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Name: __________________________________ Date: __________ Period: _____ TOC # _____
Weather Test Study Guide
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5. _____ air and water is most dense.
6. Heat transfer through direct contact.
7. _____ air and water is least dense.
9. Cold air and water ____ when they meet warm air and water.
12. Wind that blow in from the land.
13. Clouds that are low in the sky, grey and look like blankets or layers.
14. Pressure associated with nice weather.
15. Pressure associated with storms.
16. When water sinks deep into the ground through limestone and other layers.
18. Precipitation that comes from cumulonimbus clouds and is caused by convection currents.
19. A sea breeze usually occurs during the _____.
20. A cold air mass moves into a region occupied by warm air – bringing thunderstorms
followed by sunny weather.
22. A land breeze usually occurs during at _____.
23. After precipitation, water flows from higher ground into a body of water.
25. A warm air mass moves into a region occupied by cold air – brings rain and followed by
warm weather.
27. Heat transferred by electromagnetic waves.
32. A cold air mass and a warm air mass meet and stall over an area – brings rain showers for a
long period of time.
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1. The most dangerous type of precipitation. Starts as a water droplet but freezes when it lands
on a frozen surface.
2. Clouds that are sometimes anvil shaped and bring thunderstorms, tornadoes and hail.
3. After precipitation falls and it sinks into the ground.
4. When the sun heats water and it rises.
5. White, fluffy clouds, not very high in the sky, associated with fair weather.
6. Heat transfer through liquids; air or solid rock is _____.
8. The flow of hot and cold regions through a fluid.
10. When the condensed water in clouds becomes heavy and falls.
11. A westerly wind blows in from the _____.
17. Precipitation that starts as an ice crystal and stay an ice crystal to the ground.
21. Cold air and water sinks because it is more ____ than warm air and water.
24. When water vapor cools and clings to a surface.
26. Precipitation that freezes as it falls though freezing air and lands as an ice pellet.
27. Precipitation that starts and stays as a water droplet from cloud to ground.
28. Ocean currents are driven by _____ and wind.
29. Wind that blow in from the sea.
30. Clouds that are very high in the sky, made of ice crystals, look like wisps.
31. Warm air and water always _____ when they meet cold air and water.