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WorksheetsAir Masses Winds Fronts - Connection
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 33mins
What is the only atmospheric layer that touches the Earth?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
Which of the following time frames does weather occur over?
Centuries
Decades
Minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years
Millennia
What factors combine to create weather? (Choose 3)
The angle of Sunlight. (quantity of energy)
Length of Earth's Semi-Major Axis. (Distance from Sun to the Earth)
Earth's axis is tilted. (unequal heating)
Earth's Rotation and Revolution around the Sun. (seasons)
What are the three major climate zones?
Polar, Temperate, Tropical
Arctic, Subtropical, Equatorial
Desert, Rainforest, Savanna
Mediterranean, Continental, Oceanic
What is the latitude range for the Tropical climate zone?
90 - 60 degrees
60 - 30 degrees
30 - 0 degrees
45 - 15 degrees
Match the percent of solar energy to the description.
50%
Absorbed by the Earth
30%
Absorbed by the clouds
20%
Lost (reflected or scattered) to space.
Which of the following is a consequence of the greenhouse effect?
Increased energy loss to space.
Decreased surface temperatures.
Increased absorption of heat by the Earth's surface.
Complete reflection of sunlight into space.
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?
Water Vapor
Oxygen
Methane
Nitrous Oxide
Why does high pressure prevent precipitation?
High pressure causes air to sink, warm, and prevent saturation.
High pressure forces air to rise and cool.
High pressure increases humidity to 100%.
High pressure creates more clouds.
Why does low pressure create precipitation?
Low pressure causes air to sink, warm, and prevent saturation.
Low pressure forces air to rise, cool, and become saturated.
Low pressure decreases humidity to 0%.
Low pressure increases the air temperature.
How is a maritime tropical air mass represented?
mT
cP
Mt
mP
What type of air mass is represented by 'cP'?
Continental Polar (cold, dry)
Maritime Polar (cool, moist)
Continental Arctic (very cold, dry)
Maritime Tropical (warm, moist)
What does 'mP' stand for in air mass terminology?
Maritime Polar (cool, moist)
Continental Polar (cold, dry)
Maritime Tropical (warm, moist)
Continental Arctic (very cold, dry)
Which air mass is described as warm and moist?
mT
cA
cP
mP
What happens to warmer air masses when they meet colder air masses?
They sink
They remain stationary
They rise
They cool down immediately
What happens to colder air masses when they meet warmer air masses?
They rise
They sink
They expand
They warm up immediately
What weather changes are typically brought by a warm front?
A drop in temperature, heavy rain, and cloudy weather
A rise in temperature, drizzly rain, and clear warm weather after
A rise in temperature, thunderstorms, and windy conditions
A drop in temperature, snow, and foggy conditions
What happens to the cold air ahead of a warm front?
It advances and pushes the warm air away
It recedes as the warm front advances
It mixes with the warm air
It remains stationary
What type of air is found ahead of an occluded front?
Receding cold air
Advancing warm air
Stationary hot air
Descending dry air
If a wind is called a west wind, in which direction is it blowing?
From the east toward the west
From the north toward the south
From the west toward the east
From the south toward the north
What initiates the convection process in the troposphere?
The Sun and Earth’s surface heating the air
The Moon’s gravitational pull
Ocean currents
Mountain ranges
What is created when the cooled air sinks in the troposphere?
A zone of high air pressure
A zone of low air pressure
A vacuum
A storm
How does wind move around a low-pressure area in the Northern Hemisphere?
Clockwise
Counter-clockwise
Randomly
In a straight line
What happens to the direction of wind rotation in the Southern Hemisphere compared to the Northern Hemisphere?
It remains the same
It reverses
It becomes random
It stops
How does the specific heat capacity of land and water affect land and sea breezes?
Land heats and cools faster than water.
Water heats and cools faster than land.
Both land and water heat and cool at the same rate.
Neither land nor water affects breezes.
What is the effect of temperature on the formation of sea breezes?
Sea breezes form when the land is cooler than the sea.
Sea breezes form when the land is warmer than the sea.
Sea breezes form when both land and sea are the same temperature.
Sea breezes form regardless of temperature differences.
According to your knowledge of clouds from our textbook tell me the altitude prefix, altitude range, composition, and which clouds will precipitate for this group of clouds?
[Clouds - Stratus, Cumulus, Stratocumulus, Cumulonimbus, Nimbostratus, and Fog]
According to your knowledge of clouds from our textbook tell me the altitude prefix, altitude range, composition, and which clouds will precipitate for this group of clouds?
[Clouds - Altostratus, and Altocumulus]
According to your knowledge of clouds from our textbook tell me the altitude prefix, altitude range, composition, and which clouds will precipitate for this group of clouds?
[Clouds - Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, and Cirrostratus]
Tell me how a cumulonimbus cloud forms. Include the following in your answer: LATENT HEAT, VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT, CONVECTION.
Three conditions are required for condensation (cloud formation); (a) of the air to its (b) and the presence of (c) in the air.
Where is condensation occurring?
