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Earth Science weather variables

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The dewpoint is -2 degrees Celsius and the dry bulb is 12degrees Celsius. What is Relative Humidity?

a)

6%

b)

6C

c)

38%

d)

78%

2.

What is a thermometer?

a)

A device to measure temperature

b)

A device to measure wind speed

c)

A device to measure humidity

d)

A device to measure altitude

3.

If a scientist were trying to determine how fast the wind was moving in a hurricane, what tool would they use?

a)

hygrometer

b)

compass

c)

barometer

d)

anemometer

4.

If a scientist were trying to figure out what direction the wind from a storm were coming from, what tool would they use?

a)

thermometer

b)

hygrometer

c)

anemometer

d)

wind vane

5.

What is the relative humidity when the air temperature is 12 degrees Celsius and the wet bulb is 8 degrees Celsius?

a)

4C

b)

4%

c)

57%

d)

48%

6.

When the air temperature and dew point temperature are close, then there is...

a)

low humidity, less chance of precipitation

b)

high humidity, higher chance of precipitation

7.
What does this tool measure?
a)
Wind speed
b)
Wind direction
c)
Air pressure
d)
Temperature
8.
This weather instrument is a...
a)
anemometer
b)
barometer
c)
wind vane
d)
thermometer
9.

In which layer of the atmosphere does all weather events occur?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

biosphere

10.

What is a sea breeze and when does it happen?

a)

Breeze from land to sea during the night due to high pressure over the land and low pressure over the water

b)

Breeze from sea to land during the day when the high pressure is over the water and low pressure is over the land

11.
What kind of weather is usually associated with a high pressure system?
a)
Sunny weather
b)
Precipitation (rain, snow, etc.)
12.
Which condition usually means cloudy, stormy weather?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
13.
Air travels
a)
from high pressure to low pressure
b)
from low pressure to high pressue
14.

What is the cloud cover in Montreal?

a)

clear

b)

cloudy

c)

partly cloudy

15.

Which graph best shows the general relationship between air pressure and altitude?

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

The weather station model shows some of the weather data for a certain location.

What is the wind speed and direction shown on the station model and which instrument is used to measure the wind speed?

a)

15 knots, SW, measured by a wind vane

b)

15 knots, NE, measured by an anemometer

c)

25 knots, SW, measured by a wind vane

d)

25 knots, NE, measured by an anemometer

17.

The diagram represents an aneroid barometer that shows the air pressure, in inches of mercury.


When converted to millibars, this air pressure is equal to

a)

1009.0 mb

b)

1012.5 mb

c)

1015.5 mb

d)

1029.9 mb

18.

Which temperature zone of Earth’s atmosphere contains the most water vapor?

a)

mesosphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

troposphere

d)

thermosphere

19.

A low-pressure system in the Northern Hemisphere has a surface air-circulation pattern that is

a)

clockwise and away from the center

b)

clockwise and towards the center

c)

counter-clockwise and away from the center

d)

counter-clockwise and towards the center

20.

A barometric pressure of 1021.0 millibars is equal to how many inches of mercury?

a)

29.88

b)

30.15

c)

30.25

d)

30.50

21.

The map below shows air pressures recorded in millibars (mb).

Which map shows the correct location of the 996-mb, 1000-mb, and 1004-mb isobars?

a)
b)
c)
d)
22.
The diagram below represents a weather instrument.  Which weather variable was this instrument designed to measure?
a)
wind speed
b)
air pressure
c)
wind direction
d)
temperature
23.
Scientists infer that oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere
did not exist in large quantities until after
a)
 the first multicellular, soft-bodied marine
organisms appeared on Earth
b)
the initial opening of the Atlantic Ocean
c)
the first sexually reproducing organisms
appeared on Earth
d)
photosynthetic cyanobacteria evolved in
Earth’s oceans
24.

A psychrometer measures

a)

air pressure and air temperature

b)

wind speed and direction

c)

relative humidity and dewpoint

25.
Which gas is inferred to have been absent from
Earth’s atmosphere during the Early Archean Era?
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
nitrogen
c)
oxygen
d)
water vapor