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Meteorology Test Review
1. What type of air mass forms over land in colder regions?
a. Polar maritime
b. Polar continental
c. Tropical maritime
d. Tropical continental
2. Rainy, windy, and stormy weather usually come with
a. A high pressure system
c. a low pressure system
b. A medium pressure system d. a no pressure system
3. If there were a high-pressure system over Utah for many days in July, what would typically be our weather
conditions?
a. Hot, dry and sunny
c. cold and rainy
b. A south wind
d. strong winds from the north
4. Most scientists agree that
a. The Earth’s climate is cooling and it is a natural process
b. The Earth’s climate is too hard to figure out so we don’t know what it is doing
c. The Earth’s climate is warming and it is a natural process
d. The Earth’s climate is warming and it is caused by human activities
5. A pattern of symbols that represent the weather at an observing station and is recorded on a weather map
is called a
a. weather map
b. weather symbol
c. weather model
d. station model
6. If you had cold air coming down from Canada and it collided with warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico,
what weather phenomenon would be produced?
a. Tsunami
b. El Niño
c. Hurricane d. Tornado
7. What happens to warm moist air when it rises?
a. It heats up even more
b. It cools, condenses and forms rain
c. It stays the same temperature as it rises
d. It becomes less dense as it rise
8. Which type of front brings with it heavy precipitation followed by colder air?
a.
occluded front.
c.
stationary front.
b.
warm front.
d.
cold front.
9. Which type of front forms when a cold air mass that overtakes a warm air mass and lifts the warm air mass
off the ground and over another cold air mass
a.
occluded front.
c.
stationary front.
b.
warm front.
d.
cold front.
10. Precipitation over a large area is usually associated with what kind of front?
a.
occluded front.
c.
stationary front.
b.
warm front.
d.
cold front.
11. Which type of air mass would bring warm, wet air?
a. Polar maritime
b. Polar continental
c. Tropical maritime
d. Tropical continental
12. Which of these correctly identifies the correct type of pressure system pictured below.
a. Left one is low pressure and the right one is high pressure
b. Right one is low pressure and the left one is high pressure
c. They are both high pressure
d. They are both low pressure
Match the type of front on the right with the symbol. 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, 4 = D
13. __________ Occluded
14. __________Warm
15. __________ Cold
16. __________ Stationary
17. Pretend that in recent weeks Utah has been hit by many big storms.
What kind of front has been hitting Utah that causes these storms?
a. Warm Front b. Cold Front c. Stationary Front
d. Occluded Front
Label each of the following as processes that release carbon dioxide to the atmosphere or as processes that take
carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. (Release = A, Take out = B)
18. _______________Photosynthesis by plants
19. _______________Burning of fossil fuels
20. _______________Respiration by plants and animals
21. _______________Dissolving of carbon dioxide in oceans
22. The extreme cold weather we have had in the last month is an example of
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. El Niño
d. stationary fronts
23. Which type of air mass has cold, moist air?
a. Polar maritime
b. Polar continental
c. Tropical maritime
d. Tropical continental
24. The average temperature and rainfall over the last 30 years is called
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. thunderstorms
d. occluded fronts
25. In order to form storms such as thunderstorms and hurricanes, what conditions must there be?
a. Cold and moist air
b. Cold and dry air
c. Warm and moist air
d. Warm and dry air
26. What kinds of conditions would produce storminess and clouds?
a. Dense air that sinks
b. Low pressure air that pulls air in from the surroundings
c. High pressure air that pushes air down towards the ground
d. Air with a low relative humidity
27. What is the best defense against severe weather?
a. a weather watch
b. a weather warning
c. a good forecast
d. a weather map
Match the weather element with the tool used to measure it.
28. _________Temperature
a. barometer
29. _________Air Pressure
b. anemometer
30. _________Wind Direction
c. thermometer
31. _________ Wind Speed
d. weather satellites
32. _________ Upper Atmospheric Conditions
e. weather vane
33. _________ Cloud locations and coverage
f. radiosonde
34. Write a paragraph explaining what happens during an El Niño event. Be sure to include what happens to
the air, what happens to the ocean water, and how climates across the world change.
35. What usually occurs just after an El Niño event that is associated with colder waters in the equatorial Pacific?
Use the map to answer questions 36-38.
36. What type of weather would you expect is happening in California and why?
37. What type of weather do you expect Utah to have within the next few days and why?
38. What type of weather do we expect the East coast of the United States to be experiencing and why?