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Wildfire's Wacky Weather

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The push of air against its surroundings is called?

a)

Air mass

b)

air pressure

c)

Bad Air - don't push

d)

troposphere

2.

An air mass

a)

has the same temperature and humidity though out

b)

usually high pressure

c)

usually low pressure

d)

is always formed in the north

3.

There are clear skies. What kind of weather is associated with this?

a)

high humidity

b)

low humidity

c)

low

d)

high

4.

Low pressure is moving throughout your town. You can expect?

a)

sunny skies

b)

your ears to pop

c)

clouds

d)

an earthquake

5.

Who makes predictions about the weather?

a)

Ms. Skinner's class

b)

Dumbledore

c)

Meteorologist

d)

Cloudologist

6.

A storm that produces thunder, lighting, strong winds and rain is called?

a)

blizzard

b)

a nimbus cloud

c)

dust storm

d)

thunderstorm

7.

Storms that form over the warm oceans water are?

a)

hurricanes

b)

tornadoes

c)

blizzard

d)

twisters

8.

The circular hole inside a hurricane is called?

a)

high pressure

b)

vortex

c)

eye

d)

a hole

9.

What best describes a hurricane?

a)

It doesn't last long

b)

has a vortex

c)

occurs over dry land

d)

the winds reach 119 km/hr

10.

Where does a tropical storm get its energy?

a)

power lines

b)

fast winds

c)

warm, moist ocean air

d)

Kanye West

11.

What is the weather like in the eye of the hurricane?

a)

winds are light, no rain

b)

the same as the rest of the hurricane

c)

there are tornadoes

d)

strong winds, rain

12.

What is the center of the tornado called?

a)

eye

b)

spinny winds

c)

vortex

d)

twister

13.

What do scientist use to determine the strength of a Tornado on the Fujita scale?

a)

direction of the tornado

b)

speed of wind and amount of damage

c)

whether there was hail or not

d)

the amount of rainfall

14.

What should people do in a tornado warning?

a)

board up the windows

b)

immediately take cover

c)

go to the store for supplies

d)

set up chairs outside and watch

15.

What is this symbol?

a)

The letter H

b)

High pressure

c)

Hello from Adele

d)

Hospital

16.

What is this symbol?

a)

low pressure

b)

lake ahead

c)

letter L

d)

no parking

17.

What does the warm front symbol look like?

a)

Row of diamonds

b)

Row of half suns

c)

Row of kids

d)

Row of triangles

18.

What does the low pressure symbol look like?

a)

Row of suns

b)

Row of kids

c)

row of triangles

d)

row of stars

19.

What is this weather instrument?

a)

pressure valve

b)

barometer

c)

thermometer

d)

windsock

20.

What instrument is used to measure rain in a storm?

a)

rain gauge

b)

ruler

c)

thermometer

d)

barometer

21.

What are the parts of the water cycle?

a)

Condensation, Swimming, sun

b)

Condensation, precipitation, water cycle

c)

Condensation, precipitation, evaporation

d)

Condensation, sun, run off