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Name ___________________________________
Date ____________________ Period _________
Weather Test Review
8. Look carefully at the graphic below. What sort
of weather would you expect to find within the
circle?
Multiple Choices
1. Cloudy and rainy weather is usually associated
with what type of pressure system? _____.
a. Warm front
b. Cold front
c. Stationary front
2. What type of pressure occurs when air masses
sinks and prevents clouds from forming_____.
a. High pressure
b. Low pressure
9. A tornado is a type of severe weather that is
NOT an intense tropical storm?
a. True
b. False
c. Only when it is close to an ocean
3. Tornadoes and hurricanes are produced by
a. Thunderstorms
b. Volcanoes
c. Tsunamis
10. On the Fujita scale an F5 causes
a. Very little damage
b. Severe damage
c. Moderate damage
4. The most powerful severe storm is the
Tornado____.
a. True
b. False
11. Severe weather is occurring what should be
issued ____.
a. Watch
b. Warning
c. Emergency
5. A front is formed between a cold and _____ air
masses.
a. Cold
b. Warm
6. Which type of system is shown below?
7. Which type of system is shown below?
12. Where is the calmest part of a hurricane?
a. Vortex
b. Eye
c. outside
13. True or False?
a. Hurricanes are much larger than
tornadoes
b. Tornadoes last for a longer time than
Hurricanes
c. Hurricanes are associated with flooding
since they cause high waves and strong
rains
14. How does air move in a low-pressure system?
a. Toward the low-pressure area
b. Away from the low-pressure area
c. Clockwise around the low-pressure area
15. A thermometer measures ______________?
a. Air mass
b. Air temperature
c. Dew point
16. Wind speed, air temperature and type of
precipitation is found a
a. Station map
b. Doppler radar
c. Station model
17. Air moves outward from a _____.
a. Stationary front
b. Tropical air mass
c. High-pressure system
18. A maritime tropical air mass would have the
greatest effect on weather _________.
a. Seattle
b. Florida
c. Alaska
19. Warm, moist air rises over ocean, what type of
storm is forming
a. tornado
b. water spout
c. hurricane
20. The amount of water vapor in the air relative to
what that air could hold is the _____.
a. Dew point
b. Air pressure
c. Relative humidity
21. Air moves into and upward through a _______
system.
a. High pressure
b. Low
c. Warm front
22. A continental polar air mass would have the
greatest effect on weather in ___________.
a. Florida
b. Alaska
c. Texas
23. Clear skies and fair weather is brought in by
which type of system?
a. High
b. Low
c. Warm front
24. The amount of water vapor in the air is known
as ______________.
a. Humidity
b. Tornado
c. Dew point
25. _________________ is the atmospheric
conditions, along with short-term changes, of a
certain place at a certain time
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. season
26. A (n) ________________ forms when warmer
air moves toward colder, denser air.
a. Cold front
b. Warm front
c. Stationary front
27. Cooler air has _______________ humidity than
warmer air.
a. More
b. Less
c. Same
28. When updrafts within a thunderstorm begin to
rotate, a (n) ________________ can form.
a. Thunderstorm
b. Hurricane
c. Tornado
29. What is the current temperature
at the station? ___________
30. What is the current dew point
temperature at the station?
_________
31. A ______ is a scientist who studies weather.
32. When a build-up of warm water occurs off the
coast of South America, what weather
phenomenon is this?
a. La Nina
b. El Nino
c. Tornado
d. Hurricane
33. Which weather phenomenon do the trade
winds weaken or change direction?
a. El Nino
b. La Nina
c. Tornado
d. Hurricane