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Weather Factors Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name

Class

Date

Wind is the movement of air from ___ pressure to ____ pressure

high to low

low to high

zero to high

What is a Meteorologist?

Scientist who studies rocks

Scientist who studies diseases

Scientist who studies the causes of weather

Scientist who studies the Earth

Instruments used to measure wind

psychrometer, hygrometer

wind vane, hygrometer

thermometer, anemometer

anemometer, wind vane

The temperature at which water vapor condenses is the

relative humidity

humidity

freezing point

dew point

Clouds form in which step of the Water Cycle?

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

Run Off

convection cells

warm, less dense air rises

cool, dense air sinks

large, circular patterns of moving air

movement of air caused by differences in air pressure

What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

Land breeze - daytime

Land breeze - nighttime

Sea breeze - daytime

Sea breeze - nighttime

Where do MARITIME air masses form?

Over water

Over land

What type of air mass is found over EGYPT?

Maritime Polar

Maritime Tropical

Continental Polar

Continental Tropical

10.

Which type of air mass is HOT and DRY?

Maritime Polar

Maritime Tropical

Continental Polar

Continental Tropical

11.

A(n) _____________ is the boundary where two air masses meet.

air mass

storm

collision

front

12.

Type of cloud seen here?

cirrus

stratus

cumulus

cumulonimbus

13.

Type of cloud seen here?

cirrus

stratus

cumulus

cumulonimbus

14.

Type of cloud seen here?

cirrus

stratus

cumulus

cumulonimbus

15.

Fog is an example of a ground level ______ cloud.

cirrus

stratus

cumulus

cumulonimbus

16.

What type of air mass is described as dry and cold?

maritime tropical

arctic

continental polar

continental tropical

17.

What is the process that creates clouds?

precipitation

condensation

evaporation

transpiration

18.

We live in the __________________layer, a level of the atmosphere.

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Mesosphere

Exosphere

19.

What absorbs ultraviolet rays in the atmosphere?

troposphere

stratosphere

ozone layer

greenhouse gases

20.

The coldest layer.

troposphere

thermosphere

exosphere

mesosphere

21.

The hottest layer.

troposphere

thermosphere

exosphere

mesosphere

22.

What does the earth's atmosphere do?

help to regulate the temperature on Earth

Help UV rays to reach the Earth's surface

Creates meteors in the sky

Keep ocean waters cold

23.

Without the Greenhouse Effect the Earth would be

warm

cold

dead

24.

What is the greenhouse effect?

The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

The heating of a solid, such as a rock.

25.

An anemometer is used to measure...

rain fall

snow

wind speed

wind direction

26.

Weather is the current conditions outside.

True

False

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Weather Factors Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 31mins

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