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WorksheetsWeather Review 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is this instrument used to measure?
a)
density
b)
humidity
c)
Wind
d)
pressure
2.
Which of these examples best describes an area experiencing 100% humidity?
a)
A girl is sweating in a city that is experiencing a record high temperature.
b)
A lady feels a change in atmospheric pressure while flying in an airplane
c)
A boy is sitting in his house watching a lightning storm occur in the distance
d)
A man is stuck in his car during a summer rainstorm
3.
Which form of precipitation consists of raindrops that freeze into solid particles of ice as they fall through the air?
a)
sleet
b)
hail
c)
freezing rain
d)
snow
4.
This event can best be identified as
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
5.
A cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass causing the warm air to rise. This event can best be identified as —
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
6.
Clouds that are flat and layered are known as —
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
d)
Cumulonimbus
7.
The picture shows an example of what?
a)
transpiration
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
evaporation
8.
Cirrus clouds are...
a)
thunderstorm clouds
b)
puffy and white
c)
thin and feathery
d)
low in the sky
9.
Hail only forms in what type of cloud?
a)
stratus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cumulus
d)
cirrus
10.
A long period of scarce rainfall and dry weather is called what?
a)
flash flood
b)
low pressure
c)
drought
d)
desert
11.
A student observed grayish clouds that covered the entire sky and did not form any precipitation. The clouds resembled fog, but did not touch the ground. What type of cloud did the student see?
a)
stratus
b)
cirrus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
12.
This symbol represents what type of front?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
13.
This type of front brings many days of precipitation.
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
14.
The boundary that forms between two air masses when they meet is called a...
a)
front
b)
storm line
c)
squall line
d)
midaltitude
15.
Clouds are formed when millions of drops of water become suspended in the air. Which of the following is a step in the process of cloud formation?
a)
Condensation of water vapor
b)
Formation of carbon dioxide
c)
Expansion of cold air
d)
Breakdown of atmospheric ozone
16.
A large tropical storm with high winds is called a...
a)
snow storm
b)
thunderstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
tornado
17.
Tornados form from which type of cloud?
a)
cumulonimbus
b)
cirrostratus
c)
stratus
d)
cumulus
18.
A researcher would like to determine if the shape of a parachute affects the amount of time it takes to get to the ground. He measures the time it takes for each parachute to reach the ground. What would be the independent variable of the experiment?
a)
The parachute shape
b)
the parachute material
c)
the round parachute
d)
the temperature
19.
Which example is an inference?
a)
I saw 6 students running in the hallway
b)
I smell cookies baking in the oven
c)
It must be time to buy new tires.
d)
I hear a dog barking
20.
Hypothesis: If nonrenewable energy resources are used to power a light, then wind energy will be the most efficient.
Identify the independent variable.
Identify the independent variable.
a)
amount of energy used
b)
amount of wind energy
c)
type of energy resources
d)
brightness of the light
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