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Weekly Check In 3.1

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the wind speeds need to reach for a storm to be classified as a hurricane

a)

39 mph

b)

74 mph

c)

105 mph

d)

200 mph

2.

What fuels a hurricane's strength?

a)

Wind

b)

Warm Water

c)

Sunlight

d)

Cold Water

3.

When is Hurricane Season in the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

December 1st - July 4th

b)

March 21st - October 3rd

c)

May 15th - September 1st

d)

June 1st - November 30th

4.

In what direction do hurricanes rotate in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Up

c)

Counterclockwise

d)

Down

5.

What is the calm area in the center of a hurricane called?

a)

Wall

b)

Arm

c)

Eye

d)

Hole

6.

The pressure inside of a hurricane is ______,

a)

High

b)

Low

7.

The name of the system that causes the winds to spin in a hurricane

a)

The Circular Wind Phenomenon

b)

The Coriolis Effect

c)

The Corleone Affect

d)

The East-West Effect

8.

The sea water that starts a hurricane gets warm from __________.

a)

Volcanoes

b)

Lightning

c)

The Sun

d)

The Moon

9.

Select two other names for a hurricane.

a)

Thunderstorm

b)

Typhoon

c)

Cyclone

d)

Earthquake

10.

Inside the center of the hurricane the weather is _____.

a)

Windy

b)

Loud

c)

Stormy

d)

Calm

11.

What are two of the five factors hurricanes need to form?

a)

Warm water (above 80 degrees)

b)

Near the Poles

c)

High Pressure

d)

Low Pressure

12.

True or False? Hurricanes form over dry windy lands.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

How are hurricanes different than tornadoes?

a)

They both are windy.

b)

Hurricanes have strong winds and tornadoes don't.

c)

Hurricanes form over the ocean and tornadoes form over the land.

d)

They are the same thing.

14.

Which type of severe event is most likely to occur when a cold front moves in behind warm, moist air?

a)

Blizzard

b)

Hurricane

c)

Tornado

d)

Drought

15.

What major and potentially catastrophic events can be predicted to occur in the Northern Hemisphere between the months of June and November?

a)

tsunamis

b)

asteroid impacts

c)

hurricanes

d)

volcanic eruptions

16.

What is this?

a)

tornado

b)

hurricane

c)

blizzard

d)

thunderstorm

17.

During a _________ you should lay low in a ditch if you can't seek shelter inside.

a)

tornado

b)

hurricane

c)

thunderstorm

18.
The type of thunderstorm that produces nearly all of the significant tornadoes is the...
a)
Thunderstorm cluster
b)
Squall line
c)
Single cell
d)
Super cell
19.
A SEVERE Thunderstorm is one that produces:
a)
Lightning
b)
Wind gusts to 50 mph and marble-size hail
c)
Tornadoes
d)
Flash floods
20.
Which state is not in tornado Alley?
a)
Kansas
b)
Florida
c)
Texas
d)
Nebraska
21.

Which state has the most tornados each year?

a)

Texas

b)

Kansas

c)

Nebraska

d)

Oklahoma

22.

A thunderstorm with high probability of producing severe weather

a)

anvil cloud

b)

mesocyclone

c)

supercell

d)

thunderhead

23.

A weather front is

a)

another name for an air mass

b)

the boundary between two air masses

c)

a climate region

24.

Weather fronts usually cause clouds and precipitation

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

26.

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

27.

What type of front does this symbol indicate?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

28.

The direction of the symbol indicates the

a)

strength of the front

b)

type of front

c)

direction of air movement

29.

What type of front can cause multiple days of rain in an area?

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

Stationary

d)

Occluded

30.

What type of front causes thunderstorms in the summer?

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

Stationary

d)

Occluded

31.

Cold air is more dense than warm air and sinks.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

A _____________ weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves forward, pushing the warm air mass up.

a)

Cold

b)

Warm

c)

Stationary

d)

Occluded

33.
When a cold front or a warm front stays in place for several days without invading another front, it is called a ______. 
a)
stationary front 
b)
 cold front 
c)
occluded front
d)
warm front 
34.

What type of front is shown?

a)

Warm Front

b)

Cold Front

c)

Occluded Front

d)

Stationary Front

35.
How are fronts formed?
a)
When two air masses meet
b)
when two winds meet
c)
when two clouds meet
36.
Which type of front is pictured?
a)
Cold front
b)
Warm front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
37.
A front is
a)
where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
b)
a line where hot and cold air are separating
c)
a line where two different air masses meet
d)
where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds
38.

What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

a)

Thunderstorms

b)

Sunny skies

c)

Gentle rain

d)

No weather

39.

Why does warm air rise above cold air?

a)

Warm air is less dense

b)

Warm air is more dense

c)

Cold air is stronger than warm air

40.

A _____________ weather front occurs when a cold air mass moves forward, pushing the warm air mass up.

a)

Cold

b)

Warm

c)

Stationary

d)

Occluded

41.
Which system results in drier, fairer weather?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
c)
hurricane
d)
weather system
42.
Which system results in rainy or stormy weather?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
c)
hurricane
d)
weather system
43.
_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink
a)
cold
b)
warm
c)
moist
d)
dry
44.
Which most likely produces clear, cool weather?
a)
zero air pressure
b)
stable air pressure
c)
a low pressure system
d)
a high pressure system
45.
What does symbol # 3 mean?
a)
stationary front
b)
occluded front
c)
warm front
d)
cold front
46.
What type of storm front is this? 
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
47.
In a high pressure systems
a)
there are few clouds because the air in moving downward
b)
there are many clouds because the air is very humid
c)
there are few clouds because the air is moving outward
d)
there are many clouds because the air is moving upward
48.

