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Weather

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which step of the water cycle turns liquid water into water vapor?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

2.

Which step of the water cycle turns water vapor back into water droplets?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

3.

Which step of the water cycle is the release of water through plants' leaves?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

4.

Which step of the water cycle is when water comes down in the form of water, snow, hail, or sleet?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

5.

What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere? (Closest to Earth)

a)

stratosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

thermosphere

6.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains our ozone layer?

a)

stratosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

thermosphere

7.

Which layer of the atmosphere is broken into the ionosphere and exosphere?

a)

stratosphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

thermosphere

8.

What is the naturally occurring process that keeps Earth warm by trapping heat using gases in our atmosphere?

a)

global warming

b)

el Nino

c)

greenhouse effect

d)

global winds

9.

Which gas traps the most heat?

a)

oxygen

b)

water vapor

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

fluoride

10.

What is a small storm often accompanied by heavy precipitation and frequent thunder and lightning?

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

storm

11.

What is a rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a thunderstorm?

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

storm

12.

What is a tropical cyclone?

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

d)

storm

13.

What is the distance above sea level called?

a)

air pressure

b)

altitude

c)

density

d)

atmosphere

14.

What are long-term/average conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area?

a)

temperate zone

b)

weather

c)

climate

d)

habitat

15.

Warm air______

a)

rises

b)

falls

16.

Cold air _______.

a)

rises

b)

falls

17.

Cold air is ______ dense.

a)

more

b)

less

18.

What measures how hot or cold the air is?

a)

barometer

b)

thermosphere

c)

thermometer

d)

anemometer

19.

What indicates the direction the wind is coming from?

a)

wind vane

b)

anemometer

c)

wind gauge

d)

thermometer

20.

What do meteorologists use to show the weather patterns to us?

a)

weather.com

b)

wind vane

c)

thermometers

d)

weather maps

21.

What is used to monitor Earth's weather from space and send information back?

a)

weather satellite

b)

weather balloon

c)

weather map

d)

ISS

22.

What shows direction?

a)

wind vane

b)

compass

c)

map

d)

rain gauge

23.

What carries an instrument pack into the atmosphere and brings back information when it returns to Earth?

a)

wind vane

b)

weather satellite

c)

weather balloon

d)

satellite

24.

What measures atmospheric pressure?

a)

anemometer

b)

weather map

c)

barometer

d)

pressure gauge

25.

What measures the amount of rainfall?

a)

a pond

b)

rain tool

c)

ruler

d)

rain gauge

26.

A warm front is accompanied by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Cold fronts happen very quickly.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Cold air is more dense than warm air.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

Temperature increases as altitude increases (as you go up).

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Where do maritime air masses occur?

a)

over the tropics

b)

over water

c)

over the poles

d)

over land

31.

What type of front does this represent?

a)

cold

b)

warm

c)

occluded

d)

stationary

32.

What type of front does this represent?

a)

cold

b)

warm

c)

occluded

d)

stationary

33.

What type of front does this represent?

a)

cold

b)

warm

c)

occluded

d)

stationary

34.

What type of front does this represent?

a)

cold

b)

warm

c)

occluded

d)

stationary

35.

Who is having an occluded front?

a)

Montana

b)

New Mexico

c)

Arizona

d)

Texas

36.

Which month did it rain the least in 1993?

a)

August

b)

November

c)

July

d)

none of the above