WorksheetsNatural Hazards: Weather
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
A high pressure system (H) is moving to the southeast as shown on the weather map. Cold air is usually found north and west of a high pressure system. Warm air is to the south and east of the front. Based on this information, what is the best prediction for weather on the day after the system passes the point marked X?
wet air with cooler temperatures
Wet air with warmer temperatures
drier air with cooler temperatures
drier air with warmer temperatures
As a warm moist air mass moving northward collides with a strong cold air mass moving southward, what observations will most likely be made?
Clouds begin to form.
Thick fog develops.
Winds die down.
Temperatures increase.
Where does the energy for a storm come from?
A difference in gravity between different regions of air
A difference in electrical charge between different clouds
A difference in temperature between different regions of air
A difference in size between different clouds
A scientist used a model to predict the path of a hurricane. The hurricane followed a similar path but did not follow the exact path that was predicted. How does this example demonstrate a limitation of models?
Models cannot be used to predict things
Models cannot account for how every factor may suddenly change.
Models can be used to predict weather events before the event occurs.
Models can be used to only show physical structures, not events such as hurricanes.
During the year 2003, the number of earthquakes that occurred was higher than usual. The map shows the locations of some of these earthquakes.
Which question does the information on this map help answer?
How often do earthquakes happen?
When will the next earthquake happen?
Where are earthquakes likely in the future?
What will be the strength of the next earthquake?
What is a warm front?
advancing mass of warm air
light rains
advancing mass of cold air
thunderstorms
What is a cold front?
A place on the Earth where cold air is moving into a new area
when cold air has just past a day a go
Warm air moving to another area
warm air that already passed