Which answer choice correctly describes the job of a thermometer?

a)

A device that tells how much rain has fallen.

b)

A device that tells how much snow has fallen.

c)

A device that is used to measure temperature.

d)

A device that shows you how fast you are going in a car.

49.

Which answer choice correctly describes the job of a rain gauge?

a)

A weather tool that tells the direction of the wind.

b)

A weather tool that measures the speed of the wind.

c)

A weather tool that tells how hot or cold something is.

d)

A weather tool that measures how much rain has fallen.

50.

Which answer choice correctly describes the job of the wind vane?

a)

A tool that is used to measure wind direction.

b)

A tool that is used to measure wind speed.

c)

A tool that is used to measure how hot or cold something is.

d)

A tool that is used to measure air pressure.

51.

Which statement DOES NOT describe an anemometer?

a)

A tool that is used to measure wind speed.

b)

Measures wind speed in mph.

c)

A tool that is used to measure wind direction.

d)

The cups on an anemometer will move faster with stronger winds.

52.

Which of the following information could you get from a barometer?

a)

Temperature

b)

Chance of rain or not.

c)

How much rain has fallen.

d)

The direction of the wind.

53.

Which scenario correctly describes the anemometer?

a)

Isaac wanted to know how cold it is outside. He used his weather tool to see that the current temperature is 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

b)

Isaac wanted to know how much rained fell overnight. He used his weather tool to see that they received 5 inches of rain.

c)

Isaac wanted to know how fast the wind was blowing. He used his weather tool to see that the wind was blowing at 15 mph.

54.

Which scenario properly uses the rain gauge?

a)

The grandmother checked her barometer, and she saw that the pressure was low. "That explains why it is raining," she said.

b)

Mary's phone said that the wind was blowing 10 mph NE.

c)

Joey went outside to see that it was 74 degrees.

d)

Joey went outside to see that 5 inches of rain had fallen.

55.

Glenda said, "Whew! This wind is blowing strong to the north. I sure hope it doesn't blow my new wig off!"


Which instrument did she use to figure out that the wind was blowing north?

a)

wind vane

b)

anemometer

c)

thermometer

56.

"Oh my gosh! The pressure is dropping. It is now 30.10 in. Let me go get my umbrella because rain is on the way!"


Which instrument did this person use to determine that they need an umbrella?

a)

rain gauge

b)

barometer

c)

thermometer

57.

Which scenario correctly describes the use of a thermometer?

a)

Jeff used his thermometer to see that the air pressure is high today.

b)

Jeff used his thermometer to see that it is 78 degrees outside.

c)

Jeff's thermometer told him that the wind was blowing NE.

58.

What is another word for thermal energy?

a)

solar

b)

wind

c)

heat

d)

light

59.

atmosphere

a)

all the water on Earth

b)

regions that contain all the living things on Earth

c)

the envelope of gases that surrounds Earth

d)

living things on land

60.

What happens when water vapor loses thermal energy?

a)

it expands into millions of droplets that form clouds

b)

it condenses into millions of droplets that form clouds

c)

it condenses into millions of droplets that form lakes and rivers

d)

it expands on the surface of plants and goes into the air

61.

Evaporation adds water to the

a)

biosphere

b)

atmosphere

c)

lithosphere

d)

geosphere

62.
How do we name air masses?
a)
Water and temperature
b)
Air pressure
c)
Humidity and temperature
d)
Cold and warm
63.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Cold
d)
Warm
64.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Cold
d)
Warm
65.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Warm
d)
Cold
66.
What types of air masses form over oceans?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
67.
What types of air masses form over land?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
68.
What types of air masses would be colder?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
69.
What types of air masses would be warmer?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
70.

What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical (cT) air mass?

a)

Wet and cold

b)

Dry and warm

c)

Wet and warm

d)

Dry and cold

71.

What's the humidity and temperature of a maritime tropical (mT) air mass?

a)

Wet and cold

b)

Dry and warm

c)

Wet and warm

d)

Dry and cold

72.
Which type of air would you find at air mass A?
a)
cold, dry
b)
warm, humid
c)
warm, dry
d)
cold, humid
73.
Which type of air would you find at air mass B?
a)
cold, dry
b)
warm, humid
c)
warm, dry
d)
cold, humid
74.

Which type of air would you find at air mass C?

a)

mT

b)

mP

c)

cT

d)

cP

75.

Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

a)

mT

b)

mP

c)

cP

d)

cT

76.
Air travels
a)
from high pressure to low pressure
b)
from low pressure to high pressue
77.
Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as cold and moist?
a)
cP
b)
mP
c)
cT
d)
mT
78.
Which abbreviation of an air mass can be identified as dry and hot?
a)
cP
b)
mP
c)
cT
d)
mT
79.
Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass?
a)
over the ocean, near the equator
b)
over the ocean, near the poles
c)
over a continent, near the equator
d)
over a continent, near the poles
80.
A dry and hot air mass would be...
a)
Maritime arctic
b)
Maritime tropical
c)
Continental tropical
d)
Continental polar
81.
A dry and cold air mass would be...
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical
82.
A wet and cold air mass would be a...
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical
83.
What's the humidity and temperature of a maritime tropical air mass?
a)
Wet and cold
b)
Dry and warm
c)
Wet and warm
d)
Dry and cold
84.
What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?
a)
Wet and cold
b)
Dry and warm
c)
Wet and warm
d)
Dry and cold
85.
What types of air masses form over oceans?
a)
Maritime
b)
Continental
c)
Polar
d)
Tropical
86.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Warm
d)
Cold
87.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over near the equator?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Cold
d)
Warm
88.
How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?
a)
Dry
b)
Wet
c)
Cold
d)
Warm

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