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Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the characteristics of a high-pressure system?

a)

Clear skies and sun

b)

Wind and rain

c)

Humidity and thunder

2.

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

a)

Winds blow harder at night

b)

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

c)

The temperature depends on energy from the sun

3.

If the air is only holding one-third as much moisture as it can possibly hold, what is the relative humidity?

a)

50

b)

33

c)

67

d)

22

4.

What is weather?

a)

The speed of the wind

b)

The state of the atmosphere at any particular time.

c)

The number of clouds in the sky

d)

The amount of moisture in the air

5.

Absolute humidity is how much water the air can hold; relative humidity represents how much water the air actually holds

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Why can´t you see water vapor?

a)

There is very little of it

b)

it is too high up in the air

c)

It is a clear colorless gas

7.

What part of the sky are stratus clouds in?

a)

Low Pressure

b)

High Pressure

c)

Mid Pressure

8.

What type of cloud is made up of ice particles?

a)

Altostratus

b)

Nimbostratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Altocumulus

9.

Why does participation happen?

a)

It happens when water evaporates.

b)

It happens when water vapor turns into a cloud

c)

It happens when many water droplets form together

10.

______helps scientists learn about temperatures and precipitation long ago. Wide rings indicate a good growing season that was long or wet.

a)

Leaves

b)

Tree Rings

c)

Ice Cores

11.

Which is a natural source of Greenhouse gases?

a)

deforestation

b)

aerosols

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

volcanic eruptions

12.

The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

True or False: All of the radiation from the Sun is absorbed by the Earth

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A super-powerful greenhouse gas that traps up to 4 times more heat in Earth's atmosphere is:

a)

oxygen

b)

gasoline

c)

water vapor

d)

methane

15.

What happens to the temperature if more greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere?

a)

Temperature goes up

b)

Temperature goes down

16.

Classify the 4 major types of air masses according to moisture content:

Hint: Polar and Tropics

4 lines
17.

What are the four fronts?

4 lines
18.

What is the weather like after the weather?

a)

Heavy Rain

b)

Sand Storms

c)

Warm and windy

19.

A warm front arrives fast or slow?

a)

fast

b)

slow

20.

Which front is most complex according to the guided notes?

a)

Occluded Front

b)

Stationary Front

c)

Warm Front

d)

Cold Front

21.

What is the weather after a Stationary front?

a)

Cold and Sunny

b)

Cloudy and rainy

c)

Warm and sunny

d)

Sand sorms

22.

Thunderstorms form in large __________ clouds

a)

Strato

b)

Cumulonimbus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Alto

23.

What is Thermal Energy?

a)

Large container that holds hot or cold liquids.

b)

The energy in an object due to the kinetic energy of its particles (or its temperature).

c)

Something you wear

24.

How do you get your energy?

a)

From exercising

b)

From eating

c)

From drinking

d)

All the above

25.

Large masses of ice that move slowly across the land are (a)