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Test Description: Weather
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What type of front occurs when a cold and warm air mass meet and stalls out bringing days of cloudy rainy weather?
A
cold front
B
occluded front
C
warm front
D
stationary front
2) Throughout the year, there is usually some wind blowing at the beach during the day and night. What is the cause of these winds?
A
air flowing from the upper parts of the atmosphere
B
air flowing down mountains to the ocean
C
differences in the humidity over land and ocean
D
differences in the temperature of land and ocean
3) How would weather conditions in an area change if a high pressure system replaced a low pressure system?
A
the area would become cooler with less humidity
B
the area would become more humid and warmer
C
the area would become warmer with strong winds
D
the area would become more stormy and rainy
4) What type of pressure is associated with a hurricane or tornado?
A
medium pressure
B
high pressure
C
no pressure
D
low pressure
5) Pacific Ocean cyclonic storms are called
A
monsoons
B
hurricanes
C
tropical weather
D
typhoons
6) What is the fuel or the engine that keeps a hurricane alive?
A
cold water
B
warm water
C
wind
D
land
7) The most damaging and dangerous effect of a hurricane is
A
temperature
B
storm surge
C
wind
D
preceipitation
8) What conditions will slow a hurricane and decrease its strength?
A
increasing rain
B
and increase in high winds
C
moving over land
D
staying over warm water
9) What direction do hurricanes in the northern hemisphere rotate?
A
clockwise
B
they do not rotate
C
counterclockwise
D
sideways
10) What do hurricanes and tornadoes have in common?
A
most form over land
B
over 300 miles across
C
contains spiraling winds
D
extremely large path of destruction
11) The boundary between a cold air mass and a warm air mass is called a ____.
A
climate
B
flood
C
front
D
storm
12) Which of the following measures air pressure?
A
thermometer
B
anenometer
C
barometer
D
hygrometer
13) Which of the following measure the amount of water vapor in the air?
A
hygrometer
B
thermometer
C
aneneometer
D
barometer
14) Which of the following measures wind speed?
A
thermometer
B
anenometer
C
hygrometer
D
barometer
15) Which of the following measures air temperature?
A
barometer
B
hygrometer
C
thermometer
D
anenometer
16) Which type of air mass usually contains the most moisture?
A
mT
B
cT
C
cP
D
mP
17) What is the calmest part of a hurricane?
A
rain bands
B
eye
C
eye wall
D
storm surge
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