WorksheetsWeather
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes wind to blow?
a)
Differences in longitude
b)
Shock waves from clouds
c)
Differences in air temperature and pressure
d)
The rotation of the earth
2.
When Earth's rotation causes the wind to curve
a)
cloudy
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
high pressure
d)
low pressure
3.
A front is
a)
where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
b)
a boundary where hot and cold air are separating
c)
a boundary where two different air masses meet
d)
where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds
4.
A cold front usually brings what kind of weather?
a)
snow
b)
sunny and fair
c)
heavy rain and/or thunderstorms
d)
cool and dry
5.
What is an air mass?
a)
a place where weather always changes in an extreme way
b)
a large body of air with the same temperature and moisture
c)
any cloud that produces rain, sleet, snow or hail
d)
any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing
6.
____________ air rises because it is ____________dense.
a)
Cool, Less
b)
Warm, Less
c)
Cold, More
d)
Warm, More
7.
The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
precipitation
d)
atmosphere
8.
Air travels
a)
from high pressure to low pressure
b)
from low pressure to high pressue
9.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
10.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
11.
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
climate
12.
This is sometimes called a thunderhead cloud. It looks very tall like mountains and heavy rain comes from it.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
d)
Cumulonimbus
13.
What heats the Earth's surface?
a)
the moon
b)
the sun
c)
the ocean
d)
the sky
14.
The layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is the _.
a)
thermosphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
mesosphere
d)
troposphere
15.
What causes GLOBAL winds to move in all directions?
a)
breezes
b)
coriolis effect
c)
westerlies
d)
easterlies
16.
Which types of winds cause weather in Idabel?
a)
Easterlies
b)
Trade Winds
c)
Westerlies
d)
we have no wind
17.
Global winds over the United States blow in which direction?
a)
east to west
b)
north to south
c)
south to west
d)
west to east
18.
What type of global wind is found at letter D?
a)
Doldrums
b)
Prevailing Westerlies
c)
Polar Easterlies
d)
Tradewinds
19.
Which global wind belt is found at letter A?
a)
Polar Easterlies
b)
Prevailing Westerlies
c)
Tradewinds
d)
Doldrums
20.
Which global winds directly effect weather in the U.S.?
a)
Trade Winds
b)
Prevailing Westerlies
c)
Polar Easterlies
d)
Doldrums
21.
Which National Weather Service alert means to take shelter IMMEDIATELY?
a)
watch
b)
warning
22.
This is where a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and neither one moves so there is a lot of precipitation.
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
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