Worksheetsweather and climate!
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
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 does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
4.
Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
5.
Cold air (RISES/ FALLS) _________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
6.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate?
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
7.
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
8.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
9.
Number 4 in the diagram illustrates what part of the water cycle?
a)
Condensation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Runnoff
d)
Precipitation
10.
What type of clouds are pictured?
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulous
d)
Nimbus
11.
What type of cloud is pictured?
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulous
d)
Nimbus
12.
What type of cloud means "tendril" in latin?
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
stratus
d)
fog
13.
True or False: Fog is a cloud that has fallen from the sky.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Which season is shown in the southern hemisphere?
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
d)
fall
15.
Which is a period of dryer weather than normal?
a)
drought
b)
equinox
c)
monsoon
d)
upswelling
16.
What do seasons, El Nino, and Ice Ages have in common?
a)
they all alternate between northern and southern hemispheres
b)
they all occur on the same time scales
c)
they are all climate cycles
d)
they all depend on Earth's distance from the Sun
17.
When do equinoxes occur?
a)
mid summer and winter
b)
mid spring and fall
c)
the beginning of summer and winter
d)
the beginning of spring and fall
18.
In what year was the average global temperature lowest between 1880 and 2000?
a)
1880
b)
1900
c)
1940
d)
2000
19.
What do greenhouse gases do?
a)
absorb Earth's outgoing infrared radiation
b)
reflect Earth's incoming infrared radiation
c)
magnify ultraviolet radiation in the atmosphere
d)
block the Sun's infrared radiation
20.
Which of these negative effects is most likely to occur because of global warming?
a)
rising sea levels
b)
shorter growing seasons
c)
increased volcanic eruptions
d)
falling sea levels
21.
Which natural process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
a)
forest fires
b)
volcanic eruptions
c)
cellular respiration
d)
photosynthesis
22.
Compared with weather patterns, climate patterns are more _____.
a)
severe
b)
long term
c)
local
d)
unusual
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