WorksheetsWeather Unit Test Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
Determine which of these statements correctly describes the atmosphere.
The layer of melted rock inside Earth.
The blanket of air and dust around Earth.
The solid part of Earth.
All of Earth’s water.
The Troposphere has the greatest amount of pressure in Earth's atmosphere because:
It is the coldest layer
This is where all weather occurs
It has the greatest amount of density
The gravitational pull is strongest here
Which gas present in the atmosphere of Mars is the primary gas found in the atmosphere of Earth?
Nitrogen
Methane
Carbon dioxide
Argon
As you rise upwards through each layer of the atmosphere, air temperature_____________.
Varies depending on the season
Increases
Changes with each layer
Stays stable
Identify the atmospheric layer where all wether occurs.
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Troposphere
As you rise upwards in the atmosphere, air pressure _______________.
Decreases
Doesn't change
Follows direction of temperature
Increases
1. As water moves through the water cycle, the amount of water ______________.
Can't be measured
Decreases
Stays the same
Increases
Through which process do plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?
Desalination
Transpiration
Precipitation
Condensation
Identify which factor determines whether precipitation will be in the form of rain or snow.
Temperature
Humidity
Air pressure
Wind speed
When the surface of the Earth is NOT porous, it does not allow for water to be absorbed. This type of water is called _______________.
Dew
Ground water
Surface water
Transpiration
What is the correct order of the processes in the water cycle?
Condensation, precipitation, transpiration
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Precipitation, transpiration, evaporation
transpiration, condensation, evaporation
_______________ forms when water vapor changes from gas to liquid on a surface.
Rain
Hail
Frost
Dew
Describe how the greenhouse effect works.
Liquids in the atmosphere trap heat radiation
Too much sunshine reaching the Earth
Gasses in the atmosphere trap heat radiation
Too much heat escaping the atmosphere
Which of the following DOES NOT contribute to the excess of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere?
Increased emissions from factories and manufacturing plants
Planting new trees in your community
Deforestation - removal of forests
Burning fossil fuels for transportation
Which statement best summarizes how human activity has contributed to the composition of the Earth's atmosphere?
Humans have been pumping man-made oxygen into the atmosphere to increase the amount of breathable air
Humans produce oxygen through photosynthesis
Humans have made such drastic changes in their lives in the last 50 years that there is no more air pollution
Human produced pollution has contributed to greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere
Which of the following atmospheric gasses is a greenhouse gas?
Carbon dioxide
Helium
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Cities control the amount of pollution that is allowed to come from cars. How does this MOST LIKELY help people?
Cars can travel at higher speeds.
Skills of drivers increase.
Roads are safer to travel.
Air stays cleaner.
Which of these activities contribute the most to carbon emissions globally?
Burning fossil fuels
Deforestation
Using plastic water bottles
Agriculture
You notice that a cumulus cloud is beginning to darken. Which of the following statement is correct?
Mass of warm air is approaching.
It's going to be a nice day.
A thunderstorm may be coming.
The rain is over.
A low forming stratus cloud that is just above ground level is called________________.
Dew
Fog
Frost
Hail
Some cloud names include the prefix "nimbo". This means the cloud is producing:
Precipitation
Tornadoes
Fog
Fair weather
Very high, wispy clouds formed mostly of ice crystals are called:
Stratus clouds
Cumulonimbus clouds
Cirrus clouds
Cumulus clouds
When small, white puffy cumulus clouds appear in South Carolina, the weather that day will most likely be......
Windy
Fair
Rainy
Foggy
An altocumulus cloud is given it's name because it is a ________________.
High level cirrus cloud that is snow producing.
Low forming clouds that cover the sky.
Low forming rain cloud that has tall, dark heaps.
Middle level cloud that is small white heaps.
Look at the weather tool above and decide what it measures.
Temperature of the wind
Source of the wind
Direction of the wind
Force of the wind
What is the name of this instrument that determines the amount of precipitation received?
Thermometer
Rain gage
Barometer
Anemometer
What does the instrument above measure?
Wind direction
Air temperature
Atmospheric pressure
Speed of the wind
What is the name of the instrument above that measures the changes in air pressure?
Barometer
Anemometer
Thermometer
Wind sock
Read the thermometer above and decide what the expected high temperature is today.
80 degrees
75 degrees
70 degrees
65 degrees
Which weather instrument, made of a wet-bulb thermometer & a dry-bulb thermometer, measures relative humidity?
weather balloon
Digital thermometer
Dopler radar
Sling psychometer
Huge bodies of air that form over water or land in tropical or polar regions are called ________________.
Air masses
Land masses
Weather tools
Temperate zones
What are the 2 conditions within air masses that are most important in resulting weather conditions when air masses move?
Air pressure & cloud cover
Humidity & wind speed
Temperature & humidity
Wind speed & cloud cover
What forms at the boundaries as air masses meet?
Squall lines
Fog
Front
Fault lines
When a warm air mass collides & rides over a cold air mass, a ________________ results.
Warm Front
Cold Front
Occluded front
Stationary front
When neither a cold air mass NOR a warm air mass moves at a frontal boundary, a _______________ forms.
Warm front
Cold Front
Occluded front
Stationary front
When a cold air mass collides and slides under a warm mass, a ________________ forms.
Warm front
Cold front
Occluded front
Stationary front
Which of these statements is true?
Water heats up & cools down more slowly than land.
Water & land usually have about the same temperature.
Land heats up & cools down more slowly than Water.
Water heats up & cools down more quickly than land.
Which of these are set in motion by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface?
Waves of solar radiation
Surface-water runoff
Ocean waves
Convection currents
The Equator receives more _______________ than the poles.
cosmic dust
Solar radiation
Aurora borealis
Solar flares
The curving path of global winds is known as the _______________,.
Algae bloom
Butterfly effect
Coriolis Effect
Tilted axis
The global winds found from 0 ° to 30 ° S are known as the _______________.
Arctic blast
Easterlies
Solar winds
Trade winds
At night the air over the land cools faster than the air over the ocean. The air over the ocean is less dense, so it .......
Settles
Rises
Sinks
Spins clockwise
Identify which factor determines whether precipitation will be in the form of rain or snow?
air pressure
humidity
temperature
wind speed
While playing football on the field, Demetrius notices white, puffy cumulus clouds. What type of weather is he PROBABLY experiencing at that time?
Fair
Foggy
Rainy
Very windy
The weather man says that the air pressure is dropping. Which instrument did he use to get this information?
Anemometer
Barometer
Thermometer
Wind sock
When water vapor condenses, it falls back to the Earth as_______________.
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Plants release water vapor into the atmosphere in a process called.....
Transpiration
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Low pressure systems are usually associated with _______________ weather and the wind in these systems circulate in a _______________ direction.
good clockwise
good; counterclockwise
bad; clockwise
bad; counterclockwise
