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WorksheetsUnit 11
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 22mins
What landform is this?
Glacier
Valley
River
Plain
What type of landform is this?
Mesa
Valley
Canyon
Mountain
What type of landform is this?
Canyon
Mountain
Mesa
Peninsula
What type of landform is this?
Peninsula
Bay
Ocean
Delta
Imaginary lines that run East to West around the globe are...
Equators
Prime meridians
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
The name for lines of longitude are...
parallels
equators
meridians
prime meridians
The imaginary line at 0° latitude is the...
prime merdian
parallel
equator
meridian
The imaginary line at 0° longitude is the...
prime meridian
equator
parallel
meridian
What causes the Coriolis Effect?
The currents flowing through the ocean.
Abnormal climate events occurring every 2-7 years.
The rotation of the Earth.
The movement of cold water upward from the deep ocean.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Climate is related to an ecosystem's biome, whereas weather is not.
Weather is related to a location's latitude, climate is not.
Climate is precipitation and temperature over a long time, weather is short-term.
Climate is only concerned with temperature, weather includes both temperature and precipitation.
Which of these is not a wind pattern?
Prevailing westerlies
Gulf Stream
Jet Stream
Sea breeze
The winds that blow from E to W between 30° N and 30° S are the...
Polar Easterlies
Prevailing Westerlies
Trade Winds
Jet Stream
Cold winds that blow from E to W near the North and South Poles are...
Prevailing Westerlies
Trade Winds
Land Breezes
Polar Easterlies
Wind is...
An effect of ocean currents that is felt in Earth's atmosphere.
The movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
Caused by the rotation of the Earth around its axis.
The movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure.
The most powerful current in the North Atlantic Ocean is the...
North Atlantic Drift
Mississippi River
Jet Stream
Gulf Stream
Which of these are true about surface currents?
They affect water down to 1 kilometer.
They are driven mainly by winds.
They move in circular patterns.
They occur only in the Pacific Ocean.
Cold air formed over land is called a ____ air mass.
Maritime polar
Continental polar
Maritime tropical
Continental tropical
In the Southern Hemisphere, storms rotate...
clockwise
counterclockwise
Which areas are not part of any major biome?
Tundras
Deserts
Mountains
Grasslands
A large stream of water that flows through the oceans is called a(n)...
undertow
tide
current
tsunami
What kind of weather would a continental tropical air mass that formed over Northern Mexico bring to the Southwestern United States?
Hot and dry
Cold and wet
Warm and wet
Monsoon rains
Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called...
stratus clouds
cirrus clouds
nimbostratus clouds
cumulonimbus clouds
If you see this symbol on a weather map, what does it mean?
Cold front
Warm front
Occluded front
Stationary front
If you see this symbol on a weather map, what does it mean?
Warm front
Cold front
Occluded front
Stationary front
If you see this symbol on a weather map, what does it mean?
Warm front
Cold front
occluded front
Stationary front
If you see this symbol on a weather map, what does it mean?
Warm front
Cold front
Occluded front
Stationary front
A conifer...
Has leaves that change with the seasons.
Drops its leaves when the weather turns cold.
Has needle-like leaves.
Only grows at high altitudes.
A biome that receives 80-400 inches of rain a year is a...
Deciduous forest
Taiga
Temperate Rainforest
Tropical Rainforest
A biome is...
A group of land ecosystems with similar climates
A defined geographical area on a particular continent.
Defined by its latitude and longitude.
Specific to a particular region.
A warm front occurs when...
A warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can push the other out of the way.
A warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass and pushes the cold air out of the way.
A cold air mass overtakes a warm air mass and pushes the warm air out of the way.
A cold air mass catches up with a warm air mass and they move in the same direction together.
A cloud is...
Only found in the highest layers of the atmosphere.
Formed from an area of high pressure.
A visible mass of water or ice in the atmosphere.
Guaranteed to bring precipitation to the area it is over.
When looking at a weather map, how can you tell what direction a front is moving in?
By the color of the lines.
By the shapes and symbols on the lines.
By the direction that the symbols are pointed.
By the length of the line.
Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called...
Weatherologists
Storm chasers
Meteorologists
Climatologists
If an air mass forms over water, it is a _ air mass.
Polar
Tropical
Maritime
Continental
If an air mass forms over land, it is a _ air mass.
Polar
Tropical
Maritime
Continental
If an air mass comes from the North, it is likely a __ air mass.
Polar
Tropical
Maritime
Continental
If an air mass comes from the South, it is likely a ___ air mass.
Polar
Tropical
Maritime
Continental
Tropical maritime air masses bring what kind of weather?
Hot and dry
Cold and wet
Warm and wet
Cold and dry
An abnormal climate event that occurs every 2-7 years in the South Pacific is...
A hurricane
Jet Stream
El Nino
A tsunami
What kind of weather does low pressure bring?
Clear skies
Warm days
Hurricanes and tornadoes
Clouds and rain
What kind of weather does high pressure bring?
Clouds and rain
Storms and possible tornadoes
Extreme heat
Clear skies
