Weather Quiz 2 Study Guide

1. Cumulonimbus are clouds that bring

Just heavy rains

Heavy rain, thunder and lightning

Clear weather

Warm weather

2. What can cause one side of a mountain to be wet while the other dry?

One side is steeper

One side has more buildings

The rain clouds can not make it over the mountains

One side has more vegetation

3. Altostratus clouds are clouds that are

High level and sheet like

Feathery and piled up

Mid level and sheet like

Mid level and piled up

4. What surface do clouds form on?

Other water molecules

Dust, smoke, or salt

Grass

Other clouds

The air molecules

5. Cirrus clouds are

High level feathery clouds

Mid level feathery clouds

Piled up clouds

Sheet like clouds

6. What is this a picture of?

Nimbostratus

Stratus

Cumulostratus

Cumulonimbus

7. One side of a mountain is usually

Hot and wet while the other is cool and dry

Hot and dry while the other is cool and wet

Windy while the other is not

Steep while the other is not

8. The doldrums are

The area between 30 and 0 degrees with little or no wind

The area around the equator with little or no wind

The area between 30 and 60 degrees where winds blow west to east

The area between 60 degrees and the poles where winds blow east to west

9. Wind is when air

Moves vertically

Moves from an area of low pressure to an area of high pressure

Moves from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

Moves from an area of clouds to an area of no clouds

10. Nimbostratus clouds are

Dark, rainy, and sheet like

Rainy and sheet like

Piled up and rainy

Feathery and piled up

11. What type of cloud is this?

Altostratus

Cirrostratus

Cumulonimbus

Stratus

12. The polar (easterlies) blow

East to west between 30 and 60 degrees north and south

West to east between 60 degrees and the poles

East to west between 60 degrees and the poles

East to west between 0 and 30 degrees north and south

13. What is this a picture of?

Cumulus

Cirrostratus

Cirrocumulus

Altostratus

14. The trade winds blow

East to west between 0 and 30 degrees north and south

East to west between 30 and 60 degrees north and south

West to east between 0 and 30 degrees north and south

West to east between 60 degrees and the poles

15. The Prevailing (westerlies) blow

East to west between 0 and 30 degrees north and south

West to east between 60 degrees and the poles

East to west between 30 and 60 degrees north and south

West to east between 30 and 60 degrees north and south