Weather Quiz Questions!

1. A ______________ studies and forecasts the weather using data gathered from many sources.

Meteorologist

Geologist

Station model

Biologist

2. The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ______________.

Front

Storm

Climate

Flood

3. When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we are expecting _________________.

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

Transpiration

4. A(n) ___________is a large body of air that has teh same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

Air mass

Cloud

Tornado

Front

5. Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases, tht form when air currents rise are called __________clouds.

Stratus

Cumulus

Nimbus

Cirrus

6. High, thin, white, feathery clouds containing ice crystals are usually associated with fair weather, but they can also indicate approaching storms. These clouds are called _______________clouds.

Cumulus

Stratus

Cirrus

Nimbus

7. Areas of low-pressure usually have ___________________.

Cloudy weather

Good weather

Descending air

None of the above

8. Fog is a __________cloud that forms near the ground.

Cumulus

Cirrus

Stratus

Cirrocumulus

9. The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the ________________.

Dew point

Rain point

Wind point

Relative humidity

10. The difference between a weather warning and a watch is ___________

A warning means severe weather exists.

A watch means conditions could lead to severe weather.

Both a and b

None of the above

11. A(n) _____________connects points of equal temperature.

Isobar

Isotherm

Station model

None of the above

12. Precipitation and storms occur _____________.

In high-pressure systems.

In polar zones.

In low-pressure systems.

At fronts.

13. ____________humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.

Total

Partial

Relative

None of the above

14. The interaction of air, water and _________causes weather.

The Sun

Humidity

Land

Wind

15. Violent storms generally form along ____________

Occuluded fronts

Cold fronts

Warm fronts

Stationary fronts

16. To keep track of high-and-low pressure areas, weather maps are drawn with lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. These line are called __________________.

Isotherms

Equibars

Fronts

Isobars

17. High pressure means good weather because ____________________.

The air masses rise

The air masses sink, making it difficult for clouds to form

Clouds are blown away by wind

None of the above

18. Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation are _____________clouds.

Cumulus

Stratus

Cirrus

Nimbus

19. A (n) ______________shows weather conditions at one specific location.

Isobar

Isotherm

Cloud map

Station model

20. A cloud forms by _______________________.

Water from the ground, puddles, lakes and other areas is released to the atmosphere and turned into a cloud..

The water sources on the earth evaporating into the air and collecting to make a cloud over time.

All of the above.

Weather Quiz Questions!

1. A ______________ studies and forecasts the weather using data gathered from many sources.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. The boundary between cold and warm air masses is called a ______________.

3. When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we are expecting _________________.

4. A(n) ___________is a large body of air that has teh same properties as the Earth's surface over which it develops.

5. Masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases, tht form when air currents rise are called __________clouds.

6. High, thin, white, feathery clouds containing ice crystals are usually associated with fair weather, but they can also indicate approaching storms. These clouds are called _______________clouds.

7. Areas of low-pressure usually have ___________________.

8. Fog is a __________cloud that forms near the ground.

9. The temperature at which air is saturated and condensation forms is the ________________.

10. The difference between a weather warning and a watch is ___________

11. A(n) _____________connects points of equal temperature.

12. Precipitation and storms occur _____________.

13. ____________humidity is a measure of the amount of water vapor that air is holding compared to the amount needed for saturation at a specific temperature.

14. The interaction of air, water and _________causes weather.

15. Violent storms generally form along ____________

16. To keep track of high-and-low pressure areas, weather maps are drawn with lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. These line are called __________________.

17. High pressure means good weather because ____________________.

18. Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation are _____________clouds.

19. A (n) ______________shows weather conditions at one specific location.

20. A cloud forms by _______________________.