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Weather Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a front?
a)
A place where air masses meet
b)
the front part of a storm
c)
An area of very high wind
d)
an area that has fair weather
2.
This is the symbol for which type of front?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
3.
Which type of air would you find at air mass D?
a)
cold, dry
b)
warm, humid
c)
warm, dry
d)
cold, humid
4.

What is the temperature for the following station model?

a)

4 ºF

b)

76 ºF

c)

80 ºF

d)

129 ºF

5.

What is the present weather for the following station model?

a)

rain

b)

thunderstorms

c)

drizzle

d)

fog

6.

What is the wind speed for the following station model?

a)

10 knots

b)

15 knots

c)

20 knots

d)

25 knots

7.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
8.
Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
accumulation
d)
precipitation
9.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
10.

A mP air mass has what characteristics

a)

Warm and Dry

b)

Wet and Cold

c)

Dry and Cold

d)

Wet and Warm

11.

Large air mass that is warm and contains water

a)

cP

b)

cT

c)

mT

d)

mP

12.

As you move towards the North Pole and away from the Equator, temperature

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

13.

Weather forecasts are based on

a)

the moon

b)

air masses

c)

tides

d)

the sun

14.

The air is saturated when the relative humidity reaches

a)

5%

b)

50%

c)

25%

d)

100%

15.

Winds are caused by air-pressure differences that result from

a)

UV rays

b)

Rotation of Earth

c)

Uneven heating of Earth

d)

Radiation

16.

Wind moves from _______ to ________ pressure

a)

high, low

b)

low, high

c)

low, low

d)

high, high

17.

Weather moves from the ____ coast to the _____ coast of the USA

a)

East, West

b)

West, East

c)

North, South

d)

South, North

18.

A station model has an atmospheric pressure of 1009.2. How should this pressure be written on the station model

a)

1009.2

b)

1009

c)

092

d)

10092

19.

Where does weather happen? Is it stable or unstable

a)

Behind the front, unstable

b)

In front of the front, Unstable

c)

In front of the front, stable

d)

behind the front, stable

20.

Warm air ______, cool air ______

a)

sinks, rises

b)

sinks, sinks

c)

rises, sinks

d)

rises only

21.

Water vapor enters the atmosphere by

a)

condensation and precipitation

b)

radiation

c)

convection

d)

evaporation and transpiration

22.

what heat transfer is being represented

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

23.

Why are dust particles important to have in the atmosphere

a)

Keeps the Earth warm

b)

dissolve salts in seas

c)

provides a surface for water to condense on

d)

increase evaporation

24.

clouds form when air

a)

rises, expands, and cools

b)

rises and condenses

c)

sinks, expands, cools

d)

rises, expands, heats up

25.

Hurricanes need warm wet air to form (mT)

a)

True

b)

False