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Test Description: Water cycle, air pressure, air masses and fronts, and hurricanes.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What causes the water from a basin to evaporate?
A
Condensation
B
The Sun
C
Runoff
D
The moon
2) Gravity drives many parts of the water cycle, which of the following are not driven by gravity?
A
Infiltration
B
Accumulation
C
Transpiration
D
Precipitation
3) Clouds are made of water vapor. True or false
A
True
B
False
4) As you go higher in altitude, the air pressure __________ making it harder to breath.
A
I don't know
B
Stays the same
C
Increases
D
Decreases
5) When high pressure (cold air) sinks and the low pressure (warm air) rises, this creates what?
A
Snow Storm
B
Tsunami
C
Tornado
D
Wind
6) Air moves from _________ pressure to _________ pressure
A
Warm to Cold
B
High to Low
C
Low to High
7) Warm air is always denser than cold air. True or False?
A
True
B
False
8) A latitude on Earth that will have the lowest air pressure.
A
30 degrees
B
60 degrees
C
0 degrees
D
90 degrees
9) What is not en example of a convection current?
A
Mid- Ocean Ridge
B
Lava Lamp
C
Boiling Pot
D
Water Bottle
10) What is the effect on the global winds that causes them to turn (not go strait to the equator)?
A
Coriolis Effect
B
Wind Belt Effect
C
Curve Effect
D
Continental Effect
11) Outside it is 60 degrees and sunny, this is an example of what?
A
The weather
B
The climate
12) Hurricane Hugo was pushed across the Atlantic because of what wind belt?
A
The Westerlies
B
The Trade Winds
C
The Doldrums
D
The Easterlies
13) Air masses that are moving down from central Canada are most likely what?
A
Continental Tropical
B
Maritime Polar
C
Continental Polar
D
Maritime Tropical
14) Air masses are named for what characteristics?
A
Size an wind speed
B
Size and temperature
C
Humidity and wind speed
D
Temperature and humidity
15) The characteristics of an air mass formed off the coast of florida, would probably be
A
Warm and humid
B
Cool and humid
C
Cool and dry
D
Warm and dry
16) An air mass that has high moisture but is cool would be named what?
A
Continental Polar
B
Maritime Polar
C
Maritime Tropical
D
Continental Tropical
17) Within a low-pressure system, the probability of precipitation is high because the air is generally
A
Moist and sinking
B
Dry and rising
C
Moist and rising
D
Dry and sinking
18) Cold air masses tend to
A
Be less dense and flow over warm air masses
B
Be more dense and flow under warm air masses
C
Be the same density and mix with warm air masses
19) How does a cold front form?
A
Cold air pushes under warm air which is forced up
B
Cold air flows over the warm air
C
Cold and warm air meet and cannot move
D
Warm air is pushed up by two cold air masses
20) What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?
A
Large amounts of rain or snow
B
Thunderstorms and heavy rains
C
Clear and sunny
D
Cloudy, wet weather for days
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