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Weather Patterns TEST 25-26

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What city will experience decreasing temperatures in the next day?

a)

Denver

b)

El Paso

c)

Memphis

d)

Los Angeles

2.

What city is most likely going to see temperatures rise?

a)

San Jose

b)

El Paso

c)

Jacksonville

d)

Chicago

3.

What does this symbol represent?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Warm Front

c)

Stationary Front

d)

Occluded Front

4.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
5.
When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ___________ and changes back into liquid.
a)
cold
b)
hot
c)
warm
d)
solid
6.

The water cycle has no start or end

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

a)

the Sun

b)

the Earth

c)

water

d)

the Moon

8.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
9.

The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

a)

dew point

b)

humidty

c)

relative humidity

d)

rain

10.
Which type of front is near Seattle?
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
c)
occluded front
d)
stationary front
11.
Which type of front is located near Boston?
a)
warm front
b)
cold front
c)
stationary front
d)
occluded front
12.
What direction is the warm front moving on the map? 
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
13.
____________ air sinks/falls because it is ____________dense.
a)
Cold, More
b)
Warm, Less
c)
Cold, Less
d)
Warm, More
14.
____________ air rises because it is ____________dense.
a)
Cool, Less
b)
Warm, Less
c)
Cold, More
d)
Warm, More
15.
Which type of air would you find at air mass A?
a)
cold, dry
b)
warm, humid
c)
warm, dry
d)
cold, humid
16.

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

a)

Dry

b)

Humid

c)

Cold

d)

Warm

17.

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

a)

Dry

b)

Humid

c)

Cold

d)

Warm

18.
Which type of air would you find at air mass B?
a)
cold, dry
b)
warm, humid
c)
warm, dry
d)
cold, humid
19.

How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?

a)

Dry

b)

Humid

c)

Warm

d)

Cold

20.

How do we characterize an air mass that forms over near the equator?

a)

Dry

b)

Humid

c)

Cold

d)

Warm

21.
Which type of air would you find at air mass D?
a)
cold, dry
b)
warm, humid
c)
warm, dry
d)
cold, humid
22.

A humid and cold air mass would be a...

a)

Maritime polar

b)

Continental polar

c)

Maritime tropical

d)

Continental tropical

23.
A dry and cold air mass would be...
a)
Maritime polar
b)
Continental polar
c)
Maritime tropical
d)
Continental tropical
24.

What type of weather is usually found in high pressure areas?

a)

sunny and dry

b)

wet and stormy

c)

cold and snowy

d)

sunny and humid

25.

What type of weather does a low pressure system bring?

a)

Clear skies

b)

Stormy, cloudy weather

26.

Does Warm air or Cold air hold MORE water?

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

c)

they hold the same

27.
A front is
a)
where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
b)
a line where hot and cold air are separating
c)
a line where two different air masses meet
d)
where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds
28.
When a cold front is approaching, what happens?
a)
warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
b)
warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
c)
warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
d)
cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms
29.

Explain the difference between warm and cold fronts.

a)

Cold fronts involve warm air moving into colder air, leading to abrupt weather changes and potential thunderstorms.

b)

Warm fronts involve warm air moving into colder air, leading to abrupt weather changes and potential thunderstorms.

c)

Warm fronts involve warm air moving into colder air, resulting in gradual weather changes and precipitation. Cold fronts involve cold air moving into warmer air, leading to abrupt weather changes and potential thunderstorms.

d)

Warm fronts involve cold air moving into warmer air, resulting in gradual weather changes and precipitation.

30.

Which cross section best represents a cold front?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

Which of the following is an example of convection?

a)

Melting ice in a glass

b)

Lightning during a thunderstorm

c)

Boiling water in a pot

d)

Baking cookies in an oven

32.

What is convection?

a)

The process of heat transfer through the movement of a fluid caused by differences in temperature.

b)

The process of heat transfer through the movement of a fluid caused by differences in density.

c)

The process of heat transfer through the movement of a gas caused by differences in pressure.

d)

The process of heat transfer through the movement of a solid caused by differences in temperature.

33.

What is the primary method of heat transfer in fluids and gas?

a)

Conduction

b)

Convection

c)

Radiation

d)

None of the above

34.

Which is an example of Convection?

a)

Walking on the beach

b)

A heater warming the air in a bedroom

c)

the sun's rays hitting earth

d)

a hot soup warming the spoon

35.

