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WorksheetsWeather Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of front is shown?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
2.
What type of front is shown?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
3.
What type of front is shown?
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front
4.
How do we name air masses?
a)
Water and temperature
b)
Air pressure
c)
Humidity and temperature
d)
Cold and warm
5.
What symbol is this?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
6.
This is the symbol for which type of front?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
7.
This is the symbol for a _____________ weather front.
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Stationary
d)
Occluded
8.
What happens to particles as they heat up?
a)
They slow down
b)
Nothing
c)
They don't move
d)
They speed up
9.
The baby chickens are kept warm from the heat lamps. This demonstrates what kind of heat transfer?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
10.
Energy that travels as electromagnetic waves is called ______
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
11.
Radiation is how energy from the sun is transferred to Earth.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
The transfer of thermal energy through a substance by direct contact is called___.
a)
conduction
b)
insulation
c)
convection
d)
radiation
13.
The transfer of thermal energy from one place to another by the the movement of fluids is
a)
convection
b)
conduction
c)
radiation
d)
thermal energy
14.
______ occurs when a cooler, denser mass of a liquid or gas replaces a warmer, less dense mass of a gas or liquid
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
15.
On a cold rainy day a baby is touching a cold window. It feels so cold. Which way is the heat moving moving?
a)
Cold is moving from the window to the hand.
b)
Heat is moving from the hand to the window.
c)
Heat doesn't move.
d)
It moves in currents
16.
When you use a microwave, what is the main way that heat is transferred?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
17.
Warm air rises and the cool air sinks demonstrates this type of heat transfer.
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation
18.
Which material is the best conductor of heat?
a)
glass
b)
styrofoam
c)
metal
d)
wood
19.
______________ = vents
a)
Conduction
b)
Convection
c)
Radiation
d)
Confusion
20.
Jenny poured some hot chocolate into a cup and stirred it with a metal spoon. She noticed the spoon was really warm. What is the best explanation for this?
a)
The spoon is a conductor.
b)
The spoon reflects heat.
c)
The spoon is an insulator.
d)
She touched the spoon first and waited to touch the cup.
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