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Atmosphere
Weather Factors
Weather Patterns
And Climate
Write the answer to each of the
following questions on your paper. This
is a practice test, not quizbowl.
Remember: Don’t talk and give the
answer away to another person!!
The warmest layer of the
atmosphere is the
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
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d.
thermosphere
True or False
Cyclones are lowpressure centers with
winds that spiral
inward.
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True
The sky looks blue because
of
a. Ozone
b. Infrared radiation
c. Scattering
d. The greenhouse effect 3
C.
scattering
The percentage of oxygen in
the atmosphere is:
a. Less than 1 percent
b. 21 percent
c. 78 percent
d. 99 percent
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B.
21 percent
True or False
A thunderstorm
begins as a tropical
disturbance.
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False
The direct transfer of
electromagnetic waves is called?
a. Conduction
b. Heat
c. Convection
d. Radiation
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D.
radiation
True or False
Air pressure
decreases as altitude
decreases.
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False
A gas in the atmosphere that varies
between zero and five percent in
different places is:
a. Nitrogen
b. oxygen
c. Methane
d. Water vapor
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D.
Water vapor
All winds are caused by
differences in ________.
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Air pressure
True or False
A wind blowing
towards the north
is called a north
wind.
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False,
south wind
When two cool air masses cut a
warm air mass off from the ground,
which kind of front forms?
a. Cold
b. Occluded
c. Stationary
d. warm
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B.
occluded
Compared with weather patterns,
climate patterns are more
A.Severe
B. long term
C. local
D. unusual
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B. Long term
Photochemical smog is caused
by the action on chemicals of
a. Lightning
b. Ozone
c. Sunlight
d. rain
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C.
Sunlight
A tropical storm with
winds of 119 km per
hour or higher is called
a(n) _________.
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Hurricane
On the Fahrenheit scale, the
freezing point of water is
a. 0°
b. 32°
c. 100°
d. 30 °
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B.
32º F
The less mass in a given
volume of air, the
A. more the air weighs.
B. less dense the air is.
C. more dense the air is.
D. greater the air pressure.
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B. less dense the air is.
The sudden discharge of energy
in a storm is referred to as
a. A storm surge
b. Thunder
c. Lightning
d. A tropical disturbance 17
c.
Lightning
_________ are highpressure centers of dry
air with winds that
spiral outward.
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Anticyclones
Which carries warmth from the
tropics toward the polar regions?
A. Urban heat islands
B. warm-water currents
C. Cold-water currents
D. Trade winds
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B. warm-water
currents
The most common kind
of precipitation is
_________.
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rain
Harmful substances in air, water,
or soil are called
a. Particles
b. Pollutants
c. Soot
d. Dust
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b. Pollutants
Which type of air mass brings cool,
humid weather to the West Coast of
the United States?
a. Maritime tropical
b. Continental tropical
c. Maritime polar
d. Continental polar
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c. Maritime polar
The amount of mass in a given
volume of a substance is its
a. Density
b. Weight
c. Altitude
d. pressure
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a. Density
In which type of clouds do
tornadoes form?
a. Cumulus
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Cirrus
d. Nimbostratus
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b. Cumulonimbus
The storms that produce the
highest winds are
a. Hurricanes
b. Tornadoes
c. Thunderstorms
d. Snowstorms
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b. Tornadoes
In the Northern Hemisphere, global
winds that blow from the south-west
to the northeast are called
a.
Polar easterlies
b.
Trade winds
c.
Prevailing easterlies
d.
Prevailing westerlies
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d. Prevailing westerlies
As density of air decreases, its
pressure
a. Increases
b. Stays the same
c. Decreases
d. Doubles
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c. Decreases
You compare the readings of wetbulb and dry-bulb thermometers
to measure
a.
Humidity
b.
Temperature
c.
Wind chill
d.
Relative humidity
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d. Relative humidity
Air pressure is measured in
a. Grams
b. Millibars
c. Liters
d. Square miles
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b. Millibars
Hurricanes that strike the East Coast
of the United States are most
common in the months of
a.
March, April, and May
b.
June, July, and August
c.
May, June, and July
d.
August, September, and October
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d. August, September,
and October
True or False
When you walk barefoot
on hot sand, heat is
transferred to your feet
from the sand by
radiation.
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False,
conduction
Clouds form when air is cooled
to
a. 0º C
b. The dew point
c. 30 º C
d. The condensation point
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b. The dew point
True or False
Isobars are used to
show temperature.
