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Weather and the Atmosphere

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which front would you expect to bring light rain, cloudy skies and followed by low pressure?

a)

Warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

2.

Which front would you expect severe weather, circulating winds, and followed by High pressure?

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

3.

If an occluded front passes through Ohio, what type of pressure would be left behind?

a)

high pressure

b)

low pressure

4.

Which is denser?

a)

cold air

b)

warm air

5.

What type of air can hold more water vapor?

a)

warm air

b)

cold air

6.

Clouds that can produce thunderstorms if large enough. 

a)

Alto

b)

Cirrus

c)

Stratus

d)

Cumulus

7.

These clouds are made of ice crystals

a)

Cirrus

b)

troposphere

c)

stratus

d)

nimbus

8.

Latin root that means to form in layers

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Nimbus

9.

This Latin root means middle altitude

a)

stratosphere

b)

stratus

c)

nimbus

d)

alto

10.

shooting stars are found in this layer of the atmosphere

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

exosphere

11.

The ozone layer is found in this layer of the atmosphere

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

exosphere

12.

This layer of the atmosphere is the warmest

a)

troposphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

stratosphere

d)

mesosphere

13.

Which is the layer of the atmosphere in which we live?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

14.

What are clouds that are produced by jet planes?

a)

contrails

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

d)

cirrus

15.

Latin roots that means precipitation

a)

nimbus

b)

cirrus

c)

stratus

d)

cumulus

16.

Weather exists in which layer of the atmosphere?

a)

mesosphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

thermosphere

17.

Which type of radiation is trapped on the earth by the greenhouse effect?

a)

x-ray

b)

gamma

c)

ultraviolet

d)

infrared

18.

The vertical movement of air due to the uneven heating of the earth is called

a)

radiation

b)

convection

c)

reflection

d)

conduction

19.

the global wind system which most influences the weather in North America is...

a)

polar easterlies

b)

westerlies

c)

trade winds

d)

doldrums

20.

Which is NOT one of three ways that energy is transferred?

a)

radiation

b)

conduction

c)

convection

d)

refraction

21.

What is the main energy source for heating on earth?

a)

moon

b)

sun

c)

winds

d)

ocean

22.

What convection region do the polar easterlies blow in?

a)

tropical

b)

polar

c)

temperate

d)

prevailing westerlies

23.

the ozone layer is responsible for trapping heat in the atmosphere, making the temperature of the earth suitable for us to live. this is called the...

a)

convection current

b)

green house effect

c)

ozone layer effect

d)

conduction

24.

What layer of the atmosphere has the aurora borealis in it?

a)

mesosphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

thermosphere

25.

a narrow belt of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere are called

a)

air pressure

b)

jet stream

c)

ozone layer

d)

convection cells

26.

curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to earth's rotation.

a)

Coriolis effect

b)

wind

c)

solar energy

d)

pressure belt

27.

The cycle in which warm air rises, cools and then sinks is called...

a)

pressure belt

b)

convection currents

c)

Coriolis effect

d)

jet stream

28.

the movement of air caused by differences in air pressure is called

a)

Coriolis effect

b)

jet stream

c)

ozone

d)

wind

29.

measurement of the force with which molecules push on a surface is called

a)

ozone layer

b)

air pressure

c)

convection current

d)

gravity

30.

Energy in the form of heat is known as...

a)

thermal

b)

sound

c)

nuclear

d)

light

31.

the protective atmospheric layer found in the stratosphere is known as...

a)

ozone layer

b)

troposphere

c)

magnetic field

d)

troposphere

32.

These are caused by uneven heating of the earth and occur every 30

a)

pressure belts

b)

clouds

c)

weather

d)

deserts

33.

energy from the sun is known as...

a)

electromagnetic

b)

electricity

c)

sound

d)

gravitational

34.

Air that travels in many large, circular patterns

a)

convection cells

b)

Coriolis effect

c)

pressure belts

d)

heat

35.

the boundary between air masses, where precipitation and storms occur

a)

front

b)

weather

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

nimbus

36.

group of air molecules with similar temperature and moisture content

a)

high pressure

b)

air mass

c)

humidity

d)

wind

37.

cool air sinking, clear skies, rotating clockwise represents which of the following?

a)

stationary front

b)

cold front

c)

high pressure

d)

low pressure

38.

This front is formed when a warm air mass is trapped between two cold air masses.

a)

stationary front

b)

warm front

c)

cold front

d)

occluded front

39.

This type of front contains alternating triangles and semicircles on opposite sides of the line. This occurs when two air massed of equal strength come together, or move parallel to one another.

a)

cold front

b)

stationary front

c)

occluded front

d)

warm front

40.

cloudy weather

a)

high pressure

b)

dew point

c)

overcast

d)

relative humidity

41.

The amount of water in the air compared to the maximum it can hold at a certain temperature.

a)

relative humidity

b)

dew point

c)

front

d)

air mass

42.

low pressure, also called a cyclone, rotates in this direction.

a)

up

b)

down

c)

counter-clockwise

d)

clockwise

43.

the amount of water in the air

a)

humidity

b)

dew point

c)

warm

d)

front

44.

When a warm air mass slowly squeezes a cold air mass out of the way, it is called a...

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

45.

The temperature at which the air cannot hold any more water vapor and condensation occurs.

a)

32 F

b)

100 F

c)

212 F

d)

the dew point temperature, it varies

46.

High pressure, also called an anti-cyclone, rotates in this direction.

a)

up

b)

down

c)

clockwise

d)

counter-clockwise

47.

Represented by blue triangles, this front occurs when a cold air mass plows a warm air mass out of the way.

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

occluded front

d)

stationary front

48.

What type of air mass brings us dry, cold weather in the winter?

a)

continental tropical air mass

b)

maritime polar air mass

c)

continental polar air mass

d)

maritime tropical air mass

49.

What type of air mass brings humid, warm weather from the south?

a)

maritime polar

b)

maritime tropical

c)

continental polar

d)

continental tropical

50.

What kind of air mass brings cold weather and precipitation?

a)

maritime polar

b)

maritime tropical

c)

continental tropical

d)

continental polar