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Weather Review

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is weather?

a)

The amount of moisture in the air

b)

The speed of the wind

c)

The amount of cloud cover

d)

The state of the atmosphere at any given time.

2.

Where does weather occur?

a)

In the stratosphere

b)

In the mesosphere

c)

In the troposphere

d)

In the thermosphere

3.

What are the characteristics of a high-pressure system?

a)

wind and rain

b)

clear skies and sun

c)

extremely hot temperatures

d)

humidity and thunder

4.

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

a)

warm temperatures

b)

clear skies

c)

cool temperatures

d)

cloudy/rainy conditions

5.

The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.

a)

weather

b)

air mass

c)

humidity

d)

dew point

6.

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of _____.

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

run off

7.

Warm air rises because it is __________ dense than cold air.

a)

less

b)

more

8.

When trees release water vapor through their leaves, this is called _________________

a)

transpiration

b)

evaporation

c)

sublimation

d)

infiltration

9.

Clouds are formed due to the process of ______________.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

heating water

d)

precipitation

10.

Condensation ________ energy.

a)

uses

b)

releases

c)

neither uses or releases

11.

Infiltration of water ___________ energy.

a)

uses

b)

releases

c)

neither uses or releases

12.

The movement of water downwards, seeping from the surface into soil, is called _________________

a)

infiltration

b)

run off

c)

assimilation

d)

evaporation

13.

Air gets _______ as one rises in the atmosphere.

a)

thinner

b)

thicker

14.

What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

15.

Density of air is greater ________.

a)

at the top of a mountain

b)

half way up a mountain

c)

at the bottom of a mountain

16.

Which weather condition will most likely occur when the atmospheric pressure in an area begins falling?

a)

dry

b)

rainy

c)

cold

d)

sunny

17.

Which kind of weather change will occur with an increase in air pressure?

a)

cooler and drier

b)

hotter and stormier

c)

colder and rainier

d)

warmer and moister

18.

What causes differences in air pressure around earth ? 

a)

Snow 

b)

Equator gets over heated 

c)

Warm air rises at the equator, and cold air sinks at the poles.

19.

What causes wind?

a)

uneven heating

b)

differences in air pressure

c)

both uneven heating and differences in air pressure

20.

What causes differences in air pressure?

a)

even heating of the earth

b)

gravity

c)

even cooling of the earth

d)

uneven heating of the earth

21.

Which heats fastest?

a)

land

b)

water

22.

Which cools most slowly?

a)

land

b)

water

23.

Air masses are defined by their _____________.

a)

temperature

b)

moisture

c)

air pressure

d)

temperature and moisture

24.

The properties of an air mass are determined by its ______________.

a)

source region

b)

temperature

c)

moisture

d)

wind

25.

Air is warmer and less dense at the equator because the equator receives more _______________.

a)

wind

b)

air pressure

c)

solar radiation

d)

condensation

26.

Air masses with high humidity form over _________________.

a)

bodies of water

b)

land

27.

How is energy transferred?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

radiation, conduction, and convection

28.

What affects the amount of solar radiation that is absorbed or reflected?

a)

what the surface is made of

b)

the amount of solar radiation

c)

what the surface is made of and the amount of solar radiation

29.

How does the warmed surface of the earth transfer heat to the air above it?

a)

radiation

b)

solar radiation

c)

conduction

d)

convection