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To study for test 12/13

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a high pressure system?

a)
A high pressure system is a type of weather front that causes heavy rainfall.
b)
A high pressure system is characterized by high humidity and cloudy weather.
c)

A high pressure system is a large body of circulating air that has high pressure at its center.

d)
A high pressure system is a region of low atmospheric pressure that brings storms.
2.

Which way do high pressure systems rotate?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Counterclockwise

3.

What type of weather do high pressure systems bring?

a)

Clear and and good weather

b)
Stormy and windy conditions
c)
Rainy and humid weather
d)
Foggy and overcast skies
4.

What is a low pressure system?

a)
A low pressure system is a weather system with higher atmospheric pressure.
b)
A low pressure system is characterized by clear skies and dry conditions.
c)
A low pressure system is a type of storm that only occurs in winter.
d)

A low pressure system is a large body of circulating air that has low pressure at its center.

5.

What way do low pressure systems rotate?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Counterclockwise

6.

What type of weather do low pressure systems bring?

a)
Clear and sunny weather.
b)

Clouds and percipitation.

c)
Mild and dry weather.
d)
Cold and snowy weather.
7.

Air masses are classified by temperature and moisture.

a)
True
b)
False
8.

A (a)   air mass forms over water.

9.

A (a)   air mass forms over land.

10.

A tropical air mass is warm.

a)
True
b)
False
11.

A polar air mass is hot.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

How many types of fronts can colliding air masses form?

4 lines
13.

What type of front is this?

a)
Stationary front
b)
Cold front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Warm front
14.

What type of front is this?

a)
Warm front
b)
Cold front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
15.

What type of front is this?

a)
Cold front
b)
Stationary front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Warm front
16.

What type of front is this?

a)
Warm front
b)
Cold front
c)
Occluded front
d)
Stationary front
17.

What does a barometer measure?

a)
Temperature
b)
Humidity
c)
Wind speed
d)
Atmospheric pressure
18.

What does an anemometer measure?

a)
Temperature and humidity
b)

Wind speed

c)
Air pressure and altitude
d)
Rainfall and snowfall
19.

What does a wind vane measure?

a)
Humidity level
b)
Air pressure
c)
Wind direction
d)
Wind speed
20.

What does a psychrometer measure?

a)
Temperature
b)
Pressure
c)
Altitude
d)
Humidity
21.

What does a rain gauge measure?

a)
A rain gauge measures temperature.
b)
A rain gauge measures the amount of rainfall.
c)
A rain gauge measures wind speed.
d)
A rain gauge measures humidity levels.
22.

In your own words, what is a hurricane, tornado, and a blizzard. Give detail.

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