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Weather

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which air mass in formed over land and is cold?

a)

maritime polar

b)

maritime tropical

c)

continental polar

d)

continental tropical

2.

Which air mass is moist and cold?

a)

cP

b)

mT

c)

mP

d)

cT

3.

Air masses are based on two characteristics: temperature and ___.

a)

wind

b)

formation

c)

moisture

d)

precipitation

4.

Which air mass is dry and warm?

a)

continental polar

b)

maritime polar

c)

maritime tropical

d)

continental tropical

5.

Does high pressure air rise or sink?

a)

rise

b)

sink

c)

both

d)

neither

6.

Does low pressure air rise or sink?

a)

rise

b)

sink

c)

both

d)

neither

7.

High pressure =

a)

cold weather

b)

clear, sunny skies

c)

warm weather

d)

cloudy, precipitation

8.

Low pressure =

a)

cold weather

b)

warm weather

c)

precipitation, cloudy

d)

sunny, clear skies

9.

Low pressure systems rotate ___.

a)

clockwise

b)

counterclockwise

c)

both

d)

neither

10.

High pressure systems rotate ___.

a)

clockwise

b)

counterclockwise

c)

both

d)

neither

11.

Isobars are lines that connect areas with the same ___.

a)

temperature

b)

air pressure

c)

air mass

d)

humidity

12.

If isobar lines are close together, we would expect ___.

a)

strong winds

b)

calm breeze

c)

hail

d)

thunderstorms

13.

If isobar lines are far apart, we would expect ___.

a)

strong winds

b)

sunny weather

c)

thunderstorms

d)

calm winds

14.

Which front produces thunderstorms?

a)

warm front

b)

occluded front

c)

stationary front

d)

cold front

15.

Which front produces steady rain?

a)

occluded front

b)

warm front

c)

cold front

d)

stationary front

16.

Which front causes prolonged periods of rain?

a)

stationary front

b)

occluded front

c)

warm front

d)

cold front

17.

Which front did we compare to hitting a brick wall?

a)

stationary front

b)

cold front

c)

warm front

d)

occluded front

18.

Which front did we compare to rising over a ramp?

a)

occluded front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

warm front

19.

Wind moves from areas of ___ to ___ pressure.

a)

high to high

b)

low to high

c)

high to low

d)

low to low

20.

When does a sea breeze occur?

a)

night

b)

day

21.

When does a land breeze occur?

a)

night

b)

day

22.

When does a mountain breeze happen?

a)

night

b)

day

23.

When does a valley breeze occur?

a)

night

b)

day

24.

Where does the land breeze ORIGINATE from?

a)

valley

b)

sea

c)

land

d)

mountain

25.

A sea breeze blows towards the ___.

a)

valley

b)

land

c)

sea

d)

mountain

26.

Valley breeze blows TOWARDS___.

a)

monutain

b)

valley

c)

sea

d)

land

27.

The ___ effect is when Earth's rotation causes winds to curve.

a)

air mass

b)

temperature

c)

hurricane

d)

coriolis

28.

What is the name of the area surrounding the equator that has little to no winds?

a)

horse latitudes

b)

doldrum zone

c)

trade winds

d)

polar easterlies

29.

Which winds head back towards the equator?

a)

polar easterlies

b)

westerlies

c)

jet streams

d)

trade winds

30.

What is the name of the area around 30 degrees latitude that has little to no wind?

a)

doldrum zone

b)

trade winds

c)

horse latitudes

d)

westerlies

31.

The westerlies move from ___ to ___.

a)

west to east

b)

east to west

c)

north to south

d)

south to north

32.

The ___ move east to west.

a)

horse latitudes

b)

polar easterlies

c)

westerlies

d)

trade winds

33.

Jet streams move from ___ to ___.

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

c)

south to north

d)

west to east

34.

Is it faster to fly from LA to NYC or from NYC to LA?

a)

NYC to LA

b)

LA to NYC

c)

Same amount of time

35.

A blue H on the weather map represents?

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

c)

low pressure

d)

high pressure

36.

A red L on a weather map represents?

a)

warm front

b)

low pressure

c)

high pressure

d)

warm front

37.

Blue triangles on a weather map represent?

a)

high pressure

b)

low pressure

c)

cold front

d)

warm front

38.

Red semicircles on a weather map represent?

a)

warm front

b)

low pressure

c)

high pressure

d)

cold front

39.

Alternating red semicircles and blue triangles on a weather map represents?

a)

warm front

b)

occluded front

c)

stationary front

d)

cold front

40.

Which cloud produces thunderstorms?

a)

nimbostratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

41.

Which cloud produces steady rain?

a)

cumulonimbus

b)

stratus

c)

nimbostratus

d)

stratus

42.

"It will rain on Thursday" represents ___.

a)

weather

b)

climate

43.

"The average annual rainfall in Raleigh is 46 inches" represents ___.

a)

climate

b)

weather

44.

In what step of the water cycle do clouds form?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitatoin

d)

infiltration

45.

Which prefix means "high"?

a)

cirro

b)

alto

c)

cumulus

d)

strat

46.

Which prefix means "middle"?

a)

cirro

b)

cirrus

c)

alto

d)

cumulus

47.

Which prefix means "puffy"?

a)

cumulus

b)

nimbus

c)

cirro

d)

alto

48.

Which prefix means layer or sheet>

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

strat

d)

alto

49.

Which prefix means wispy?

a)

cirrus

b)

cirro

c)

alto

d)

strat

50.

Which prefix means dark of precipitation?

a)

cumulus

b)

strat

c)

alto

d)

nimbo