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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which weather tool measures Humidity?
Thermometer
Barometer
Wind Sock
Hygrometer
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
Hygrometer
Barometer
Anemometer
Thermometer
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which weather tool measures Wind Speed?
Wind Sock
Weather Vane
Barometer
Anemometer
- 4. Multiple Choice
The boundary where two or more air masses meet is called...
Anticyclone
Air Mass
Front
Tornado
- 5. Multiple Choice
A large body of air with the same temperature and moisture content throughout...
Air Mass
Cyclone
Front
Anticyclone
- 6. Multiple Choice
Relative Humidity is
exactly how much water vapor there is in the air.
What percent full the air is of water vapor.
- 7. Multiple Choice
How does a warm front form?
Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up.
Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.
Warm air becomes caught between cold air masses
Two air masses meet and stay separated.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What holds more water vapor?
Higher temperatures
Lower temperatures
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the relationship between climate and weather?
They are the same thing
Weather is the long-term average of climate.
Climate is the long-term average of weather.
They are unrelated
- 10. Multiple Choice
A Rain shadow effect leaves that side of the mountain...
green with lush vegetation
filled with many different plants and animals
freezing cold
very dry
- 11. Multiple Choice
Trade Winds and Westerlies are examples of
Local Winds
Surface Currents
Deep Currents
Global Winds
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a true distinction between a mountain breeze and a valley breeze?
Valley breezes are daytime winds that blow up the mountain slopes
Valley breezes are nighttime winds that blow downward into the valley
Mountain breezes are daytime winds that blow downward into the valley
Mountain breezes are nighttime winds that blow up the mountain slope
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of these best explains how frontal boundaries can lead to severe storms?
Cold air flows down the side of a mountain away from the ocean.
Cold air remains over an ocean for an extended period of time.
Warm air is forced up rapidly by a cold air mass.
Warm air rises slowly over a cold air mass.
- 14. Multiple Choice
What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
Drizzly rain followed by clear weather.
severe storms
many days of cloudy wet weather
cold dry weather
- 15. Multiple Choice
On a summer evening a barometer reading shows a gradual increase in air pressure. The humidity is 80%. The thermometer reading is slightly increasing. Based on these pieces of data, what type of weather should be expected for the next day?
clear and sunny
cool and rainy
rainy and windy
cloudy and cold
- 16. Multiple Choice
Describe what you see in the drawing at point "B."
The sun heats the air at the equator, followed by the hot air rising and moisture condensing.
The dry air moves back to the equator, picking up a lot of moisture on the way.
The air sinks around 30* latitude and is very dry.
The air moves poleward at a high altitude.
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the BEST forecast for conditions on Wednesday?
Fair
Cloudy
Severe Storms
Clear Skies.
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