Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1.
Earth’s atmosphere contains more ____ than any other substance.
a. | helium and
oxygen | c. | hydrogen and
nitrogen |
b. | carbon and nitrogen | d. | nitrogen and oxygen |
2.
When
the temperature in the atmosphere reaches the ____, condensation occurs.
a. | inversion
point | c. | evaporation
point |
b. | flash point | d. | dew point |
3.
An
air mass that has high ____ resists rising.
a. | stability | c. | moisture |
b. | density | d. | heat |
4.
In
orographic lifting, clouds form when moist winds ____.
a. | become
drier | c. | encounter
mountains |
b. | warm up the ground | d. | flow over the sea |
5.
Cloud
droplets collide to form larger droplets in a process called ____.
a. | condensation | c. | coalescence |
b. | convection | d. | composition |
6.
Current, short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as
____.
a. | weather | c. | the
ionosphere |
b. | lapse rate | d. | humidity |
7.
The
change in wave frequency of energy as it moves toward or away from an observer is the
____.
a. | Coriolis
effect | c. | radar
effect |
b. | Doppler effect | d. | convergence effect |
8.
A
record of weather data for a particular site at a particular time is a(n) ____.
a. | isopleth
model | c. | station
model |
b. | topographic map | d. | climate map |
9.
A(n)
____ thunderstorm forms because of unequal heating of Earth’s surface within one air
mass.
a. | air
pressure | c. | frontal
mass |
b. | air
mass | d. | cold
front |
10.
____
are often associated with very severe thunderstorms called supercells.
a. | Sea
breezes | c. | Heat
waves |
b. | Hurricanes | d. | Tornadoes |
11.
A
mound of water driven toward coastal areas by hurricane winds is called a ____.
a. | cold
front | c. | supercell |
b. | storm surge | d. | cyclone |
12.
The
phenomenon in which the effects of cold air are worsened by wind is the ____.
a. | cold
wave | c. | supercell |
b. | wind chill factor | d. | sea breeze |
Matching
Match each item with the correct source region below.
a. | warm and
humid | c. | cool and
humid |
b. | cold and dry | d. | warm and dry |
13.
Maritime polar (northern Pacific, Bering Sea)
14.
Continental tropical (southwestern desert of the United States)
15.
Maritime tropical (Gulf of Mexico)
16.
Continental polar (central Canada)
Match each front with the correct description.
a. | cold
front | c. | stationary
front |
b. | occluded front | d. | warm front |
17.
An
advancing warm air mass displaces a cold air mass and glides over the top of it.
18.
Two
air masses with similar temperatures and pressures meet, and neither advances into the other’s
territory
19.
A
cold, dense air mass displaces a warm air mass and forces the warm air mass to rise
steeply
20.
A
warm air mass is squeezed upward between two cold air masses
Problem
Answer the following questions based on the weather chart
below.
21.
Describe the weather at City C.
a. | It is completely overcast, 87% humidity, with strong westerly
winds. |
b. | The sky is clear
with light winds blowing at 1-3 mph from the west. |
c. | It is partly cloudy, 87° Fahrenheit, with light winds
blowing at 1–3 mph. |
d. | It is partly cloudy with a light rain falling, 87°
Fahrenheit, winds are 14-23 mph |
