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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. Dry and sunny
c. cold and rainy
b. A south wind
d. strong winds from the north
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Which type of air mass would bring warm, wet air?
a. Polar maritime
b. Polar continental
c. Tropical maritime
d. Tropical continental
10. Which of these correctly identifies the correct type of pressure system pictured below.
a. Left one is low pressure and the right
c. They are both high pressure
one is high pressure
d. They are both low pressure
b. Right one is low pressure and the left
one is high pressure
11. Pretend that in recent weeks Utah has been hit by many big thunderstorms. What kind of front has been
hitting Utah that causes these storms?
a. Warm Front b. Cold Front c. Stationary Front
d. Occluded Front
12. 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
13. Which type of air mass has cold, moist air?
a. Polar maritime
b. Polar continental
c. Tropical maritime
d. Tropical continental
14. The average temperature and rainfall over the last 30 years is called
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. thunderstorms
d. occluded fronts
15. In order to form storms such as thunderstorms and hurricanes, what conditions must there be?
a. Cold and moist air
c. Warm and moist air
b. Cold and dry air
d. Warm and dry air
16. What kinds of conditions would produce storminess and clouds?
a. Dense air that sinks
c. High pressure air that pushes air
b. Low pressure air that rises and
down towards the ground
condenses
d. Air with a low relative humidity
17. 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.
18. _________Temperature
a. barometer
19. _________Air Pressure
b. anemometer
20. _________Wind Direction
c. thermometer
21. _________ Wind Speed
d. weather satellites
22. _________ Upper Atmospheric Conditions
e. weather vane
23. _________ Cloud locations and coverage
f. radiosonde
Use the map to answer questions 24-26.
24. What type of weather would you expect is happening in California and why?
25. What type of weather do you expect Utah to have within the next few days and why?
26. What type of weather do we expect the East coast of the United States to be experiencing and why?