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Weather Phenomenon Quiz Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of the elements used to help predict weather includes measuring the amount of water vapor in the air. What does this describe?

a)

wind speed

b)

humidity

c)

air pressure

d)

warm fronts

2.

Why would clouds form when warm and cold air masses collide?

a)

Cold air always brings clouds.

b)

Warm air always brings clouds.

c)

The water vapor in the warm air mass cools when it interacts with the cold air mass.

d)

The water vapor in the cold air mass cools when it interacts with the warm air mass.

3.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
4.

Which tool measures humidity or the amount of moisture in the air?

a)

wind vane

b)

barometer

c)

anemometer

d)

hygrometer

5.
What is an air mass?
a)
a place where weather always changes in an extreme way
b)

a large parcel of air with the same temperature and moisture

c)
any cloud that produces rain, sleet, snow or hail
d)
any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing
6.
What is the purpose of a barometer?
a)
Tells you that it is going to rain.
b)
Measures the amount of wind.
c)
Measusres the amount of clouds in the sky.
d)
It measure the amount of pressure in the air.
7.
The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph wind, a high temperature of 52 degrees and a pressure of 720 mb. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction?
a)
anemometer, barometer, thermometer
b)
barometer, hygrometer, thermometer
c)
thermometer, satellite image, hygrometer
d)
anemometer, satellite image, barometer
8.
What would you expect from a Continental Polar air mass? 
a)
moist, warm air
b)
dry, cold air
c)
dry, warm air
d)

moist, cold air

9.

Your parent(s) made you wash his/her car. As you rinsed the soap off of the surface of the car, you watched as it soaked into the ground. Of what part of the water cycle could this be an example?

a)

Condensation

b)

Preciptation

c)

Infiltration

d)

Run-off

10.

In which area would the rate of evaporation be the lowest?

a)

over the ocean

b)

over the mountains

c)

over the rainforest

d)

over the desert

11.

Which statement correctly describes how clouds are formed?

a)

Clouds form when a large block of ice is frozen in the sky.

b)

Clouds form when a solid changes directly to a gas through sublimation.

c)

Clouds form when water vapor condenses in the air.

d)

Clouds form when water vapor evaporates from a lake, river, puddle, or ocean.

12.

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

13.

On Earth, what process generates most of the water vapor?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

14.

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

d)

transpiration

15.

Ice and snow on mountaintops can change directly from a solid to water vapor without melting first. This process is called

a)

condensation

b)

sublimation

c)

evaporation

d)

vacation

16.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
17.
Which best explains why runoff is important?
a)
It returns water to other locations on Earth
b)
It increases the chance of flooding
c)
It makes evaporation occur faster
d)
It increases condensation
18.
Which is the opposite of condensation?
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
19.

Tanya makes a table with the weather conditions at a body of water for five days. What day did the body of water most likely evaporate the fastest?

a)

Friday

b)

Thursday

c)

Tuesday

d)

Monday

20.

Wyatt takes a bottle of juice out of the

refrigerator. He notices that water begins to form

on the outside of the bottle. Which of the

following explains why the water started to form?

a)

Evaporation occurs on the bottle because the

room is cooler than the bottle.

b)

The bottle is freezing because the room is

cooler the bottle.

c)

The bottle is melting because the room is

warmer than the bottle.

d)

Condensation forms on the bottle because the

room is warmer than the bottle.

21.

At what stage do water droplets begin to form hail?

a)

When they reach the ground

b)

When they are in the lower altitudes of the atmosphere

c)

When they are in the upper altitudes of the atmosphere

d)

When they evaporate

22.

What causes water droplets to freeze and form hail?

a)

High temperatures

b)

Low temperatures

c)

High pressure

d)

Low humidity

23.

What type of cloud does hail form in?

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cirrus

24.

What do we know about the temperature of the air at different heights of a cloud?

a)

The temperature throughout the cloud is the same

b)

The temperature gets colder as the altitude increases

c)

The temperature gets colder closer to the surface of the earth

d)

It is impossible to predict

25.

What is humidity?

a)

The amount of gas in the air

b)

The amount of water in the air

c)

The amount of clouds in the air

d)

The amount of cloud seeds in the air

26.

This mid-level puffy cloud is called

a)

Altostratus

b)

Cumulonimbus

c)

Cirrostratus

d)

Altocumulus

27.

What type of cloud is this?

a)

Cumulus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Nimbostratus

d)

Cumulonimbus

28.

What process is this diagram showing?

a)

convection

b)

conduction

c)

water cycle

d)

radiation

29.

In the diagram what do the red arrows represent?

a)

Cold Air

b)

Rain

c)

Warm Air

d)

Hail

30.

Which one of these terms happens when a cloud forms?

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

run -off

31.
What is altitude?
a)
how much something weighs
b)
the distance above sea level
c)

how dense something is

d)
how far away something is
32.
As you climb up a mountain what happens to the air pressure?
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
33.
What happens to the amount of oxygen molecules as altitude increases?
a)
fewer molecules
b)
more molecules
c)
same amount of molecules
d)
nothing happens to the molecules
34.
Air pressure is greatest when near Earth's surface because?
a)
The air molecules are farther apart.
b)
The air molecules are closer together.
c)
Air molecules collide.
d)
Air molecules are tightly packed.
35.
Density of air is greater at high altitudes.
a)
true
b)
false
36.
Altitude is greater __________.
a)
at the bottom of the mountain
b)
at the top of the mountain
c)
at the center of the mountain
37.
Why is it hard to breath at high altitudes?
a)
There is too much oxygen in this location.
b)
There is a higher density of air molecules.
c)
There is a low density of air molecules.
d)
The air pressure is greater than at low altitudes.
38.
More molecules close together, means density is:
a)
high
b)
low
39.
Fewer molecules further apart, means density is:
a)
high
b)
low
40.

As altitude increases, the density of the air [increases].

a)

True

b)

stays the same

c)

decreases

d)

is zero