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Earth Systems & Processes

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Usually brings fair, sunny weather

a)

High pressure

b)

Low pressure

c)

Altitude

d)

Thunderstorm

2.

Electrical Storm

a)

Another name for Thunderstorm

b)

Low pressure

c)

High pressure

d)

Hurricane

3.

Air mass

a)

A large mass of Air

b)

Thunderstorm

c)

Air pressure

d)

Pressure gradient

4.

Eaporation

a)

When water turns into vapor

b)

When vapor turns into water

c)

When clouds cover up the sun

d)

Transpiration

5.

Condensation

a)

When water turns into water vapor

b)

When water vapor turns into liquid water.

c)

When temperatures go below 60 degrees

d)

Precipitation

6.

Precipitation

a)

Anything that falls from the sky.

Water, snow, hail, etc.

b)

When a warm air mass

c)

Water in the form of gas

d)

Heat energy

7.

Atmosphere

a)

The envelope of gases that surrounds Earth. Nitrogen (78%), Oxygen (21%), Argon (0.93%), trace gases and water vapor.

b)

A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

c)

A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object

d)

Climates

8.

Climates

a)

Tropical -Dry -Mild -Continental - Very cold and dry - Polar - Hot and Humid/ wet -Desert - Warm and Humid - Humid and cold forest.Typical weather patterns over a period of time in a certain location

b)

The change from a gas to a liquid

c)

Water vapor

d)

Condensation

9.

Low pressure

a)

A mass of rising warm air that usually brings wet, stormy weather.

b)

Thunderstorms

c)

Transpiration

d)

The outermost shell of the atmosphere, between the mesosphere and outer space, where temperatures increases steadily with altitude.

10.

Exosphere

a)

The outer layer of the thermosphere, extending outward into space.

b)

The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a particular time and place.

c)

Scientists who study the causes of weather and tries to predict it.

d)

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

Meteorologist

11.

Thunderstorms

a)

Cumulonimbus clouds, heavy rain, thunder, lightning, hail. Low pressure, unstable air and moisture in the air create a thunderstorm. A cumulonimbus cloud forms.

b)

Transpiration

c)

Electrical storms

d)

Map shows storms, air masses, temperatures, wind speeds, wind directions, cloud cover, precipitation and fronts

12.

When a cold and warm front move into each other but neither seem to move, this is called a:

a)

Warm front

b)

Cold front

c)

Ozone layer

d)

Stationary front