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False,
Isotherms
Hailstones form only in the
type of clouds called
a. Nimbostratus
b. Altocumulus
c. Cumulonimbus
d. Cirrocumulus
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c. Cumulonimbus
True or False
Over the past 30 years,
air quality in the United
States has improved.
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True
The layer of the atmosphere
that reflects radio waves is the
a. Troposphere
b. Stratosphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
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d. Thermosphere
___________ radiation
can cause skin cancer?
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Ultraviolet
radiation
True or False
Fires need nitrogen
to burn.
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False,
oxygen
Lines on a weather map joining
places with the same air pressure
are called
a.
Fronts
b.
Air masses
c.
Isotherms
d.
Isobars
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d. Isobars
True or False
Stratus clouds are
made mostly of
ice crystals.
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False,
Cirrus
The stratosphere helps protect Earth from
too much ultraviolet radiation because
this layer of the atmosphere contains
a.
Ozone
b.
Ions
c.
Carbon dioxide
d.
Water vapor
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a. Ozone
True or False
The part of sunlight with
the longest wavelength
is visible light.
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False,
is infrared light
El Nino occurs once every
a. 10-20 years
b. Month
c. Two to seven years
d. century
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c. Two to seven years
__________ is the
most abundant gas in
the atmosphere.
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Nitrogen
Wind direction is measured
with a
a. Wind vane
b. Psychrometer
c. Anemometer
d. thermometer
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a. Wind vane
True or False
Altitude is the condition
of Earth’s atmosphere at a
particular time and place.
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False,
Weather
A(n) __________ front
forms when a rapidly
moving cold air mass runs
into a slowly moving warm
air mass and pushes the
warm air up.
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cold
A form of precipitation in which rain
freezes as it falls through the air is
called
a. Snow
b. Freezing rain
c. Sleet
d. Hail
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c. Sleet
True or False
Maritime air masses
form over land.
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False,
Continental air
__________ is the
average amount of
energy of motion of
each molecule.
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Temperature
Or Thermal Energy
Violent thunderstorms
and other abrupt
weather changes usually
are caused by
_________ fronts.
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Cold
One cause of acid
rain is burning of
coal that contains a
lot of ________.
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Sulfur
The three main
types of clouds are
cumulus, cirrus and
_________.
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Stratus
The most dangerous weatherrelated events in the United
States are
a.
Floods
b.
Hurricanes
c.
Lightning strikes
d.
tornadoes
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a. Floods
True or False
Monsoons are
caused by unequal
heating of sea and
land.
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True
_________ is the force
per unit area.
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Pressure
In the Northern Hemisphere, in
which direction do the winds of
a cyclone always spin?
a. Counterclockwise
b. Up and down
c. Clockwise
d. Away from the center
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a. Counterclockwise
True or False
The aurora
borealis occurs in
the ionosphere.
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True
Which of the following is the most
accurate representation of the
Coriolis Effect?
A
C
B
D
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C
The four main layers of
the atmosphere are
classified according to
changes in _________.
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Temperature
The upward movement of warm air
and the downward movement of
cool air is called a
a. Conduction path
b. Sea breeze
c. Convection current
d. Monsoon
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c. Convection current
Looking at the
diagram pictured,
the layer numbered 1
is the
A. stratosphere.
B. thermosphere.
C. troposphere.
D. mesosphere.
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C. troposphere.
The National Weather Service
measures air pressure in units
called
A. millibars.
B. barometers.
C. aneroids.
D. pressure bars.
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A. millibars.
Winds are caused by differences in
A. precipitation.
B. humidity.
C. air pressure.
D. turbulence.
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C. air pressure.
Local winds differ from global
winds because they
A. are caused by unequal heating
within a small area.
B. are caused by differences in cloud
cover.
C. are due to unequal rainfall.
D. are not influenced by air masses.
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A. are caused by unequal
heating within a small
area.
Betty wants to find out the amount
of water vapor in the air. Which
instrument should she use?
A. Wind vane
B. psychrometer
C. hydrometer
D. barometer
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C. Hydrometer
Look at the picture.
Which letter represents areas of equal
temperature?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A
B
E
F
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B. B
Air in the atmosphere has
pressure because
A. the stratosphere is thick.
B. air has mass.
C. wind moves the air.
D. temperature warms the air.
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B. air has mass.
