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weather STUDY

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Weather changes from day to day; climate is the ______ _______ over a long period of time.

a)

water cycle

b)

rock cycle

c)

Weather pattern

d)

snow pattern

2.

Three of Earth’s climate zones (areas with similar climates) are the tropical, temperate, and

polar zones.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Tropical climate zones, which are nearest the (a)   , are hot all year round.

4.

Most of the United States is in a temperate _______ ______ with mild temperatures.

a)

Climate zone

b)

Equator zone

c)

disease area

d)

constant rain

5.

These four things affect climate:

a)

distance from the earth, elevation, landforms, and humans.

b)

distance from the equator, light, landforms, and animals.

c)

distance from the ocean, the human race , the sun, and water.

d)

distance from the equator, elevation, landforms, and water.

6.

A mountaintop near the equator has a cool climate because of its

a)

landforms

b)

humans

c)

elevation

d)

light

7.

The ocean side of a mountain may have a ____1.___ climate, while the other side has a ___2.___ climate.

a)

1. dry and wet 2.only wet

b)

1. wet, 2. dry

c)

1. grassy 2. lake

d)

1. wet 2. swampy

8.

The ________ _______is a warm ocean current that flows past Florida and across the Atlantic.

a)

the 7 seas

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf Stream

d)

Okachobee river

9.

The climate of an area affects....

a)

the plants and animals that can survive there.

b)

humans that live there

c)

the trees

d)

the ecosystem

10.

Polar climate zones, which are ________ from the equator, are cold all year round.

a)

closest

b)

under

c)

easiest

d)

farthest

11.

____________ study weather, or what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place.

a)

Meteorologists

b)

everyone

c)

students

d)

teachers

12.

A _______ ________ measures the direction of wind; an anemometer measures the speed of wind.

a)

wind vane

b)

thermometer

c)

notebook

d)

flag

13.

A ____1._____ measures air pressure; a _____2._____measures humidity.

a)

1. teacher 2. students

b)

1. thermometer 2. measuring stick

c)

1. barometer, 2. hygrometer

d)

1. scientists 2. ocean

14.

Humidity is the...

a)

amount of water vapor in the air.

b)

the amount of oxygen

c)

amount of heat there is

d)

the amount of light traveling through space

15.

The amount of water vapor actually in the air compared to the amount the air could hold is the ________ ________

a)

heat meter

b)

relative humidity

c)

water cycle

d)

heat vapor

16.

Warmer air can not hold more water vapor than cooler air.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Clouds are classified according to their _____ and to how high above Earth they are.

a)

easy state

b)

cleaners

c)

whiteness

d)

shape

18.

________1. _______ are low, gray clouds that signal rain; _______ 2. ________ look like cotton puffs.

a)

1. strong clouds, 2. weak clouds

b)

1. big clouds, 2. little clouds

c)

1. stratus cloud, 2. cumulus clouds

d)

1. sleet filled clouds 2. clean clouds

19.

______ is small bits of ice; snow forms when water vapor turns directly into a solid.

a)

snow

b)

sleet

c)

rain

d)

precipitation

20.

_______ forms as raindrops are blown high into a cloud where they freeze before they fall to Earth.

a)

Hail

b)

sleet

c)

rain

d)

precipitation

21.

Water is constantly moving between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere in the _________ _________

a)

nitrogen cycle

b)

water cycle

c)

simple cycle

d)

rock cycle