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Weather Test- Form B
1. Which of these is the best definition of air pressure?
a. the force of air pushing in one direction as it falls.
b. the force of air pushing down on you
c. the force of air pushing in all directions as it moves
A
2. In picture 1 : Where is the air pressure greatest?
a. Point A
b. Point B
c. Point C
B
C
Picture 1
3. Which of these is the best definition of humidity?
a. the difficulty we have in cooling off in the winter
b. the water vapor in the air
c. the precipitation in the air
4. The warmer the air is, the _____ water vapor it can hold.
a. more
b. colder
c. less d. warmer
5. What causes a thunderstorm?
a. quickly rising warm, humid air
b. quickly rising warm, dry air
c. quickly sinking warm, humid air
Using
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
picture 2 label the following phases of the water cycle:
Circle 1
Circle 2
Circle 3
Circle 4
Circle 5
6. precipitation
8. condensation
7. evaporation
9. collection
Picture 2
10. In the above water cycle diagram number 1 is an example of what type of heating?
a. conduction
b. radiation c. convection
11. The direction in which evaporated water moves in is because of_____.
a. conduction
b. radiation c. convection
Identify the types of precipitation defined below.
12. Rain
13. Sleet
14. Freezing rain
15. Hail
16. Snow
a. Begins frozen and remains frozen lands as a crystal
b. Begins frozen, melts into rain as it falls and freezes when it hits something on the ground
that is colder.
c. Type of precipitation is formed by ice being tossed around in clouds with winds and causing
it to grow in size. The ice pellets finally get too large to stay afloat and fall in frozen
form.
d. Begins frozen and then melts before hitting Earth’s surface.
e. Begins frozen, partially melts as it falls and then refreezes into ice pellets before landing.
17. Warm air is _____ dense than colder air and _____ in the atmosphere.
a. less, sinks
b. more, rises
c. less, rises
d. more, sinks
18. Cold air is ______ dense than warm air and _____ in the atmosphere.
a. less, sinks
b. more, rises
c. less, rises
d. more, sinks
19. Rising moist air causes areas of _____ pressure, creates clouds, and is associated with
_____ weather.
a. low, rainy
b. low, sunny
c. high, rainy
d. high, sunny
20. Sinking dry air causes areas of _____ pressure, evaporates clouds, and is associated with
_____ weather.
a. high, sunny
b. high, rainy
c. low, sunny d. low, rainy
21. How is wind related to air pressure? Write out a complete answer.
Match the following fronts with their descriptions.
a. Cold
b. Warm
c. Occluded
d. Stationary
22. A warm air mass overtakes a cooler air mass leading to a long period of rain.
23. A warm air mass is trapped between two colder air masses.
24. A warm air mass and a cold air mass meet but neither move leading to several days of
consistent weather.
25. A cold air mass overtakes a warmer air mass leading to stormy weather.
Draw the map symbol for each front.
26. Warm
27. Occluded
28. Cold
29. Stationary
Match each weather tool with its definition:
Column I
Column II
30. radar
a. takes measurements of air conditions over
a large area and at different altitudes such
31. Saffir-Simpson
as temperature, air pressure, and humidity
b. takes measurements of cloud height; one
32. weather balloon
type is Doppler which also detects air
motion and precipitation
33. ground station
c. sends information back to Earth while in
orbit; records cloud cover, warm and cool
34. satellite
regions, and invisible water vapor
d. measures the intensity of a hurricane
35. fujita scale
e. takes measurements in a single location on
land such as temperature, precipitation,
36. weather planes and ships
wind speed, and air pressure
f. takes measurements along a path; can be
37. meteorologist
used to gather information from hurricanes
or other storms
38. sling psychrometer
g. scientists that studies weather systems.
h. is used to measure relative humidity
i. rating system for tornadoes
Mark wanted to discover the best household material for absorbing oil. He used cotton balls, a
kitchen sponge, some paper towels and some wax paper to clean up 5 mL (about a spoonful) of olive oil
he poured in a beaker.
39. What is the dependent variable for Mark’s experiment?
a. the type of oil used
b. the amount of oil absorbed
c. the material used for absorbing the oil
d. the size of beaker used
40. What is Mark’s independent variable in his experiment?
a. the amount of oil used
b. the size of the beaker used
c. the amount of time
d. the material used for absorbing oil
j.
Using the following map, answer the following questions:
41. Based on the pressure systems what will the weather be in the following location?
a. Q
b. W
42. In what direction is the cold front moving?
a. North
b. West
c. East
d. South