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Vocabulary Practice 3

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 13hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
It feels smooth.
a)
Qualitative 
b)
Quantitative
2.

There are 13 boys and 14 girls in fifth period.

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitative Data

3.
Helium balloons rise on earth because
a)
helium is less dense than air
b)
helium is more dense than air
c)
helium is cooler than air
d)
helium is warmer than air
4.
In heat transfer, heat always flows from the _______________ substance to the _______________ substance.
a)
Hotter to colder
b)
Colder to hotter
c)
Hotter to hotter
d)
Colder to colder
5.
A large house being heated by heater warms a house when the air is circulating.
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
insulation.
6.
Which of the following is the best example of conduction?
a)
A light bulb warming a lampshade
b)
An egg cooking in a frying pan
c)
Water boiling in a pot
d)
Gases circulating in the atmosphere
7.
Getting a sunburn on while spending the day on the beach
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
8.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
9.
Which is the opposite of condensation?
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
10.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
11.
Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
12.

When changing from a liquid to a gas, the water molecules are ____________________________.

a)

freezing and moving away from each other.

b)

evaporating and moving away from each other

c)

condensing and moving closer to each other

d)

evaporating and moving closer to each other

13.

When changing from a gas to a liquid, the water molecules are ____________________________.

a)

condensing and moving away from each other.

b)

evaporating and moving away from each other

c)

condensing and moving closer to each other

d)

freezing and moving closer to each other

14.

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

a)

water vapor

b)

precipitation

c)

ice

d)

air

15.

This provides the power to keep the water cycle running.

a)

The Sun

b)

The Earth

c)

The wind

d)

living things

16.
Daily temperature, daily rainfall, daily amount of sunshine
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
17.
Large body of air with the same temperature, pressure, and moisture characteristics is called?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
air mass
d)
jet stream
18.
______ is the average pattern for weather over a long period of time.
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
forecast
d)
sunlight
19.
The hemisphere where you live 
a)
equator
b)
southern
c)
northern
d)
eastern
20.
In summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?
a)
towards
b)
up
c)
down
d)
away
21.
Why is the Equator warmest?
a)
Because it is closest to the sun.
b)
Because it receives the most direct sunlight
c)
Because no clouds form here.
d)
Because it is far from the sun
22.

Characteristics of a Cirrus cloud..

a)

Thin clouds that look like feathers, high in the sky

b)

High in the sky, look like cotton balls bunched together

c)

usually mean rain

d)

Flat on bottom

23.
This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined
a)
cirrus cloud
b)
cumulus cloud
c)
stratus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
24.
What type of cloud is this?
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
stratus
d)
fog
25.
What kind of clouds are most likely to produce thunderstorms?
a)
cumulonimbus
b)
cirrus
c)
cumulus
d)
nimbostratus
26.
What is the name of this tool?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Rain Gauge
d)
Thermometer
27.
A rain gauge measures what?
a)
Air pressure
b)
Wind speed
wind speed
c)
Amount of rain fall
d)
Wind direction
28.
Which tool measures wind speed?
a)
Anemometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Barometer
d)
Wind Vane
29.
A low pressure system means we might have this weather.
a)
Sunny 
b)
A clear sky
c)
Dry day
d)
Stormy or wet
30.
A high pressure system means we might have this weather.
a)
Snow blizzard
b)
Sunny and dry
c)
Rain storm
d)
Tornado
31.
Which tool measures air pressure?
a)
Thermometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Wind Vane
d)
Hygrometer
32.
This tool measures the water vapor content of the air or the humidity.
a)
hygrometer
b)
sling psychrometer
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
33.

What climate zone is the red area in the picture?

a)

Polar zone

b)

Temperate zone

c)

Tropical zone

34.

Temperatures in the POLAR ZONES are...

a)

cold all year

b)

always warm

c)

warm in summer and cold in winter

35.

Temperatures in the TEMPERATE ZONES are...

a)

cold all year

b)

always warm

c)

warm in summer and cold in winter

36.

Temperatures in the TROPICAL ZONES are...

a)

cold all year

b)

always warm

c)

warm in summer and cold in winter

37.
What destroys a hurricane? 
a)
Strong vertical winds
b)
Cold water
c)
Movement over land
d)
All of the above
38.
The pressure inside a hurricane is _______.
a)
High
b)
Low
39.
When a warm air mass gently slides on top of a cold air mass, and you have drizzly rain and then warmer weather, what type of front is it?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
40.
What symbol is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
41.
Which type of front is associated with the front not moving in either direction?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
42.
A _______________ is formed when a warm and cold air mass meet
a)
front
b)
air mass
43.
When a cold air mass crashes into and pushes a warm air mass up, which kind of front is formed?
a)
warm front 
b)
cold front
44.
When a warm air mass stretches over a cold air mass, which kind of front is formed?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front 
45.
How many fronts are there?
a)
2
b)
6
c)
4
d)
0
46.
name this symbol
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
47.
What does this symbol indicate on a weather map? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
48.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
49.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold Front
d)
Warm Front
50.
Which type of front is pictured?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front