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Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do winds change during the day and night near a beach?

a)

The warm air over land sinks and stays there

b)

The warm air over water sinks and stays there

c)

The temperature over air and the land change

d)

Cool air sinks over the land and stays there

2.

How does air move?

a)

Warm air rises and cool air sinks

b)

Warm air sinks and cool air rises

3.

What kind of weather would you expect when you have decreased air pressure?

a)

Warm temperatures

b)

Cool temperatures

c)

Clear conditions

d)

Cloudy conditions

4.

What kind of weather would you expect in a low pressure system?

a)

Rain

b)

Clear skies

5.

What kind of weather would you expect in a high pressure system?

a)

Warm temperatures

b)

Cool temperatures

c)

Clear conditions

d)

Cloudy conditions

6.

What kind of weather would you expect in a high atmospheric pressure system?

a)

Rain

b)

Clear skies

7.

How does wind move?

a)

From area of high pressure to low pressure

b)

From areas of low pressure to high pressure

8.

Why do we have winds on Earth?

a)

Because of the trade winds

b)

Because of earth’s orbit around the Sun

c)

Because earth receives the sun's rays unevenly

9.

What is climate?

a)

weather

b)

is the pattern of weather in a place over many years

c)

the temperature

10.

What is humidity?

a)

the patterns of weather

b)

the amount of water vapor in the air

c)

the amount of water

11.
Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant?
a)
Argon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
12.
The air in the troposphere has a greater density than the air in any other layer of the atmosphere,
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Temperature in the stratosphere warms as altitude increases.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Temperature decreases as altitude increases in the Thermosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
In which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
a)
Mesosphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
Troposphere
16.
What causes the temperature to increase in the stratosphere?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Ozone
c)
Water Vapor
d)
carbon dioxide
17.

Which order is correct from the earth to space?

a)

thermosphere

troposphere

exosphere

mesosphere

stratosphere

b)

thermosphere

troposphere

stratosphere

exosphere

mesosphere

c)

exosphere

thermosphere

mesosphere

stratosphere

troposphere

d)

troposphere

thermosphere

troposphere

stratosphere

exosphere

mesosphere

18.

Why is the temperature lower at night than during the day?

a)

There are more clouds at night to block the sun's rays

b)

Winds blow harder at night

c)

The temperature depends on energy from the sun

d)

There is less water in the air at night

19.
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
20.
The temperature at which water vapor condenses is the 
a)
relative humidity
b)
humidity
c)
freezing point
d)
dew point
21.
What are the four classes of clouds based on altitude?
a)
cirrus, nimbus, stratus, cumulus
b)
low, middle, high, vertically developed
c)
 troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere , thermosphere
d)
classes of clouds are not based on altitude
22.
This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined
a)
cirrus cloud
b)
cumulus cloud
c)
stratus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
23.
This type of cloud is thick and puffy on top, and generally flat on the bottom. It has well-defined edges and can change shape rapidly.
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cloud 9
24.
Why doesn't cloud formation take place until the dew-point temperature is reached?
a)
because dew-point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into water droplets
b)
cloud formation can take place at any temperature, and does not depend on the dew-point temerature
c)
because water sublimates at the dew-point temperature
d)
the dew-point temperature only applies on Earth's surface, not in the atmosphere
25.
Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?
a)
fair skies
b)
hot, sunny weather
c)
windy weather
d)
rainy weather
26.
Cumulus and cirrus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?
a)
fair skies
b)
hot, sunny weather
c)
windy weather
d)
rainy weather
27.

Which is the desert climograph?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

28.

Which climograph has the most precipitation during the winter?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

29.

Which climograph has the most precipitation during the summer?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

Which climograph has the largest degree difference between the average high and average low?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

31.

Which TWO climographs are closest to the equator (warmest)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.

Tropical Wet is ...?

a)

little variation, always hot, rain is spread out evenly

b)

rainy season in the summer & dry season in the winter

c)

receives little moisture, found around desert or interior of continents.

d)

receive less than 10 inches of rain per year

33.

