Weather Quiz
What is a forecast?
A. Someone who studies the weather
B. A prediction or forecast of a future event or trend
The weather for the day
A fluffy cloud
What is humidity
The amount of water vapor in the air
The amount of gas in the air
When it is hot outside
The accumulation of water
List four things that a front brings
Change in temperature
Brings storms and pricipitation
Change in air pressure
Change in wind direction
All of the above
None of the above
What causes the wind to blow?
Air and water vapor
Differences in air pressure, moves from high to low pressure
Changes in wind direction
All of the above
What is a cold front
When a cold air mass pushes against a warm one
When a warm air mass pushes against a cold one
Not moving at all
No such thing
What is a warm front?
When a cold air mass pushes against a warm one
Not moving at all
when a warm air mass pushes against a cold one
No such thing
What is the definition of a stationary front
Not moving at all, starting still not going anywhere
Cold and warm front mixed together
Change in air speed
None of the above
What is an occluded front?
Warm and cold= 3 air masses like thunderstorm; heavy precipitation
Change in air speed
Cold and warm front mixed together
All of the above
Which molecules move fast or take up more space, and a less dense
Warm air
Cold air
Cold front
Stationary front
Air moves from an area of ____density to an area of ______density thats cold to warm
Lesser, greater
Greater, lesser
Occluded, nonoccluded
Stationary, nonstationary
What kind of weather does low pressure bring?
High and dry, clear skies
Storms, precipitation, wind
Rain
Cloudy
What is weather and where does it occur?
The conidition of the weather; stratosphere
The condition of earths atmosphere at a certain time; troposphere
Raining and sunny; mesophere
None of the above
What type of clouds looks like a fluffy round piece of cotton and when they are spread out the weather is nice, and if they are long and tall its rain or snow
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
What clouds are grey, flat, and cover the whole sky and weather is rain, snow, or fog
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
How do clouds form
Air cools
Water vapor condenses
Forms droplets
Droplets stick to smoke or dust
All of the above
None of the above
Most of the heating of the troposphere comes from ___________ which takes place because cold air ____ dense than warm air
Conduction, less
Convection, more
Conduction, more
Convection, less
A huge body of air that has similar temperatures, pressure, and humidity throughout is called what?
Air pressure
Air mass
Humidity
Weather
What is a front?
The suns heat and the earths rotation cause air masses to move and meet
The suns cooling and the earths axis
Cold and warm weather
Air pressure changes
What is the difference between a flood and a drought?
A drought is too much water at the same time and place and a flood is when there is less water at a time and place
A flood is too much water at the same time and place and a drought is when there is less water in one place
No such thing
I have no idea
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