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Test Description: Weather
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1) liquid water is heated by the sun’s energy and changes from a liquid to a gas
A
evaporation
B
condensation
C
runoff
D
precipitation
2) water evaporating from the leaves of plants
A
condensation
B
evaporation
C
precipitation
D
transpiration
3) water vapor cools and turns into liquid water, forming a cloud
A
evaporation
B
transpiration
C
precipitation
D
condensation
4) clouds get too heavy and water falls to the ground as rain, sleet, or snow
A
evaporation
B
precipitation
C
runoff
D
condensation
5) the condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
A
weather
B
precipitation
C
warm front
D
stratus
6) warm current in the Atlantic Ocean that moves North and keeps the weather along the coast mild
A
La Niña
B
Gulf Stream
C
El Niño
D
jet stream
7) measures wind speed
A
rain gauge
B
anemometer
C
barometer
D
hygrometer
8) measures air pressure
A
anemometer
B
hygrometer
C
rain gauge
D
barometer
9) the boundary where polar air masses meet tropical air masses; it can move north and south and effect the air temperature above and below it
A
Gulf Stream
B
jet stream
C
El Niño
D
La Niña
10) low, sheetlike gray clouds that bring rain sometimes; fog
A
stratus
B
cumulonimbus
C
cumulus
D
cirrus
11) puffy, fair-weather clouds
A
cumulus
B
cirrus
C
stratus
D
cumulonimbus
12) large thunderhead clouds; storm cloud
A
cirrus
B
stratus
C
cumulus
D
cumulonimbus
13) wispy, high-level clouds that happen when there is fair weather but rain is approaching
A
cirrus
B
stratus
C
cumulus
D
cumulonimbus
14) a large body of air with nearly the same temperature and humidity throughout
A
cumulus
B
front
C
jet stream
D
air mass
15) where two air masses meet
A
front
B
cirrus
C
air mass
D
barometer
16) cold air mass meets warm air mass, bringing storms and a drop in temperature
A
occluded front
B
cold front
C
stationary front
D
warm front
17) warm air mass meets a cold air mass and rises over it. Often brings rain, stratus clouds and an increase in temperature
A
cold front
B
occluded front
C
warm front
D
stationary front
18) unusual warming of surface water in the Pacific Ocean
A
jet stream
B
El Niño
C
La Niña
D
Gulf Stream
19) warm air rises and cold air sinks; causing wind
A
Gulf Stream
B
El Niño
C
convection current
D
La Niña
20) winds that cause the weather in the US to move from west to the east
A
jet stream
B
trade winds
C
polar easterlies
D
prevailing westerlies
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