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Weather Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What part of Earth recieves the most direct sunlight?
a)
The Equator
b)
The Tropics
c)
The Poles
d)
North America
2.
A High Pressure system generally brings...
a)
Wet Weather
b)
Clear Skies
c)
Thunderstorms
d)
Tornadoes
3.

Atmospheric conditions with short term changes of a certain place and at a certain time is called

a)

Climate

b)

Weather

c)

Both Climate and Weather

4.

Pressure moves from

a)

Low to High

b)

High to Low

c)

It depends on the temperature

d)

It depends on the wind speed

5.

Warm air molecules are

a)

Less dense and move slow

b)

Less dense and move fast

c)

More dense and move slow

d)

More dense and move fast

6.

Tools that measure the average kinetic energy of molecules is called

a)

Hygrometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Barometer

7.

Which tool measures air pressure?

a)

Wind sock

b)

Thermometer

c)

Barometer

d)

Anemometer

8.
A pattern of warm air rising and cooler air sinking is called
a)
Convention Ride
b)
Coriolis Effect
c)
Convection Cell (current)
d)
Conduction Cell
9.
What is the MAIN cause of winds?
a)
humidity
b)
earth's tilted axis
c)
the gravitational pull of the moon
d)
the unequal heating of the earth's surface
10.
Hot air rises because it is less dense. What does this mean for the air pressure?
a)
It's lower
b)
It's higher
11.
What kind of weather do you expect when the air pressure is LOW?
a)
cool and dry
b)
cloudy and rainy
12.
What kind of pressure system is on the right?
a)
High
b)
Low
13.
Which direction will the wind blow?
a)
from the land towards the sea
b)
from the sea towards the land
c)
it won't blow in this situation
d)
it will blow down to the sea
14.
The sun heats the Earth's surface by which type of heat transfer?
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Thermohaline
15.
The heat from a hot burner to a pot is transferred by ______.
a)
convection
b)
insulation
c)
radiation
d)
conduction
16.
When the light bulb heats the wax, the wax rises. When the wax cools, it falls. This cycle of rising/falling is an example of:
a)
Conduction.
b)
Convection.
c)
Radiation.
d)
Torque.
17.
What will the cold front do to the warm air?
a)
push the warm air down creating a high pressure system
b)
push the air up, making it cool, condense and form clouds
c)
Push the warm air backwards
18.
How does the Gulf Stream affect the land it moves next to?
a)
It brings cooler temperatures
b)
It brings warmer temperatures
c)
It brings dangerours marine life
d)
It doesn't have an affect on the land
19.
What kind of winds blow cold air from the poles and from the east?
a)
Polar Easterlies
b)
Sea Breeze
c)
Land Breeze
d)
Trade Wind
20.
What instrument measures rainfall?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Rain Gauge
d)
Thermometer
21.
Which clouds are considered precipitation clouds?
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulus
c)
Nimbus
d)
Cirrus
22.
What is caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface; also known as convection?
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Wind
c)
Temperature
d)
Humidity
23.
Which clouds appear on clear sunny days; cotton ball shaped?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus 
c)
Cirrus
d)
Nimbus
24.
What forms a boundary between warm and cold air and causes weather to change?
a)
Trade Wind
b)
Jet Stream
c)
Prevailing Westerlies
d)
Polar Easterlies
25.
Which clouds look like a grey/white blanket and may possibly bring precipitation?
a)
Stratus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Nimbus
d)
Cumulus
26.
Which winds blow warm air from the equator from the east?
a)
Ocean Breeze
b)
Land Breeze
c)
Trade Winds
d)
Jet Stream
27.
Which clouds are wispy and feather like and indicate a change in weather?
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Nimbus
d)
Stratus
28.
Which winds blow from the west and impact the United States and NC?
a)
Prevailing Westerlies
b)
Trade Winds
c)
Jet Stream
d)
Polar Easterlies
29.
Which instrument measures wind speed?
a)
Wind Vane
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Anemometer
d)
Barometer
30.
Determines the direction the wind is blowing from.
a)
Wind Vane
b)
Rain Gauge
c)
Hygrometer
d)
Anemometer
31.

Which picture shows cirrus clouds?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

A mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth like a blanket.

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

33.

Gas in the atmosphere that protects the Earth from the Sun's rays

a)

atmosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

ozone

d)

nitrogen

34.

The gas that makes up most of Earth’s atmosphere

a)

lifting

b)

troposphere

c)

wind funnel

d)

nitrogen

35.

The highest layer of the atmosphere is

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

36.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

37.

Meteor showers occur in the

a)

troposhphere

b)

mesosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

exosphere

38.

As you get farther away from the Earth, the layers of the atmosphere get

a)

colder

b)

warmer

39.

This is an example of

a)

rain shadow effect

b)

lifting

c)

wind funnel

40.
As you climb up a mountain what happens to the air pressure?
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
41.

Where do MARITIME air masses form?

a)

Over water

b)

Over land

42.

Where do CONTINENTAL air masses form?

a)

Over water

b)

Over land

43.

Which type of air mass is COLD and HUMID?

a)

Maritime Polar

b)

Maritime Tropical

c)

Continental Polar

d)

Continental Tropical

44.

Which type of air mass is HOT and HUMID?

a)

Maritime Polar

b)

Maritime Tropical

c)

Continental Polar

d)

Continental Tropical

45.

Which type of air mass is COLD and DRY?

a)

Maritime Polar

b)

Maritime Tropical

c)

Continental Polar

d)

Continental Tropical

46.

Which type of air mass is HOT and DRY?

a)

Maritime Polar

b)

Maritime Tropical

c)

Continental Polar

d)

Continental Tropical

47.

A _________ can from when a rapidly spinning column of low pressure air, called a funnel cloud touches the ground.

a)

thunderstorm

b)

hurricane

c)

tornado

48.

A _____________ is a large, rotating low-pressure system that forms over the warm waters of oceans near the equator.

a)

tornado

b)

hurricane

c)

thunderstorm

d)

flooding

49.

The most dangerous aspect of a hurricane that comes ashore is the ________.

a)

storm surge

b)

eye wall

c)

wind speed

d)

rainfall

50.
What type of cloud does thunderstorms and tornadoes form in?
a)
cumulus 
b)
cumulonimbus 
c)
stratus 
d)
nimbus 

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