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Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluid and the failing of cooler more dense fluid (8.10A)

a)

Ocean Current

b)

Low Pressure

c)

Convection Current

d)

Air Current

2.

Tropical weather system with heavy rains and high speed winds also known as a cyclone or typhoon depending on the location around the world (8.10C)

a)

Jet Stream

b)

Prevailing Winds

c)

Convection Current

d)

Hurricane

3.

Which area of the world do most hurricanes form? (8.10C)

a)

The North Pole

b)

The Equator

c)

The South Pole

d)

The Tropic of Cancer

4.

What conditions will decrease the strength of a hurricane? (8.10C)

a)

High pressure

b)

Land

c)

Cold water

d)

All of the above

5.

Name the front (8.10B)

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

c)

flags

d)

stationary front

6.

Name the front (8.10B)

a)

cold front

b)

hot seat

c)

stationary front

d)

warm front

7.

Which weather system is characterized by generally poor weather? (8.10B)

a)

cold front

b)

low pressure

c)

warm front

d)

high pressure

8.

Which city will most likely experience increasing temperatures during the next 24 hours? (8.10B)

a)

St. Louis, because there is a low pressure system approaching

b)

Denver, because a warm front just passed

c)

Atlanta, because a warm front is approaching

d)

Houston, because it is not raining

9.

Why would St. Louis have the possibility of having thunderstorms in the next 24 hours? (8.10B)

a)

It is in a high-pressure area

b)

A cold front and low pressure are approaching

c)

It is not located near an ocean

d)

It recently experienced a warm front

10.
Hot air rises because...
a)
it is less dense
b)
it is heavier
c)
it is more dense
d)
it contains Helium
11.
What type of weather is Watauga, Texas likely experiencing in this image?
a)
Clear, sunny skies and cool weather
b)
High winds and thunderstorms
c)
Hot weather with a warm front
d)
Cloudy skies with high winds
12.
What is the best forecast for New Orleans, Louisiana (yellow star) in this image?
a)
Warmer temperatures with gentle rain
b)
No change in temperature and slight chance of rain
c)
Cooler temperatures with clear skies
d)
Cooler temperatures with chance of thunderstorms
13.
Which type of weather is Dallas, Texas, likely experiencing?
a)
Thunderstorms
b)
Clear skies
c)
Cold temperatures
d)
Gentle precipitation for days
14.
A hurricane forms over the Atlantic Ocean. When it hits land and comes ashore, its wind speed decrease significantly.  This happens because the hurricane:
a)
gains more water from the flooded land than the ocean
b)
meets a land breeze
c)
meets a stronger hurricane moving from land
d)
no longer gains energy from warm ocean water
15.
What type of weather usually goes with this symbol?
a)
Clear, sunny skies
b)
Cloudy skies
c)
Hot temperature
d)
Thunderstorms
16.
What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 
a)
High pressure system
b)
Low pressure system
c)
Cold front
d)
Warm front
17.
What front symbol is shown? 
a)
Occluded
b)
Stationary
c)
Warm 
d)
Cold
18.
Where do the hurricanes that hit the US form?
a)
in warm water of the western Pacific ocean off the coast of South America
b)
in the warm water of a La Nina
c)
in the warm Atlantic water off the western coast of Africa
d)
in the warm Atlantic water off the coast of Hawaii
19.

Which of the following correctly identifies the major source for the energy that creates hurricanes?

a)

Sun's radiation

b)

Ocean currents

c)

Moon's gravity

d)

Earth's rotation

20.

A category ___ hurricane is the strongest.

a)

7

b)

5

c)

10

21.

Heat transfer by convection is caused by differences in what two things:

a)

Thickness and material

b)

Weight and electricity

c)

Temperature and density

22.
The cycle that powers the ocean currents, weather, and tectonic plates it called
a)
conduction current
b)
radiation
c)
condition current
d)
convection current
23.
Energy for convection on the Earth comes from...
a)
The sun
b)
The moon
c)
Solar winds
d)
The ocean
24.
In convection, WARM air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
25.
In convection, COOL air
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
26.
The Gulf Stream is a current that brings warm ocean water from the south to the north. What type of heat transfer is this?
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
Insolation 
27.
Analyze the image. What could explain why certain parts of the ocean have warmer temperatures?
a)
the uneven heating of the Earth's surface
b)
the rising of cold air and the sinking of warm air
c)
hurricanes

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