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Weather Test Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is water vapor?

a)

thunder, lightning and rain

b)

very small droplets of water

c)

strong wind

d)

a lot of snow

2.
Which of the following is NOT part of the atmosphere?
a)
mesosphere
b)
earthosphere
c)
thermosphere
d)
exosphere
3.

We use a thermometer to measure...

a)

hot

b)

cold

c)

temperature

d)

water vapor

4.

Which tool measures air pressure?

a)

Anemometer

b)

Barometer

c)

psychrometer

d)

Thermometer

5.

Which tool measures wind speed?

a)

Anemometer

b)

Barometer

c)

psychrometer

d)

Thermometer

6.

Which tool measures temperature?

a)

Anemometer

b)

Barometer

c)

psychrometer

d)

Thermometer

7.

which tool measures wind direction?

a)

Anemometer

b)

rain gauge

c)

psychrometer

d)

wind vane

8.

Which tool measures amount of rainfall?

a)

Anemometer

b)

rain gauge

c)

psychrometer

d)

wind vane

9.

The ultimate source of energy for the water cycle is the _______.

a)

Sun

b)

ocean

c)

storms

d)

wind

10.

At #2 clouds have formed because of?

a)

precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

accumulation

11.

What is happening at #4 in the picture?

a)

precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

accumulation

12.

If water flows down the surface of the hill into #5 what is this called?

a)

absorbtion

b)

ground water

c)

run off

d)

accumulation

13.

what is happening at #3 in the picture above?

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

14.

Any form of water that falls from the sky is called ________.

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Dew

15.

Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called?

a)

Astronomers

b)

Climatologists

c)

Meteorologists

d)

Weatherologists

16.

The heat from the sun's rays is an example of _________.

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

17.

Which layer of the atmosphere burns up meteors?

a)

mesosphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

thermosphere

d)

troposphere

18.

Large clouds that produce thunderstorms are called?

a)

Cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

19.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Stratus

20.

When clouds are created, what has happened to the gas particles? (pick 2)

a)

cool

b)

heat up

c)

condense

d)

spread out

21.

When water evaporates from the surface of the earth into the sky, what happened to the particles? (pick 2)

a)

slow down

b)

speedup

c)

gas

d)

spread out

22.

Run off is what state of matter?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

gas

23.

This symbol is for what type of front?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded front

24.

This symbol is for what type of front?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded front

25.

This symbol is for what type of front?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded front

26.

What type of front is heading towards Michigan?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded front

27.
Nitrogen makes up what percent of our atmosphere?
a)
21%
b)
1%
c)
87%
d)
78%
28.

Oxygen makes up ____% of the gases in the atmosphere.

a)

21

b)

40

c)

60

d)

80

29.
Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant?
a)
Argon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
30.

What percentage of our atmosphere is made up of trace gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, methane and helium?

a)

1%

b)

21%

c)

78%

d)

17%

31.
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
32.
What are the 2 most abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere?
a)
carbon dioxide and oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide and nitrogen
c)
nitrogen and oxygen
d)
nitrogen and hydrogen