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Earth's Weather

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the air that surrounds the Earth called?

a)

wind

b)

atmosphere

c)

air pressure

2.

What is the moving of air?

a)

temperature

b)

weather

c)

wind

3.

What is the pressing down of force of air on Earth called?

a)

air pressure

b)

wind

c)

weather

4.

What is the measure of how hot or cold something is?

a)

wind

b)

weather

c)

temperature

5.

The temperature is (a)   near the equator than at the poles.

6.

All of the following are elements of weather EXCEPT:

a)

Temperature

b)

Humidity

c)

Sunlight

d)

Precipitation

7.

Average weather conditions in a given place over a long period of time is called

a)

seasons

b)

climate

c)

atmosphere

8.

What does a meteorologist do?

a)

a person who studies the layers of the Earth

b)

a person who studies animal behavior

c)

a person who studies, predicts, and understands the weather.

d)

a person who studies and understands genetics.

9.

Which statement most accurately describes a hurricane?

a)

Often develops when cool air collides with warm moist air.

b)

A low pressure system with high winds that forms over water.

c)

A very violent windstorm that forms over land.

d)

High winds and heavy amounts of snow.

10.

Which general direction do air masses move over the continental United States?

a)

south to north

b)

north to south

c)

east to west

d)

west to east

11.
What is the natural process by which water continually moves among the oceans, land, and atmosphere?
a)
rock cycle
b)
water cycle
c)
life cycle
d)
none of these
12.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
13.
In what areas of the world do hurricanes form?
a)
Warm ocean waters
b)
Polar ocean waters
c)
On lakes and rivers
d)
Over the central plains of the U.S
14.

Where do warm ocean currents come from

a)

the poles

b)

near the land

c)

the equator

d)

middle of the oceans

15.

Where do cold ocean currents come from?

a)

cold ocean currents come from the southern hemisphere

b)

cold ocean currents come from the equator

c)

cold ocean currents come from the poles

d)

cold ocean currents come from the beach

16.
What are tornadoes?
a)
a storm with thunder and lighting and typically also heavy rain or hail
b)
a storm that can be the same as thunderstorms, but can be even more dangerous
c)
a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and beneath a large storm system.
d)
a huge storm with strong winds and storm surges
17.
Air pressure is greatest:
a)
closer to Earth
b)
farther from Earth
18.
The boundary  between two air masses is known as:
a)
front
b)
storm
c)
climate
d)
flood
19.

As the temperature rises, air pressure...

a)

increases

b)

decreases

20.
The center of a hurricane is called the ______.
a)
center
b)
brain
c)
eye
d)
circle
21.
What is the first layer of the Atmosphere? (lowest)
a)
Troposphere
b)
Thermosphere
c)
Stratosphere
d)
None of these
22.
What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
23.
What causes warm air to rise?
a)
the fact that it's less dense than cold air 
b)
The fact that it weighs more than cold air 
c)
The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
d)
the fact that its more dense than cold air 
24.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze