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Weather 6th grade (Watson Jackson F)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a cold front?

a)

When cold air pushes warm air up

b)

When warm air creeps over cold air

c)

When two cold air masses push up a warm air mass

d)

When two front meet but neither have enough energy to move the other

2.

What weather is most likely to happen during a front where neither air mass can move the other air mass

a)

Heavy rain over a long period of time

b)

Heavy rain over a short period of time

c)

Light rain over a long period of time

d)

Light rain over a short period of time

3.

Which symbol shows the front that would cause heavy rain and the formation of cumulonimbus clouds

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Trick question fronts don't exist

4.

What types of clouds signal fair weather and are highest

a)

Nimbus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Stratus

5.

What clouds have little definition and usually signal light rain over a long period of time

a)

Nimbus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Stratus

6.

What weather instrument is used to measure wind speed

a)

Anemometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Ceiliometer

d)

Rain gauge

7.

What tool is used to measure cloud height

a)

Wind vane

b)

Ceilometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Barometer

8.

What tools are used to measure relative humidity

a)

Hygrometer

b)

Barometer

c)

Sling Psychrometer

d)

Wind vane

9.

What tool is used to measure rainfall

a)

Ceilometer

b)

Anemometer

c)

Wind vane

d)

Rain gauge

10.

What imaginary lines signal areas of equal temperature

a)

Isotachs

b)

Isotherms

c)

Isobars

d)

Iso tired of these questions

11.

What layer does weather occur in

a)

The Troposphere

b)

The Stratosphere

c)

The Mesosphere

d)

The Thermosphere

12.

What is the study of weather over a long period of time called

a)

Metorology

b)

Climatology

c)

Biology

d)

Ceilology

13.

What is the study of the current weather called

a)

Meteorology

b)

Climatology

c)

Biology

d)

Ceilology

14.

What is the most prominent green house gas

a)

Oxygen

b)

CO2

c)

CFCs

d)

Argon

15.

What direction do low pressure systems move in

a)

Counter clockwise and inwards

b)

Clockwise and out wards

16.

What direction do High pressure systems move in

a)

Clockwise and inwards

b)

Counter clockwise and inwards

c)

Clockwise and outwards

d)

Counter clockwise and outwards

17.

What are air masses over land called

a)

Continental air masses

b)

Maritime air masses

c)

Ground air masses

d)

Sea air masses

18.

What are air masses over oceans called

a)

Humid air masses

b)

Wet air masses

c)

Maritime airmasses

d)

Sea air masses

19.

What are isobars

a)

Imaginary lines that signal areas of equal tempurature

b)

Imaginary lines that signal areas of equal humidity

c)

Imaginary lines that signal areas of equal pressure

d)

Imaginary lines that signal areas of equal wind speed

20.

What kind of clouds are these

a)

Nimbostratus

b)

Altocirrus

c)

Altocumulus

d)

Cirrus

21.

What is the cause of wind

a)

Trees and other plants producing oxygen

b)

Gravity pulling air off geographic features

c)

Waves on the ocean

d)

Unequal heating of the earth

22.

What are imaginary lines that signal areas of equal wind speed called

a)

Isobars

b)

Isotachs

c)

Isotherms

d)

Isoceilos

23.

What types of weather do low pressure system signal

a)

Bad

b)

Good

24.

What weather do high pressure systems signal

a)

Good

b)

Bad

25.

What global wind pattern affects South Carolina

a)

Trade winds

b)

Westerlies

c)

Prevailing westerlies

d)

Doldrums