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_____ 1. On a weather map, a cold front is drawn with a
a. line marked with triangles on its leading edge
b. blackened circle
c. line with half circles on one side and triangles on the other side
d. circle with the letter C in its center
_____2. Air in the atmosphere presses on us because
a. the stratosphere is thick.
c. wind moves the air.
b. air has mass.
d. temperature warms the air.
_____3. A cloud forms when moisture in the air
a. freezes due to a temperature drop
b. condenses on small particles of dust in the air
c. evaporates due to a rise in air temperature
d. solidifies into six-sided flat crystal patterns due to a drop in air temperature
_____4. Which of the following are feathery and occur only at very high altitudes?
a. stratus clouds
c. cumulonimbus clouds
b. cumulus clouds
d. cirrus clouds
_____5. Which of the following are gray smooth clouds that cover the sky?
a. stratus clouds
c. cumulonimbus clouds
b. cumulus clouds
d. cirrus clouds
_____6. A student observing the sky notices that the cirrostratus clouds she saw in the morning
have been replaced by cumulonimbus clouds in the afternoon.
What weather conditions can she expect for the afternoon and evening?
a. low clouds and fog with little temperature change.
b. Fair skies continuing with scattered puffy clouds.
c. Light rain, then an increase in temperature and clearing skies.
d. Heavy wind and rain followed by a drop in temperature and clearing skies.
_____7. Which layer of Earth’s atmosphere is the one farthest from the surface of the Earth?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
_____8. In which layer of the atmosphere to meteors burn?
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Thermosphere
d. Mesosphere
_____9. In the stratosphere, which important feature blocks harmful rays from the sun?
a. The Aurora Borealis
b. The ozone layer
c. The sunray
d. All of the above
_____10. Which layer of the atmosphere is the one we live in?
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Thermosphere
d. Mesosphere
_____11. What is an air mass?
a. A place where weather always changes in an extreme way.
b. A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture
c. Any kind of cloud that produces rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
d. Any kind of air, as long as it’s wet and freezing.
_____12. What forms when two air masses meet and create weather?
a. Formation
b. Warm air
c. A front
d. A tornado
_____13. When a cold air mass crashes into a warm air mass, which kind of front is formed?
a. Cold front
b. Warm front
c. Hot front
d. Polar front
_____14. Why does a warm front usually bring a light and steady rain?
a. Warm fronts bring extremely low air pressure.
b. Weather that is not intense always happens at any kind of front.
c. A warm air mass violently crashes against a cold air mass, so the weather is wet.
d. A warm air mass slowly climbs up and over the cold air mass, so the weather is less intense.
_____15. Which kind of front usually forms long, thin stratus clouds?
a. Polar front
b. Cold front
c. Warm front
d. Hot front
_____16. What is similar between the two kinds of maritime air masses?
a. Amount of moisture in the air.
b. Temperature of the air mass.
c. Geographic location.
d. Types of clouds they form.
_____17. What would most likely happen if a continental polar air mass clashed with a continental
tropical air mass?
a. The clouds would disappear, and the day would become clear and sunny.
b. Cumulus clouds would form, and a big thunderstorm would occur.
c. Stratus clouds would form and they would make the day warmer.
d. Clouds would form and they would bring light and steady rainfall.
_____18. Which kind of wind blows across most of the United States?
a. Polar Easterlies
b. Prevailing Westerlies
c. Trade Winds
d. Polar Windbacks
_____19. What is the weather of a certain area over a long period of time?
a. Climate Zone
b. Moisture
c. Climate
d. Element
_____20. What forms when moisture evaporates into the air, and then cools?
a. A climate
b. A cloud
c. Wind
d. Altitude
Using Science Skills
Use the skills you have developed to answer each question. Answers need to be in complete
sentences.
18. Using the map above, Ohio will be expecting what type of front within 24 hours?
19. According to the map, are the winds in Ohio calm or breezy?
20. What type of pressure system is in the upper part of Texas?
21. What type of front is the state of Washington experiencing?