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Weather Quizizz 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes wind?

a)

rotation of the earth

b)

pressure differences

c)

sun's energy

d)

gravity of the moon

2.

What is this diagram showing?

a)

land breeze

b)

low pressure system

c)

high pressure system

d)

sea breeze

3.

What is this diagram showing?

a)

land breeze

b)

sea breeze

c)

thunderstorms

d)

blizzards

4.

How does the air move in a sea breeze?

a)

wind moves from north to south

b)

wind moves from ocean to the land

c)

wind moves from the land to the ocean

d)

wind moves from south to north

5.

In a sea breeze, the air is warmer above the _____.

a)

land

b)

sky

c)

ocean

d)

beach

6.

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

a)

down

b)

up

c)

left

d)

right

7.

Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

a)

left

b)

up

c)

down

d)

right

8.

The whispy high clouds that has the latin root "curl" or "fringed"

a)

stratus

b)

nimbus

c)

cumulus

d)

cirrus

9.

Westerlies blow in which direction?

a)

east to west

b)

west to east

c)

south to north

d)

north to south

10.

Easterlies blow in which direction?

a)

west to east

b)

north to south

c)

east to west

d)

south to north

11.

Narrow bands of strong winds that blow near the top of the troposphere are referred to as what?

a)

Westerlies

b)

Jet Stream

c)

Easterlies

d)

Trade Winds

12.

What is the temperature in this model?

a)

80

b)

76

c)

129

d)

1012

13.

What is the pressure in this model?

a)

80

b)

76

c)

1012.9

d)

129

14.

What is the wind speed in this model?

a)

10

b)

80

c)

76

d)

129

15.

What is the percent cloud cover in this model?

a)

25

b)

50

c)

75

d)

0

16.

What is the station model code for a barometric pressure of 980 mb?

a)

980

b)

800

c)

98

d)

80

17.

High Pressure is associated with this type of weather...

a)

Cloudy/Overcast Weather

b)

Cold Weather

c)

Warm Weather

d)

Fair Weather

18.

Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather...

a)

Cloudy/Overcast Weather

b)

Cold Weather

c)

Warm Weather

d)

Fair Weather

19.

Our weather generally moves in this direction...

a)

west to east

b)

north to south

c)

south to north

d)

east to west

20.

A low pressure system is located over Georgia. What type of weather will they have?

a)

Cloudy/Rainy

b)

Clear Sunny Skies