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Weather Quiz (Hard)!

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Climate is the daily condition of the atmosphere.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

In the middle

d)

Neither

2.

Who studies weather?

(a)  

3.

Forecasts predict weather patterns.

a)

All of the above

b)

True

c)

False

d)

None of the above

4.

What is air pressure?

a)

What we breathe.

b)

The weight of the air pressing on a surface.

c)

A delicacy in Iceland.

d)

The air pushing every thing on this earth down.

5.

Air pressure is usually categorized as...

a)

Warm pressure and cold pressure

b)

Big pressure and little pressure

c)

Low pressure and high pressure

d)

There are no categories

6.

Low pressure areas are created when the air cools


Write True or False

(a)  

7.

Are high pressure areas are created when the air cools?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What is created when a warm air mass replaces a cold air mass?

(a)  

9.

Cold fronts are created when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What is a stationary front?

a)

A boundary that forms when a warm and cold air mass meet

b)

The front of a storm chaser van

c)

You made that up...

d)

Another name for "tornado"

11.

Cirrus clouds are feathery, and bring light rain and drizzle

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which cloud is white and puffy with fair weather?

(a)  

13.

Which cloud brings tall, dark storm clouds and thunderstorms?(sometimes tornadoes!)

(a)  

14.

Which cloud is a gray flat cloud that brings light rain or drizzle?

(a)  

15.

Precipitation is water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Rain is formed when...

a)

Clouds bump into each other

b)

People cry

c)

Water bottles in clouds get heavy and fall to the earth as rain.

d)

Liquid water droplets in clouds become heavy and fall to the earth as rain

17.

Snow is formed when...

a)

It's raining hard

b)

The water droplets in a cloud freeze, become larger, and fall to the ground

c)

They only form during hurricanes

d)

Someone does a snow dance

18.

Sleet is formed when...

a)

Snow freezes

b)

A meteorologist says so

c)

Snowflakes fall through warm air, melt, and refreeze

d)

Snowflakes fall through cold air, melt, and refreeze

19.

Hurricanes form over cold ocean water near the equator.


Write "True" or "False"

(a)  

20.

Tornadoes are formed when...

a)

Two air masses of different temperatures and humidity meet

b)

Two air masses of different temperatures and humidity repel

c)

A hurricane gets out of control

d)

When someone eats a tornado beef stick

21.

Thunderstorms are formed when...

a)

A cold air mass near the ground is covered by a warm air mass

b)

A warm air mass near the ground is covered by a cold air mass

c)

A tornado and hurricane meet

d)

Lightning strikes

22.

BONUS! Who is obsessed with graham crackers?

a)

Me

b)

George Lucas

c)

Bob The Crazed Man

d)

Wilma The Crazed Woman