WorksheetsFriday Quiz! Air Masses, Fronts, and Clouds
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How do we name air masses?
a)
Water and temperature
b)
Air pressure
c)
Humidity and temperature
d)
Cold and warm
2.
A dry and cold air mass would be...
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical
3.
A dry and hot air mass would be...
a)
Maritime arctic
b)
Maritime tropical
c)
Continental tropical
d)
Continental polar
4.
What type of storm front if this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front
5.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
6.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front
7.
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet, but they push at each other and neither one can move, it is called a/an -
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
8.
The boundary between two air masses is called a/an -
a)
flood
b)
front
c)
climate
d)
storm
9.
A/An ____ is a large body of air that has the same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.
a)
front
b)
air mass
c)
cloud
d)
tornado
10.
3. What type of cloud is made of ice crystals and forms high up in the sky?
a)
Cumuls
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
11.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/humid
d)
warm/dry
12.
What type of front moves quickly and can produce severe thunderstorms?
a)
Stationary
b)
Warm
c)
Cold
d)
Occluded
13.
What type of air mass is the highlighted arrow?
a)
cold/dry
b)
cold/humid
c)
warm/dry
d)
warm/humid
14.
Which is the correct symbol for an occluded front?
a)
b)
c)
d)
15.
Which is the correct symbol for a stationary front?
a)
b)
c)
d)
16.
What type of front occurs when a warm air mass gets cut-off from the ground by two cool air masses?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
17.
What type of air mass is associated with warm and humid air?
a)
Continental tropic
b)
Maritime tropic
c)
Continental polar
d)
Maritime polar
18.
Warm air moving upwards from the Gulf of Mexico is:
a)
continental tropical
b)
continental polar
c)
maritime tropical
d)
maritime polar
19.
Cold air (RISES/ FALLS) _________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
20.
Hot air (RISES / FALLS) __________.
a)
RISES
b)
FALLS
21.
Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.
a)
dust
b)
water
c)
cloud particles
d)
precipitation
22.
They are highest clouds in the sky. They look curly, white and feathery. Usually mean good weather.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Stratus
23.
This is sometimes called a thunderhead cloud. It looks very tall like mountains and heavy rain comes from it.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
d)
Cumulonimbus
24.
They are low in the sky and look soft and fluffy.
a)
Cirrus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cumulus
d)
Stratus
25.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
26.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
27.
During which part of the water cycle does a cloud form?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
Run off
28.
Clouds are classified by their
a)
color and size
b)
color and shape
c)
height and size
d)
height and shape
29.
Identify this cloud type (in the pic behind the question)
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
stratus
d)
cumulonimbus
30.
What cloud is pictured?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Cirrus
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