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ch 18 & 20 review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 27mins

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Class
Date
1.

The gas that is most important in understanding the atmosphere and all the processes that take place inside it.

a)

nitrogen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

oxygen

d)

water vapor

2.

What process turns a liquid into a gas?

a)

condensation

b)

infiltration

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

3.

Rain, snow, sleet & hail are examples of:

a)

evaporation.

b)

condensation.

c)

precipitation.

d)

deposition.

4.

Which is the process turns a gas into a liquid?

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

sublimation

d)

condensation

5.

Energy that is stored OR released when water changes state.

a)

caloric heat

b)

ultraviolet heat

c)

latent heat

d)

evaporation heat

6.

What is the temperature at which air is cooled to the point of saturation?

a)

dew point

b)

vapor point

c)

adiabatic rate

d)

relative point

7.

Which is NOT produced by condensation?

a)

dew

b)

smog

c)

fog

d)

clouds

8.

Which cloud type is described as sheets or layers covering much/all of the sky?

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

e)

contrails

9.

Which cloud type looks like a fluffy cottonball?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

d)

cumulonimbus

e)

contrails

10.

Which cloud type develops into severe thunderstorms?

a)

cumulus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

cirrus

d)

stratus

e)

contrails

11.

Which cloud type blankets the sky and often brings precipitation?

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrails

12.

Which cloud type is a high-level example?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

13.

Which cloud type is formed from jet exhaust?

a)

cumulus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

contrails

d)

stratus

e)

cirrus

14.

Which clouds are associated with thunder and lightning?

a)

cumulus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

stratus

d)

contrails

e)

cirrus

15.

Compared to other clouds, fog is

a)

colder.

b)

of a different composition.

c)

at lower altitudes.

d)

drier.

16.

Which type of precipitation consists of very small, clear ice particles?

a)

snow

b)

sleet

c)

hail

d)

glaze

17.

Which type of cloud is associated with hail?

a)

cumulus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

stratus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrails

18.

Which form of precipitation will occur when a layer of air that is above freezing is above a layer of air on the ground that is below freezing?

a)

rain

b)

snow

c)

sleet

d)

hail

19.

An immense (huge!) body of air that has the same properties throughout is called a(n)

a)

cyclone.

b)

air mass.

c)

anticyclone.

d)

front.

20.

Which properties are used to describe air masses?

a)

temperature & location

b)

temperature & pressure

c)

temperature & moisture

d)

moisture & pressure

e)

moisture & location

21.

An air mass gets its properties from an area known as the

a)

weather site.

b)

place of origin.

c)

classification region.

d)

source region.

22.

Maritime air masses form

a)

over land.

b)

over water.

c)

only in winter.

d)

only in summer.

23.

Continental air masses form

a)

over land.

b)

over water.

c)

only in winter.

d)

only in summer.

24.

The boundary that separates different air masses is called a(n)

a)

front.

b)

cyclone.

c)

anticyclone.

d)

storm.

25.

On a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with triangle-like points on one side?

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

26.

On a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with half-circles on one side?

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

27.

On a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with half-circles AND triangle-points on ONE side?

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

28.

On a weather map, which type of front is shown by a line with half-circles on one side and triangle-points on the other side?

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

29.

What type of front forms when the position of the front doesn't move across the map?

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

30.

What type of front forms when a cold front overtakes a warm front that is overtaking another cold front?

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

31.

Along which type of front would you expect heavy but short-lived rains and severe storms?

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

32.

Along ANY front, which air is ALWAYS pushed upwards?

a)

cooler, denser air

b)

warmer, less dense air

c)

the driest air

d)

the wettest (most humid) air

33.

The weather behind a cold front is dominated by

a)

a cold air mass.

b)

a warm air mass.

c)

a mixed air mass.

d)

an undetermined type of air mass.

34.

Along which type of front would you expect several hours of light but steady rainfall?

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

35.

What is the first stage in a thunderstorm?

a)

cumulus stage

b)

cumulonimbus stage

c)

mature stage

d)

dissipating stage

36.

The greatest number of thunderstorms occur in the

a)

middle latitudes.

b)

tropics.

c)

mountains.

d)

high latitudes.

37.

The mature stage of a thunderstorm is associated with

a)

downdrafts.

b)

updrafts.

c)

heavy precipitation.

d)

both updrafts & heavy precipitation.

38.

The center of a tornado is characterized by its

a)

very high pressure.

b)

eye wall.

c)

low pressure.

d)

sinking air.

39.

Tornadoes are most frequent from

a)

January to March.

b)

April to June.

c)

July to September.

d)

October to December.

40.

Typhoon is another name for a

a)

wave cyclone.

b)

hurricane.

c)

tornado.

d)

thunderstorm.

41.

The eye of a hurricane has the

a)

highest wind speeds.

b)

warmest temperatures.

c)

most intense rainfall.

d)

highest air pressure.

42.

The warm front is near point

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

43.

The cold front is near point

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

44.

The air at point C would be

a)

warm.

b)

cold.

c)

can't tell.

45.

The air at point E would be

a)

warm.

b)

cold.

c)

can't tell.

46.

Mid-latitude cyclones are large centers of ____ pressure that travel west-to-east and bring storms.

a)

high

b)

low

47.

These are the most powerful storms on Earth.

a)

hurricanes

b)

tornadoes

c)

monsoons

d)

blizzards

48.

Which type of front moves the fastest?

a)

warm

b)

cold

c)

occluded

d)

stationary

49.

Name that cloud!

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrail

50.

Name that cloud!

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrail

51.

Name that cloud!

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrail

52.

Name that cloud!

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrail

53.

Name that cloud!

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cirrus

e)

contrail