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WorksheetsChapter 10
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
2.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
3.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
4.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
5.
This weather tool measures wind speed and direction
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
6.
Which weather tool measures temperature?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
anememeter
7.
The boundary between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
8.
Mark looks at the clouds in the sky and decides that he does not need to
take his umbrella with him today. Which clouds did Mark most likely see
in the sky?
take his umbrella with him today. Which clouds did Mark most likely see
in the sky?
a)
cirrus
b)
nimbostratus
c)
cumulonimbus
9.
Which type of cloud is most often observed during a thunderstorm?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
10.
Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
11.
Cold air (RISES/ FALLS) _________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
12.
Which condition usually means cloudy, stormy weather?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
13.
a)
nimbostratus cloud
b)
cumulonimbus cloud
c)
cirrocumulus cloud
d)
altostratus cloud
14.
name this front
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
15.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
16.
A _____ is a large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
blizzard
b)
cold front
c)
tornado
d)
hurricane
17.
A violently rotating column of air called a _____ when it comes in contact with the ground.
a)
hurrican
b)
tornado
c)
trade wind
d)
local wind
18.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
19.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
20.
Air pressure is greatest:
a)
closer to Earth
b)
farther from Earth
21.
A severe storm that involves winds over 119mph and forms over water is:
a)
tornado
b)
thunderstorm
c)
hurricane
d)
blizzard
22.
This severe weather involves low temperatures and snow either falling or drifting
a)
hurricane
b)
thunderstorm
c)
tornado
d)
blizzard
23.
Why do hurricanes inflict more damage than tornadoes?
a)
they are larger
b)
longer duration
c)
also associated with flooding and strong rains
d)
all of the rest
24.
Cold air traveling south from Canada is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
25.
Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
26.
Warm air mass that does not carry water:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
27.
Cold air mass that is carrying water is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
28.
This type of front can bring strong storms
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
stationary
d)
occluded
29.
This type of front results in the same weather for several days
a)
warm
b)
cold
c)
stationary
d)
occluded
30.
The sound caused by lightning?
a)
booms
b)
thunder
c)
God Bowling
d)
front
31.
Rising water that floods due to hurricane?
a)
typhoon
b)
tsunami
c)
storm surge
d)
tidal wave
32.
Which is more concerning?
a)
Tornado Watch
b)
Thunderstorm Watch
c)
Storm Advisory
d)
Tornado Warning
33.
Tornado speeds can reach?
a)
75 mph
b)
600 mph
c)
250 mph
d)
100 kilometers per hour
34.
Weather Prediction?
a)
map
b)
meteorologist
c)
forcast
d)
clouds
35.
Layer that has most weather and life?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
troposphere
c)
stratosphere
d)
exosphere
36.
Movement of air from High to Low pressure?
a)
Wind
b)
front
c)
air pressure
d)
thunderstorms
37.
Conditions of the atmosphere at a particular time?
a)
Fronts
b)
climate
c)
weather
d)
air mass
38.
Protective gas?
a)
Clouds
b)
nitrogen
c)
air
d)
ozone
39.
What wind speed does a Tropical Storm become a Hurricane?
a)
250 Mph
b)
39 Mph
c)
74 Mph
d)
151 Inches
40.
Which word relates to "Cold or being from the North"?
a)
Polar
b)
Continental
c)
maritime
d)
tropical
41.
Which word relates to "water" or ocean?
a)
polar
b)
continental
c)
humid
d)
maritime
42.
Unusual warming of the Pacific ocean?
a)
La Pinta
b)
El Nino
c)
La Nana
d)
warm fronts
43.
Which of these would NOT be useful high up in a weather balloon?
a)
anemometer
b)
rain gauge
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
44.
Layer of atmosphere that is the warmest?
a)
troposphere
b)
mesosphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
ozone
45.
Weather over a long period of time?
a)
storms
b)
climate
c)
weather
d)
Jet stream
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