Worksheets5th Hour Quiz
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How do ocean currents form?
a)
Gravity and earthquakes pushing on water
b)
Waves that pull the water along underneath it
2.
Ocean currents help prevent global warming.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Ocean currents help keep the temperatures around the world even.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
How many types of air fronts are there?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
7
d)
13
5.
Sunlight affects the temperature of air masses.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Weather is a state of the atmosphere in which temperatures are hot or cold.
a)
True.
b)
False.
7.
Weather and climate are different.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Trade winds are winds that form more from high pressure areas near the poles toward the low pressure areas of 30 degrees below each of the poles.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Polar easterlies are winds that form more from high pressure areas near the poles towards the low pressure ares 30 degrees below each of the poles.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What does a rain gauge measure?
a)
The way the wind blows.
b)
Heat of the sunlight.
c)
Rain that has fallen over a certain amount of time.
11.
What does a wind vane tell us about the weather?
a)
Where we are heading
b)
The way the wind is blowing
c)
How much it has rained, snowed, sleeted.
12.
You need to lie the compass on the floor to read it.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
A blizzard is a...
a)
Snow Storm
b)
Rain Storm
c)
Tornado
d)
Flood
14.
How does a flood occur?
a)
By rainfalls and over flowing rivers.
b)
Broken dams and a tsunami.
c)
Both A and B.
15.
Look at "More Tornado Facts". How many miles per hour?
a)
4500
b)
300
c)
400
d)
200
16.
Acid rain has___pH levels.
a)
Low
b)
High
c)
Very Low
d)
Very High
17.
Acid rain can be caused by volcanic eruptions.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Acid Rain has______ effects on the soil.
a)
Bad
b)
Good
c)
Great!
19.
Weather forecasting is a prediction of what the weather is....
a)
In a year
b)
In five years
c)
In a month
d)
All of the above.
20.
Weather forecasting is the attempt by meteorologists to guess the state of the atmosphere at some future time and the conditions that may be expected.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
What do we use to forecast?
a)
Phone
b)
Ground
c)
Book
d)
Computer models and observations
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