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Meteorology & WED Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

15.1 What are the two most common gases in the atmosphere?

a)

hydrogen and oxygen

b)

nitrogen and water vapor

c)

hydrogen and nitrogen

d)

oxygen and nitrogen

2.

15.2 The movement of air due to uneven heating is called

a)

convection

b)

reflection

c)

conduction

d)

refraction

3.

15.3 The ozone layer protects life on Earth from

a)

the sun's high energy ultraviolet radiation

b)

global warming

c)

the Sun's intense heat

d)

none of these

4.

15.4 A low pressure zone forms when

a)

cold air rises

b)

warm air rises

c)

water evaporates

d)

cold and warm air rapidly mix

5.

16.1 The percentage of water vapor in a certain volume of air relative to the maximum amount of water vapor that air could contain is known as

a)

maximum humidity

b)

humidity

c)

relative humidity

d)

percent humidity

6.

16.2 A warm front occurs when

a)

a cold air mass slides over a warm air mass

b)

two warm air masses meet

c)

two cold air masses meet

d)

a warm air mass slides over a cold air mass

7.

16.3 The eye of a hurricane is relatively calm because

a)

it is located at the end of the storm

b)

there is a lot of precipitation so air motion is downward

c)

it is a high pressure area

d)

none of these

8.

16.4 What will probably happen if barometric pressure rises?

a)

A storm is on its way.

b)

Conditions will remain the same as they are.

c)

The skies will clear.

d)

It is not possible to say.

9.

17.1 At about 30°N and 30°S,the air is warm and dry because

a)

it originated at the equator.

b)

it is a high pressure zone.

c)

it is a zone of evaporation.

d)

all of these.

10.

17.2 The Koppen classification system depends on all of these except

a)

temperature

b)

times of year precipitation falls

c)

amount of precipitation

d)

types of vegetation

11.

17.3 The 100,000 year climate pattern is known as

a)

Milankovitch cycles

b)

sunspot cycles

c)

global warming

d)

none of these

12.

9.1 The process that changes solid rocks into sediments is

a)

erosion

b)

transportation

c)

disintegration

d)

weathering

13.

9.1 Stalactites form from the dripping of calcium carbonate from the ceiling of a cave due to the breakdown of limestone from weak acids in water. This is an example of

a)

physical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

c)

erosion

d)

mass wasting

14.

9.1 The climate that produces the lowest rate of weathering is

a)

hot and wet

b)

hot and dry

c)

cold and wet

d)

cold and dry

15.

10.1 In a meander, the stream

a)

erodes at the inside of the bend, and deposits at teh outside of the bend

b)

deposits at the inside of the bend, and erodes at the outside of the bend.

c)

erodes all along the meander, inside and outside.

d)

deposits all along the meander, inside and outside.

16.

101.1 Tiny particles in a stream that can be carried in solution are known as

a)

dissolved load

b)

suspended load

c)

bed load

d)

fluvial load

17.

10.2 Erosion from waves produces all of the following except

a)

cliffs

b)

sea stacks

c)

arches

d)

beaches

18.

10.3 Silt and clay blown over large areas are called

a)

dunes

b)

plains

c)

loess

d)

plateaus

19.

10.4 Glaciers make valleys in teh shape of what letter?

a)

V

b)

U

c)

C

d)

W

20.

10.5 Logging a hillside makes it

a)

less likely to experience mass movements due to gravity.

b)

vulnerable to mass movements by gravity.

c)

unchanged in its chance of having mass movements.

d)

none of these