Which particles move faster?

a)

Hot

b)

Cold

36.
Why is the Equator warmest?
a)
Because it is closest to the sun.
b)
Because it receives the most direct sunlight
c)
Because no clouds form here.
d)
Because it is far from the sun
37.

Match these heat transfers

a)
1.

Conduction

b)
2.

Convection

c)
3.

Radiation

38.

Measures wind speed.

a)

Rain Gauge

b)

Wind Vane

c)

Wind Sock

d)

Anemometer

39.

What causes wind?

a)

differences in air pressure

b)

differences in gravity

c)

difference in oxygen

d)

differences in the thermosphere

40.
Which statement correctly defines wind?
a)
Wind is the movement of air from areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure
b)
Wind is the movement of air to a colder area in the atmosphere.
c)
Wind is the movement of air from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.
d)
Wind is the movement of air pushed around and bouncing off Earth's surface.
41.

What gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Ozone

d)

Carbon Dioxide

42.

What would be the effect on the particles in the animation if more heat is supplied to the system?

a)

They would slow down.

b)

They would stop moving completely.

c)

They would speed up.

d)

There would be no effect.

43.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

a)

troposphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

methosphere

d)

stratosphere

44.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

tropsophere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

45.
Which layer is the outermost layer?
a)
troposphere
b)
thermosphere
c)
exosphere
d)
mesosphere
e)

magnetosphere

46.

What instrument do meteorologists use to measure atmospheric pressure?

a)

barometer

b)

thermometer

c)

rain gauge

47.
_______ pressure systems are characterized by rising air.
a)
High
b)
Low
48.
_______ pressure systems are characterized by cloudy, rainy weather.
a)
High
b)
Low
49.
_______ pressure systems are characterized by fair weather.
a)
High
b)
Low
50.
What happens to air pressure as you move upward into the atmosphere?
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
51.
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
52.
Air pressure at sea level is _____________ than air pressure at the top of a mountain.
a)
lower
b)
higher
c)
the same
53.
Which most likely produces clear, cool weather?
a)
zero air pressure
b)
stable air pressure
c)
a low pressure system
d)
a high pressure system
54.
Which system results in rainy or stormy weather?
a)
high pressure
b)
low pressure
c)
hurricane
d)
weather system
55.

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

a)

the Sun

b)

the Earth

c)

water

d)

the Moon

56.

What is the expected relative humidity when it is precipitating outside?

a)

80%

b)

0%

c)

100%

d)

20%

57.
Which instrument measures air pressure
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Hygrometer
d)
Wind Vane
58.
Which instrument measures wind speed?
a)
Anemometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Hygrometer
d)
Wind Vane
59.
What type of cloud is this?
a)
Cumulonimbus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Nimbus
d)
Stratus
60.

what type of cloud is shown?

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

stratus

d)

cumulonimbus

61.

What will most likely happen when air pressure rapidly drops in an area?

a)

Clear and sunny weather will occur

b)

A high-pressure system is approaching

c)

Stormy and possibly rainy weather is likely

d)

Temperatures will immediately rise

62.
Is this a land or a sea breeze?
a)
land breeze
b)
sea breeze
63.
The strength of a sea breeze depends on
a)
the heat of the day
b)
the difference between the temperature of the sea and the land
c)
the wind speed
d)
the amount of precipitation that day
64.
Where does the initial source of energy come from that creates winds?
a)
the moon
b)
the sun
c)
the Earth's surface
d)
the rotation of the Earth
65.

  1. As you sit on the beach, you notice that the breeze, which had been blowing toward the water from the land, shifts so that it is blowing off the water toward land. What event has just occurred?

a)

Clouds have begun to form over the water.

b)

The temperature over the land has reached its highest point for that day.

c)

The temperature over the land has become higher than the temperature over the water.

d)

The temperature over the water has become higher than the temperature over the land.

66.

Which Earth's surface heats quicker, sand or water?

a)

sand

b)

water

67.

A group of friends gather around a fire to stay warm. How is the heat transferring to them?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

68.

The way the heat is moving out of the hot coffee cup is called...

a)

convection

b)

radiation

c)

insulation

d)

conduction

69.

The man goes to take the hot pot off the stove with his bare hands. How does heat transfer to his hands?

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

70.

When a substance loses heat energy, its molecules _______.

a)

slow down

b)

speed up

c)

are not affected

d)

break apart

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