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- 1. Multiple Choice
Large clouds that often produce thunderstorms are called
stratus clouds
cumulonimbus clouds
cirrus clouds
nimbostratus clouds
- 2. Multiple Choice
Any form of water that falls from clouds is called
dew
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
- 3. Multiple Choice
Cold, dry air affecting the northern United States in winter often comes from
maritime polar air masses
maritime tropical air masses
continental polar air masses
continental tropical air masses
- 4. Multiple Choice
The prevailing westerlies, the major wind belts over the continental United States, generally push air masses from
east to west
west to east
north to south
south to north
- 5. Multiple Choice
When a rapidly moving cold air mass overtakes a slow-moving warm air mass, the result is a(an)
cold front
occluded front
warm front
stationary front
- 6. Multiple Choice
When a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet and neither can move the other, the result is a(an)
occluded front
warm front
stationary front
cold front
- 7. Multiple Choice
A funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth’s surface is called a
hurricane
cyclone
tornado
thunderhead
- 8. Multiple Choice
Hurricanes typically form over
cold ocean water
tropical rain forests
warm ocean water
very dry land masses
- 9. Multiple Choice
A storm is a(an)
“dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands
huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height
boundary where unlike air masses meet and do not easily mix
violent disturbance in the atmosphere
- 10. Multiple Choice
Scientists who study weather and try to predict it are called
astronomers
climatologists
meteorologists
weatherologists
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following sources of weather data would enable a meteorologist to follow the path of an approaching thunderstorm?
a chart of data from previous storm surges
radar
a network of aneroid barometers
weather balloons
- 12. Multiple Choice
Isobars are lines on a map joining places that have the same
wind speed
temperature
humidity
air pressure
- 13. Multiple Choice
The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and cloud in an area are known as its
climate
weather
global warming
seasons
- 14. Multiple Choice
The farther you live from an ocean, the more likely your climate will be a
marine climate
tropical climate
continental climate
subtropical climate
- 15. Multiple Choice
The seasons are caused by
Earth’s varying distance from the sun
Earth’s changing rate of rotation
the tilt of Earth’s axis as Earth revolves around the sun
shifting climates on Earth’s surface
- 16. Multiple Choice
Climates are classified according to two major factors
elevation and precipitation
latitude and temperature
elevation and latitude
precipitation and temperature
- 17. Multiple Choice
Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by
allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere
reflecting more sunlight from clouds
reducing the amount of oxygen in the air
trapping more heat in the atmosphere
- 18. Multiple Choice
The climate on the leeward side of a mountain differs from that on the windward side mostly in
the strength of the winds
the direction of the winds
the angle of sunlight
the amount of rainfall
- 19. Multiple Choice
Regions that receive less than 25 centimeters of rain annually are called
tundras
savannas
deserts
steppes
- 20. Multiple Choice
Lines joining places on a map that have the same air pressure are called
isobars
isotherms
barometric lines
pressure lines
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