphere
d)
Thermosphere
23.
Which phenomenon can be seen only in the ionosphere?
a)
ozone layer
b)
Aurora Borealis
c)
Highlands
d)
water vapor
24.
Which ones are consider primary air pollutants?
a)
Nitrogen oxides
b)
Sulfur dioxides
c)
Carbon monoxide
d)
all are correct!!!!
25.
What is the scale used to measure hurricanes?
a)
MPH scale
b)
Fujita Scale
c)
Weight Scale
d)
Saffir/Simpson Scale
26.
Where is Tornado Alley located?
a)
Near the equator of the Earth
b)
Near the North Pole
c)
South Central Los Angeles
d)
Middle states of United States
27.
How many categories are there for a hurricane?
a)
10 Category's
b)
5 Category's
c)
None
d)
6 Categorys
28.
A severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming over land is:
a)
hurricane
b)
tornado
c)
thunderstorm
d)
blizzard
29.
What causes a hurricane to lose energy when it moves onto land?
a)
Heating below land
b)
lack of warm, moist air and friction
c)
lack of cold, dry air
d)
none of the above
30.
What is the temperature at this station
a)
75 degrees
b)
61 degrees
c)
987 degrees
d)
11 degrees
31.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
32.
What is the barometric pressure?
a)
9014.7
b)
914.7
c)
1014.7
d)
147
33.
What is the Dew Point Temperature if the dry-bulb temperature on your sling psychrometer is 20ºC and the wet-bulb temperature is 15ºC?
a)
24ºC
b)
12ºC
c)
35ºC
d)
28ºC
34.
What type of Fronts are associated with Severe Thunderstorms?
a)
Occluded Fronts
b)
Cold Fronts
c)
Warm Fronts
d)
Two of these are correct
35.
What tells us if a tornado has been spotted, or indicated on radar and is occurring or imminent.
a)
Tornado Watch
b)
Tornado Warning
36.
mT stands for
a)
maritime tropical
b)
mainly tropical
c)
maritime temperature
d)
mainly temperate
37.
Air masses are classified by which two characteristics?
a)
temperature and air pressure
b)
air pressure and wind speed
c)
air pressure and humidity
d)
temperature and humidity
38.
Heat trapped in the troposphere is a result of what effect?
a)
Wind effect
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
Greenhouse effect
d)
Heating effect
39.
When an air mass moves into a new location it brings
a)
changes in temperature and altitude.
b)
changes in altitude and air pressure.
c)
changes in temperature and humidity
d)
changes in humidity and energy.
40.
Which of the following is a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground?
a)
hurricane
b)
thunderstorm
c)
tornado
d)
blizzard
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