Weather Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
C
1. Wind moves from areas of _____________ pressure to areas of _____________ pressure.
a. high, high
c. high, low
b. low, low
d. low, high
B
2. Wind blowing from the west to the east would be called a ___________________
a. East Wind
c. North Wind
b. West Wind
d. South Wind
A
3. What type of air hold more water vapor?
a. warm
b. cold
c. continental polar
d. Arctic
D
4. When water vapor is at 100% in the atmosphere, it is said to be at ______________
a. Anemometer
c. Climate
b. Coriolis effect
d. Saturation
C
5. Dew point is the temperature the air must reach for ______________ to occur
a. Wind
c. rain
b. Evaporation
d. Hurricanes
C
6.
What type of front is represented on the map above?
a. Warm
c. Stationary
b. Cold
d. Occluded
A
7.
What cloud is represented by cloud picture a ?
a. Cumulonimbus
c. Stratus
b. Cumulus
d. Cirrus
B
C
8. What cloud is represented by picture d?
a. Cumulonimbus
b. Cumulus
c. Stratus
d. Cirrus
9.
Figure 16-1
Using the figure above how fast is the wind blowing?
a. 20 mph
c. 15 mph
b. 10 mph
d. 147 mph
A
10. Referring to the figure above (figure 16.1) what direction is the wind blowing?
a. Northwest
c. Southwest
b. Northeast
d. Southeast
B
11. Rain, Sleet, Snow and Hail are all forms of what?
a. Condensation
c. Saturation
b. Precipitation
d. Evaporation
B
12.
What type of front is shown above in Figure 54?
a. Warm
c. Stationary
b. Cold
d. Occluded
C
13. What type of weather is usually associated with the type of front in figure 54 above?
a. Fair weather
c. Thunderstorms
b. Warm steady rain
B
14. Clouds are a result of the
a. Evaporation of water
b. Condensation of water vapor
c. reduction in temperature
d. transpiration of water
D
15. What do we call a person who studies weather?
a. Cloudologist
c. Vulcanologist
b. Atmospherologist
d. Meteorologist
B
16. What is the constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth’s surface
a. precipitation cycle
c. cloud type
b. water cycle
d. atmosphere cycle
B
17. What are lines on a map that connect places with the same temperature called?
a. isobars
c. isolation
b. isotherms
d. isocream
A
18. Earths atmosphere is made up of mostly these two gasses
a. Nitrogen and Oxygen
c. Carbon and Nitrogen
b. Helium and Oxygen
d. Hydrogen and Nitrogen
B
19. If the conditions are right for a tornado but no tornadoes have been sighted, the National Weather service will
issue a ________________
a. Tornado Warning
b. Tornado Watch
D
20. Which of the following pieces of information was NOT recorded in our weather journals?
a. Dew point
c. Humidity
b. Moon Phase
d. UV-Index