An Ice Cap is......?

a)

experiences all four seasons, great variety in precipitation & temperature

b)

long & cold winters, cool & short summers, evergreen forest cover the land

c)

flat & treeless, cold temperatures, little precipitation

d)

snow ice & permanently freezing temperatures, Often called polar desert receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year

34.

Desert

a)

rainy season in the summer & dry season in the winter

b)

receives little moisture, found around desert or interior of continents

c)

receive less than 10 inches of rain per year

d)

snow ice & permanently freezing temperatures, Often called polar desert receives less than 10 inches of precipitation per year

35.

30° C is?

a)

Hot

b)

Nice

c)

Cold

d)

Ice

36.

20° is?

a)

Hot

b)

Nice

c)

Cold

d)

Ice

37.

10° is?

a)

Hot

b)

Nice

c)

Cold

d)

Ice

38.

0° is?

a)

Hot

b)

Nice

c)

Cold

d)

Ice

39.

0° is?

a)

Hot

b)

Nice

c)

Cold

d)

Ice

40.

In which month do they get the most precipitation in this location?

a)

January

b)

May

c)

August

d)

November

41.

How much precipitation does this location get in August?

a)

30 mm

b)

200 mm

c)

375 mm

d)

37 mm

42.

Which months have the warmest temperatures?

a)

December, January, February

b)

March, April, May

c)

June, July, August

d)

September, October, November

43.

What is the temperature in December?

a)

400 degrees Celsius

b)

14 degrees Celsius

c)

2 degrees Celsius

d)

14 degrees Fahrenheit

44.

Which month has the coldest temperature?

a)

January

b)

April

c)

September

d)

March

45.

When does the least precipitation occur?

a)

February - March

b)

April - May

c)

June - July

d)

November - December

46.

How would you describe this climate? (Pick 2)

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

Dry

d)

Wet

47.

When is there the most precipitation & highest temperatures?

a)

February

b)

July

c)

September

d)

December

48.

What is the highest temperature in this location?

a)

20 degrees Celsius

b)

90 degrees Celsius

c)

17 degrees Celsius

d)

100 degrees Celsius

49.

What is the most precipitation that this location has gotten in one month?

a)

17 mm

b)

90 mm

c)

20 mm

d)

100 mm

50.

Which biome is represented by this data

a)

tundra

b)

desert

c)

grassland

d)

tropical rainforest

51.

How would you describe this climate in the summer? (Pick two)

a)

Hot

b)

Cold

c)

Dry

d)

Wet

52.

Which is the climograph most likely to represent a desert?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

53.

Which climograph has the most precipitation during the summer?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

54.

Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

Location A and B have steady temperatures throughout the year

b)

Location C is dry all year

c)

Location A and C have similar precipitation patterns with the same dry and wet seasons

d)

Location C and B have steady temperatures throughout the year

55.

Which of the following is NOT correct?

a)

Location C has warm and wet summers

b)

The summers in all 4 locations are dry

c)

Location A and C have both have periods where they get heavy rainfall

d)

Location C and B have steady temperatures throughout the year

56.

Temperature lapse rate is the rate ate which temperature

a)

Rises w.r.t elevation

b)

Falls w.r.t elevation

c)

Changes w.r.t elevation

d)

Changes exponentially w.r.t elevation

57.

Adiabatic lapse rate is the rate at which temperature

a)

Increases in a rising, expanding air parcel.

b)

Increases in a falling air parcel.

c)

Changes in a stationary air parcel.

d)

Decreases in a rising, expanding air parcel.

58.

Unsaturated air can hold more moisture. State whether the statement is true or false?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Either true or false

d)

Neither true or false

59.

Saturated adiabatic lapse rate is about

a)

6°Ckm\frac{6^{\degree}C}{km}

b)

5°Ckm\frac{5^{\degree}C}{km}

c)

9°Ckm\frac{9^{\degree}C}{km}

d)

4°Ckm\frac{4^{\degree}C}{km}

60.

Instability condition is given by,

a)

Actual lapse rate<DALR

b)

Actual lapse rate<SALR

c)

Actual lapse rate>DALR

d)

Actual lapse rate=DALR

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