Meteorology Pretest

Energy transferred by circulation of a liquid or gas is called

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Retaliation

What causes wind?

• Differences in air pressure

• Differences in oxygen

• Differences in gravity

• Differences in atmosphere

What explains the fact that a pan on a stove gets hot when it is above a flame?

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Greenhouse effect

What tool measures wind speed?

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Barometer

Which answer best describes Earth's atmosphere?

• Mostly oxygen with about 21% nitrogen

• Mostly nitrogen with about 21% oxygen

• Mostly carbon dioxide with about 21% oxygen

• Mostly oxygen with about 21% carbon dioxide

Why is air pressure greatest at the Earth's surface?

• Due to the pressure of oxygen

• Gravity pulls gas molecules toward the surface

• Because of the weight of ice crystals

• Because of pollution

What tool measures the moisture content of the atmosphere?

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Barometer

Energy transferred as electromagnetic waves is called

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Retaliation

How does a mountain affect the weather on either side of it?

• The mountain makes both sides wet

• The mountain makes both sides dry

• The mountain makes both sides cold

• the mountain makes one side wet and one side dry

What is the greatest problem created by the ozone hole?

• It allows more lunar radiation to reach the Earth's surface

• It allows more Ultra Violet rays to reach the Earth's surface

• It allows meteors to enter the Earth's atmosphere

• It causes global warming

Lightning is an electric discharge between a positively charged area and

• A rising air mass

• Another positively charged area

• A source of rain

• A negatively charged area

What tool measures air pressure?

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Barometer

The layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs is called the

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

• Thermosphere

What role does runoff play in the water cycle?

• It is the process in which liquid turns to water vapor.

• It carries water from precipitation into oceans.

• It takes water out of the water cycle.

• It is not part of the water cycle.

Energy transferred as heat through a material is called

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Retaliation

What are parts of the hydrosphere?

• Oceans, clouds, groundwater

• Mountains, rivers, clouds

• Clouds, rivers, forests

• Land, clouds, oceans

What is the highest layer of the atmosphere?

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Thermosphere

What causes differences in air pressure around the Earth?

• Warm air rises at the equator and cold air sinks at the poles.

• Warm air sinks at the equator and cold air rises at the poles.

• Warm air rises at the equator and cold air rises at the poles.

• Cold air rises at the equator and warm air sinks at the poles.

The protective ozone layer is found in the

• Thermosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Stratosphere

The thermosphere is split into the ____________ and ________________.

• Ionosphere and mesosphere

• Exosphere and troposphere

• Troposphere and stratosphere

• Ionosphere and exosphere

The Aurora borealis  are caused by electrically charged particles in the

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

• Ionosphere

• Exosphere

Weather is

• The current temperature and precipitation of a certain area

• The average temperature and precipitation of a certain area

• The current air pressure of a certain area

• What the atmosphere is on average like

Condensation is when water changes from

• A gas to a liquid

• A liquid to a gas

• A liquid to a solid

• A solid to a gas

Some ovens have a fan to circulate the hot air inside the oven cavity and to make food cook more quickly. What is this an example of?

• Radiation

• Conduction

• Convection

• Greenhouse effect

How does sleet differ from snow?

• It is not a form of precipitation.

• It is liquid and not ice.

• It starts as rain and freezes in the air.

• It starts as water vapor and changes to a solid.

What kind of weather would cumulonimbus clouds likely bring?

• Clear and sunny

• Light rain

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

In what part of the water cycle do clouds form?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Condensation

The area around the equator where there is little or no wind is called

• Westerlies

• Trade winds

• The doldrums

• Polar easterlies

The layer of the atmosphere where meteors burn up is called the

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Ionosphere

• Exosphere

In the Northern Hemisphere, winds traveling north appear to curve to the east because of the

• Trade winds.

• Coriolis effect.

• Convection currents.

• Polar easterlies.

What does a hurricane need to form?

• Big waves

• Low ocean temperatures

• High ocean temperatures

• High are pressure

Which describes the eye of a hurricane?

• Brings winds of up to 300 km/h

• Has strong, spinning winds

• Has warm, calm air and light winds

• Has spiraling bands of heavy rain

Which loses its heat faster, water or land?

• Land

• Water

• It varies

• Both lose heat at the same rate

How does a warm front form?

• Warm air becomes caught between cold air masses.

• Two air masses meet and stay separated.

• Warm air moves over cold air and replaces it.

• Cold air moves under warm air and pushes it up.

The warmth you feel when standing beneath a heat lamp is an example of what?

• Radiation

• Convection

• Conduction

• Greenhouse effect

Which describes an altocumulus cloud

• High, feathery cloud

• Low storm cloud

• Puffy mid level cloud

• High cloud made of ice crystals

What kind of weather will nimbostratus clouds likely bring?

• Sunny

• Rainy

• Warm

• Thunderstorms

What kind of weather does a cold front usually bring?

• Warm

• Sunny

• Stormy

• Windy

A storm surge is a dangerous part of

• A tornado

• The water cycle

• A thunderstorm

• A hurricane

Which of the following increases air's ability to hold water vapor?

• Increase in wind speed

• Decrease in temperature

• Increase in temperature

• Decrease in air pressure

What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?

• Sunny and warm

• Thunderstorms

• Much precipitation

• Cold and dry

What happens when air reaches its dew point?

• Condensation occurs.

• The humidity decreases.

• Relative humidity is 100%.

• Clouds form.

Which statement about hail is correct?

• It is rain that falls through a layer of freezing air.

• It may be sent up into the clouds many times.

• It forms in winter in low stratus clouds.

• It is a liquid form of precipitation.

Which is more dense: ice, salt water, or fresh water?

• Ice

• Salt water

• Fresh water

• They vary

Evaporation is when water  changes from

• A gas to a liquid

• A liquid to a gas

• A liquid to a solid

• A solid to a gas

List the type of questions in order from hardest to easiest: (you can copy and paste) *water cycle (evaporation...)*clouds (cumulonimbus...)*fronts (warm, cold,occluded) *atmosphere layers (troposphere, mesosphere...)*tools to measure weather(anemometer, barometer...)*storms (hurricanes...)*energy transfer(conduction, convection, radiation)*wind (causes...)