1. an instrument that measures the
amount of humidity in the air
a. Rain gauge
c.
Thermometer
b. Hygrometer d.
anemometer
2. an instrument that measures wind
speed
a. Rain gauge
c.
Thermometer
b. Hygrometer d.
anemometer
3. an instrument that measures air
pressure
a. Rain gauge
c.
Thermometer
b. Hygrometer d. Barometer
4. an instrument for measuring
temperature
a. Rain gauge
c.
Thermometer
b. Hygrometer d. Barometer
5. an instrument to record the amount
of rainfall in a given area
a. Rain gauge
c.
Thermometer
b. Hygrometer d. Barometer
6. liquid that falls from the sky when a
cloud becomes saturated
a. rain
c. sleet
b. snow
d. hail
7. large body of warm or cold air
a. air mass
c. front
b. air pressure d. weather
8. the temperature at which tiny water
drops from when water vapor
condenses
a. air mass
c. front
b. dew point
d. air pressure
9. boundary between 2 masses
a. air mass
c. front
b. air pressure d. dew point
10. when a cold air mass collides with a
warm air mass creating rain
a. warm air mass
c. cold
air mass
b. warm front
d. cold
front
11. when a warm air mass collides with
a cold air mass creating party cloudy
conditions
a. warm air mass
c. cold
air mass
b. warm front
d. cold
front
12. large body of warm air
a. warm air mass
c. cold
air mass
b. warm front
d. cold
front
13. large body of cold air
a. warm air mass
c. cold
air mass
b. warm front
d. cold
front
14. Air pressure in place creating sunny
conditions
a. High
c. low
b. Warm
d. cold
15. Air pressure in place creating cloudy
conditions
a. High
c. low
b. Warm
d. cold
16. What kind of weather only
happens near an ocean?
a. tornadoes
c.
thunderstorms
b. Drought
d. hurricanes
17. Some mountain ranges affect the
climate on both sides of the range.
These ranges have forests on one
side and deserts on the other side.
What causes the difference in
climate?
a. As clouds rise over the
mountains, they slow down
and provide more shade to
one side than the other.
b. As clouds rise over the
mountains, they speed up and
provide more wind to one
side than the other.
c. As clouds rise over the
mountains, they cool off and
release more rain on one side
than the other.
d.
As clouds rise over the
mountains, they heat up and
absorb more water from one
side than the other.
18. Which best describes why cities
near oceans are often warmer in
the winter than cities far from the
ocean at the same latitude?
a. Oceans cool more slowly
than land.
b. Ocean tides are highest in
the winter.
c. The moon heats the air over
the ocean.
d. Ocean waves move more
quickly in the winter.