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Chapter 3
Test Review
7th Grade
2013-2014
1
What role does runoff play in the water cycle?
a. It is the process in which liquid turns into
water vapor.
b. It carries water from precipitation into
oceans.
c. It takes water out of the water cycle.
d. It is not part of the water cycle.
Answer
It carries water from precipitation into oceans.
2
Where does a CP air mass form?
a. The Pacific Ocean
b. Northern Canada
c. The Gulf of Mexico
d. The desert Southwest
Answer
Northern Canada
3
How does a warm front form?
Answer
Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.
4
What kind of weather does an occluded front
bring?
Answer
A lot of precipitation
5
What is the purpose of isobars?
a. To measure air pressure
b. To describe the weather conditions at a
weather station
c. To find out what form precipitation will take.
d. To connect points of equal air pressure on a
weather map.
Answer
To connect points of equal air pressure on a
weather map
6
What kind of weather does a stationary front
bring?
A. Drizzly rain followed by clear weather
B. Severe storms
C. Many days of cloudy, wet weather
D. Cold, dry weather
Answer
Many days of cloudy, wet weather
7
What is hail?
a. It is rain that falls through a layer of freezing
air.
b. It may be sent up into the clouds many times.
c. It forms in winter in low stratus clouds
d. It is a liquid form of precipitation
Answer
It may be sent up in the clouds many times
8
Which of the following increases air’s ability to
hold water vapor?
a. Increase in wind speed
b. Increase in temperature
c. Decrease in temperature
d. Decrease in air pressure
Answer
Increase in temperature
10
What kind of weather does a cold front bring?
a. Warm
b. Stormy
c. Sunny
d. windy
Answer
stormy
To Know
Dew point, difference between sleet and snow,
Clouds and the weather associated with them,
All about cyclones and anticyclones,
Tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, weather
balloons and satellites