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Air Masses, Fronts, Press. systems, storms, meteorology 2020

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What measures precipitation by bouncing radio waves off raindrops?

a)

Storm Surge

b)

Radar Image

c)

Station Model

d)

Surface Report

2.

Scientists who studies the causes of weather and then try to predict it.

a)

Storm surge

b)

Meteorologist

c)

Station Model

d)

Surface Report

3.

Is especially useful for measuring wind speed during severe weather.

a)

Radar image

b)

doppler radar

c)

station model

d)

surface report

4.

a rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch earth's surface.

a)

Lightening

b)

Hurricane

c)

Storm Surge

d)

Tornado

5.

Warm air is less dense, which causes it to:

a)

.

b)

.

c)

.

d)

Rise

6.

The amount of water vapor currently in the air compared to the maximum amount the air can hold at a specific temperature.

a)

Station Model

b)

Humidity

c)

Relative Humidity

d)

lightening

7.

Lines on a weather map that represent areas with the same air pressure.

a)

Blizzard

b)

Isobar

c)

Isotherm

d)

station model

8.

What orbits about 35,000 km above earth.

a)

humidity

b)

evacuate

c)

satelite

d)

satellite image

9.

a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands.

a)

Storm Surge

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Radar image

10.

a small storm accompanied by thunder and lightning and often by precipitation.

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tornado

c)

Thunderstorm

d)

Storm Surge

11.

A sudden spark, or electrical discharge, between parts of a cloud, between nearby clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.

a)

Lightening

b)

Blizzard

c)

Isotherm

d)

Tornado

12.

The amount of water vapor in the air.

a)

Humidity

b)

Relative Humidity

c)

Satellite

d)

evacuate

13.

what is a long period of less rain fall than normal

a)

Flood

b)

High Pressure system weather

c)

Drought

d)

Low Pressure System Weather

14.

a rising and overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land.

a)

Flood

b)

High Pressure System Weather

c)

Drought

d)

Low Pressure System Weather

15.

Over warm ocean water that is 80 degrees Fahrenheit or above.

a)

storm surge

b)

isotherm

c)

where hurricanes lose strenght

d)

where hurricanes form

16.

A tropical storm that has winds of 119 km per hour or higher.

a)

storm surge

b)

thunderstorm

c)

hurricane

d)

radar image

17.

This means "to move away temporarily"

a)

satellite

b)

evacuate

c)

blizzard

d)

humidity

18.

Lines on the weather map that represent the same air temperature.

a)

isotherm

b)

isobar

c)

High pressure system

d)

low pressure system

19.

Can be visible or infrared

a)

Isotherm

b)

Isobar

c)

Satellite

d)

Satellite Image

20.

Where do hurricanes lose strength?

a)

The eye of the hurricane

b)

Hurricane wall

c)

over land

d)

over the ocean

21.

cold air is more dense which causes it to

a)

rise

b)

sink

c)

rain

d)

form clouds

22.

Describe the eyewall of a hurricane

a)

calm

b)

strongest winds

c)

storm surge

d)

high pressure system

23.

Describe the eye of a hurricane

a)

calm

b)

strongest winds

c)

storm surge

d)

high pressure system

24.

Low pressure system weather

a)

hurricane

b)

blizzard

c)

warm and sunny

d)

stormy and cloudy

25.

What direction does the wind blow in a Cyclone (low pressure system)?

a)

Counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere due to the coriolis effect

b)

Clockwise in the northern hemisphere due to the coriolis effect

26.

What direction does the wind blow in and Anticyclone (High pressure system)

a)

Counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere due to the coriolis effect

b)

Clockwise in the northern hemisphere due to the coriolis effect

27.

Violent winter storm characterized by freezing temperatures, strong winds, and blowing snow.

a)

Isobar

b)

Blizzard

c)

Isotherm

d)

Storm surge

28.

High pressure system weather is:

a)

cloudy and stormy

b)

Sunny weather

c)

Rain

d)

blizzard

29.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Cold
d)
Warm
30.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Cold
d)
Warm
31.
What types of air masses form over oceans?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
32.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Warm
d)
Cold
33.
What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?
a)
Wet and cold
b)
Dry and warm
c)
Wet and warm
d)
Dry and cold
34.
What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?
a)
Wet and cold
b)
Dry and warm
c)
Wet and warm
d)
Dry and cold
35.
Which type of front is displayed?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
36.
Which type of front is displayed?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
37.
Which type of front is displayed?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
38.
Which type of front is displayed?
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
39.
When two different air masses collide...
a)
A front forms
b)
They casually become one
c)
A new planet evolves
d)
Dinosaurs become extinct
40.
When a cold front is approaching, what happens?
a)
warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
b)
warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
c)
warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
d)
cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms
41.
What type of storm front is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
42.
What type of weather would you expect to see after a cold front has passed through an area?
a)
cool and clear skies
b)
warm and humid
c)
thunderstorms
d)
foggy
43.
What type of weather would you expect to see after a warm front has passed through an area?
a)
cool and clear skies
b)
warm and humid
c)
thunderstorms
d)
foggy
44.
What direction is the cold front moving on the map? 
a)
Southwest
b)
Northwest
c)
Southeast
d)
Northeast
45.
What direction is the warm front moving on the map? 
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
46.

What type of front occurs when a warm air mass and a cold air mass do not have enough energy to move the other one out of the way?

a)

Warm front

b)

Cold front

c)

Stationary front

d)

Occluded front

47.

Which is the correct symbol for an occluded front?

a)
b)
c)
d)
48.

Which is the correct symbol for a stationary front?

a)
b)
c)
d)