Download Chapter 8: Air-Sea Interaction Pre-Assessment

Chapter 18 & 20: Climate and
Weather Review
1. What is condensation?
A. Change from liquid to ice
B. Change from liquid to another liquid
C. Change of water vapor to liquid
D. Change of water vapor to nother
water vapor
C. Change of water vapor (gas) to liquid
2. Why does warm air rise and cold air sink?
A. Warm air is hotter than cold air
B. Warm air is less dense than cold air
C. Warm air is more dense than cold air
D. All of the above
B. Warm air is less dense than cold air.
3. How do clouds form?
Warm, moist air rises and finally the cold
atmosphere causes it to condense to form
clouds
4. True or False
Smog is created by the condensation of
CO2
False- Smog is a buildup of CO2 gases and
pollutants and remains a gas. Condensation
goes from gas to liquid i.e. dew, fog.
5. Give three types of precipitation.
Rain,, snow, hail, sleet
6. Name three factors that can affect the
climate.
Latitude, elevation, bodies of water, orographic
effect, ocean currents.
7. List the three cloud types
1. Cirrus
2. Stratus
3. Cumulus
8. Which cloud type is describes as fluffy, flat
bottoms?
A. Cirrus
B. Stratus
C. Altostratus
D. Cumulus
D. Cumulus
9. What does Alto mean?
A. High
B. Middle Range
C. Low
D. None of the above
A. High
10. Which prefix refers to rain clouds?
A. Alto
B. Cirro
C. Nimbus
D. Strato
C. Nimbus
11. A cumulonimbus cloud is also known
as a:
A. White fluffy cloud
B. Snow cloud
C. Feathery Cloud
D. Storm cloud
D. Storm Cloud
12. What cloud type are considered low, layered
clouds?
Stratus
13. Orographic lifting is associated with:
A. Wind
B. Water Vapor
C. Mountains
D. Weather fronts
C. Mountains
14. An immense body of air with the
same characteristics:
A. Air Mass
B. Cold Front
C. Warm Front
D. Cyclone
A. Air Mass
15. What determines an air mass?
A. Temperature
B. Moisture
C. Wind A.Speed
D. Both A and B
D. Both A and B
C.
B.
16. What type of air mass forms over land?
A. Continental
B. Maritime
C. Tropical
D. BothA.A and B
A. Continental
B.
C.
D.
17. What air masses are associated with
warm and wet conditions
E and G
18. What air masses are cold and dry?
B and C
19. Which are considered a continental
tropical (cT) Air Mass?
F
20. In the Atlantic Ocean, which air mass
produces Hurricanes?
G
21. What is a Front?
A. Boundary between two different air masses
B. An area of cold air
C. An area of high winds
D. All of the above
A. Boundary between two different
air masses
22. What is a warm front?
A warm air mass that advances and
displaces cold air
23. A front in which cold air is advancing and
displacing warm air is called:
A. Warm Front
B. Cold Front
C. Stationary Front
D. Occulded Front
B. Cold Front
24. What is a vortex?
Rotating column of air
25. When two air masses collide along a front,
which type of air is always forced upward?
A. Cold Air
B. Stationary Air
C. Warm Air
D. All of the above
C. Warm Air (Warm air rises!)
26. What is another name for a hurricane that
forms in the Pacific Ocean called?
Typhoon
27. In general, what conditions cause
hurricanes and tornados to form?
A. Warm Air
B. Moisture
C. Thunder Storms (Cumulonimbus Clouds)
D. All of the above
D. All of the Above
28. Which part of a hurrican is the slowest?
A. The outer edge
B. The “arms” of the storm
C. Eye Wall
D. Eye
A. Outer Edge
29. What is a rain shadow?
A. Caused by Orographic Lifting creating a wet,
rainy side of a mountain
B. Shadow cast by a mountain during a rain
storm
C. Caused by Orographic Lifting creating a dry,
arid side of a mountain
D. All of the above
C. Caused by Orographic Lifting creating a
dry, arid side of a mountian
30. What is the relationship between lattitude
and climate?
 Lattitude =  Climate
31. How does being close to a body of water affect climate?
(What is happening to the air mass)
Bodies of water cool the air mass above it,
creating cooler climate along coasts
32. To be successful in life and accomplish your
goals, what can you do?
Then what are you waiting for ?