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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an air mass?A place where weather always changes in an extreme way.Air that is wet and freezingA cloud that produces rain, snow, sleep, or hail.A large body of air with the same moisture and temperature throughout.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat forms when two air masses meet and creates weather?a hurricanehaila fronta tornado
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of front is it when a cold air mass and a warm air mass try to overtake one another, but neither one are strong enough to do so?cold frontwarm frontoccluded frontstationary front
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Which type of front can be seen here?cold frontoccluded frontstationary frontwarm front - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of front can be seen here?cold frontoccluded frontstationary frontwarm front
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen a warm air mass overtakes a cold air mass, what kind of front is formed?cold frontoccluded frontstationary frontwarm front
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the weather instrument seen in the picture measure?temperaturepressurewind speedprecipitation
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat weather instrument is seen in the picture and what does it measure?barometer; air pressurethermometer; temperatureanemometer; wind speedpsychrometer; humidity
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the purpose of the weather instrument seen in the picture?to measure air pressureto measure wind directionto measure wind speedto measure precipitation
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of cloud is in this picture?cumulonimbusstratuscumuluscirrus
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the process in which water vapor changes directly into a liquid?evaporationcondensationtranspirationprecipitation
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe process of a gas changing into a liquid is _________.evaporationsublimationcondensationfreezing
- 13. Multiple Choice____________________ is the force exerted by the gases that push on an objectozone pressureair pressurecloud pressurestratus pressure
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weather is produced from HIGH pressure systems?stormysunnyhumidrainy
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weather is produced from LOW pressure systems?stormytornadoesthunderstormsall of the above
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this weather instrument?barometersling psychrometerwind sockweather/wind vane
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is this weather instrument?barometersling psychrometerweather balloonwind sock
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA severe storm which involves a funnel cloud forming over land is:hurricanetornadothunderstormblizzard
- 19. Multiple ChoiceA severe storm that involves winds over 119mph and forms over water is:tornadothunderstormhurricaneblizzard
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThis severe weather involves low temperatures and snow either falling or driftinghurricanethunderstormtornadoblizzard
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis severe weather involves lightning, rain, and possibly hailthunderstormtornadohurricaneblizzard
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe boundary between two air masses is known as:frontstormclimateflood
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWhen severe weather conditions are present, a _______ is issuedwatchwarning
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThis type of front can bring strong stormscoldwarmstationaryoccluded
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat weather tool measures temperature?snow gaugerain gaugethermometeranemometer
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of cloud is gray, flat, and blocks sunlight?stratuscumuluscirruscumulonimbus
- 27. Multiple ChoiceOne of the best places to seek protection during a tornado isatticeither beside a stove or refrigeratorin the garagein the basement of a well-built building
- 28. Multiple ChoiceScientists who study weather and try to predict it are calledastronomersvolcanologistsmeteorologistsweatherologists
- 29. Multiple ChoiceAny form of water that falls from clouds is calleddewevaporationcondensationprecipitaiton
- 30. Multiple ChoiceHurricanes typically form overcold oceanstropical rainforestswarm ocean watervery dry land masses
- 31. Multiple ChoiceThe eye of a hurricanehas the highest windshas dense cloudsproduces the storm surgeis calm
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