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Weather & Atmosphere Review Quiz Name ___Inaya Johnson ___________________ Date ____________

Period __3__

Use the map to answer # 1 & 2.


__A.__ 1. Which direction is the cold front moving?
a. north b. south c. east d. west
__C.__ 2. Which state is most likely experiencing stormy / windy
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weather?
a. California b. Florida c. Virginia d. Texas H

__B.__ 3. A stalled (not moving) mass of cold and warm air is called
a. cold front c. warm front
b. stationary front d. occluded front

__B.__ 4. Scientists who study the causes of weather and try to predict it are called?
a. biologists b. meteorologists c. chemists d. oceanographer

__B.__ 5. The following weather symbol describes a (an)


a. occluded front c. warm front
b. stationary front d. cold front

__B.__ 6. The amount of moisture or water vapor in air is called


a. air pressure b. humidity c. temperature d. dew point

__D.__ 7. The weather instrument that measures air pressure is called


a. psychrometer b. thermometer c. anemometer d. barometer

__A.__ 8. Earth's rotation makes winds seem to curve. This is called the
a. Convection effect. b. Global effect c. Coriolis effect d. Rotational effect

_B.___ 9. Which instrument would be used to measure the air temperature?

a. b. c. d.

__A.__ 10. The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere is


a. oxygen b. nitrogen c. carbon dioxide d. neon

_A.___ 11. The layer in our atmosphere in which weather occurs is the
a. troposphere. b. stratosphere. c. mesosphere. d. exosphere.

__B.__ 12. Wind speed is measured by a(an)


a. barometer. b. anemometer c. thermometer d. hygrometer

__C.__ 13. Winds are caused by differences in


a. precipitation. b. humidity. c. air pressure. d. turbulence.

__B.__ 14. The picture shows a process where wind is created by the upward movement of warm air and
the downward movement of cool air. This process is called
a. radiation b. convection c. conduction

____ 15. Humid air masses tend to form over-


A. cities B. continents C. oceans D. islands

____ 16. Air masses are classified according to their –


a. air pressure and temperature c. humidity and air pressure
b. temperature and humidity d. temperature and altitude

____ 17. Information on weather maps usually includes –


a. symbols representing roads and buildings c. temperatures and fronts
b. air masses and altitudes d. capitals and intersections

____ 18. A student hypothesized that as she moves down a mountain, the air pressure will increase. To test her
hypothesis, she should conduct an investigation in which independent variable is –
a. air pressure b. air density c. altitude d. temperature

____19. A student states the following hypothesis: If the amount of rain falling on an area of land increases, the amount
of soil erosion will also increase. In an experiment to test this hypothesis, the dependent variable will be the –
a. amount of rain b. area of land c. type of soil d. amount of soil erosion

____ 20. As air temperatures cools, the volume of water air can hold decreases. At what temperature does water vapor
condense to become liquid water?
a. 32º Fahrenheit b. evaporation point c. dew point d. 0º Celsius

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