Convection takes place because
A. warm air is less dense than light air.
B. warm and cold air have the same
density.
C. cold air is less dense than warm air.
D. cold air is more dense than warm
air.
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D. cold air is more
dense than warm air.
Look at the picture below. Which air masses
shown are likely to bring moist weather to the
United States?
A. A, B, C, D, E, F
B. A, F
C. E, B
D. A, F, D, C
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D. A, F, D, C
Measurements from a barometer help
predict changes in weather.
What does a barometer measure?
A. humidity
B. air pressure
C. wind speed
D. temperature
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B. air pressure
The graph below compares the amount of rainfall in a
city during the first six months of the year 2000 and
during the first six months of the year 2001.
About how much more rain fell in this city in June
2001 than in June 2000?
A. 3 centimeters
B. 5 centimeters
C. 15 centimeters
D. 20 centimeters
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C. 15 centimeters
Using the information in the table, which statement is the most
accurate?
A. Summer days are cooler the farther the city is from the ocean.
B. Dallas, Texas receives less precipitation than New Orleans, Louisiana.
C. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma receives more precipitation than New Orleans,
Louisiana.
D. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is cooler in the summer than Dallas, Texas.
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B. Dallas, Texas receives less precipitation
than New Orleans, Louisiana.
Four different objects are placed in this graduated
cylinder, one at a time, to measure the volume of
water each object displaces.
Which object
displaces the
most water?
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Mrs. Stevens asked her class to identify the clouds they saw outside.
The class observed that the clouds were low in the sky and were
light gray. The students could not see any blue sky through the
clouds. Which is the most likely identification of the clouds observed
by the class?
A. stratus
B. nimbostratus
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C. cumulus
D. cumulonimbus
A. stratus
What type of climate is usually
found on the leeward side of a
mountain range?
A. arid
B. arctic
C. tropical
D. temperate
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A. arid
Which of these statements is true?
A. Air density is the same at all
altitudes.
B. Air is more dense at high altitudes.
C. Air is less dense at high altitudes.
D. Air is less dense at low altitudes.
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C. Air is less dense at
high altitudes.
What are the two most common
gases in air?
A. nitrogen and oxygen
B. oxygen and hydrogen
C. argon and carbon dioxide
D. oxygen and water vapor
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A. nitrogen and oxygen
How does heat energy get from
Earth's surface to air?
A. emission
B. radiation
C. convection
D. conduction
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D. conduction
How does the atmosphere keep Earth's
surface warm?
A. Certain gases absorb and emit
infrared radiation.
B. Certain gases absorb and emit
ultraviolet radiation.
C. Ozone absorbs and emits infrared
radiation.
D. Clouds absorb and emit ultraviolet
radiation.
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A. Certain gases
absorb and emit
infrared radiation.
Air pressure is caused by
A. the constant motion of air
molecules
B. the change of water from a liquid
to a gas
C. the change of water from a gas to
a liquid
D. the precipitation of water from
clouds
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A.the constant motion
of air molecules
How does a thunderstorm
begin to form?
A. Moist air rises.
B. Dry air sinks.
C. Moist air sinks.
D. Dry air rises.
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A. Moist air rises
What causes wind?
A. Winds form because Earth is heated
evenly.
B. Winds form because Earth rotates on
its axis.
C. Winds form because air pressure
varies from place to place.
D. Winds form because air pressure is
the same everywhere.
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C. Winds form because
air pressure varies from
place to place.
What causes a sea breeze?
A. even heating and cooling of
land and sea
B. uneven heating and cooling of
land and sea
C. rain falling over land and sea
D. snow falling over land and sea
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B. uneven heating
and cooling of land
and sea
Clouds form when
A. air cools to its dew point
B. air becomes unsaturated
C. warm air sinks and evaporates
in the air
D. cool air rises and condenses in
warm air
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A. air cools
to its dew
point
What two things define an air
mass?
A. temperature and altitude
B. altitude and air pressure
C. temperature and moisture
D. air pressure and precipitation
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C. temperature
and moisture
Scientists group climates by
A. evaporation and condensation
B. condensation and precipitation
C. evaporation and temperature
D. precipitation and temperature
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D. precipitation
and temperature
Which of these affects only a
local climate?
A. global warming
B. movement of continents
C. a sea breeze
D. ice ages
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C. a sea breeze
At a low pressure area over water,
warm, moist air forms clouds. As
more air is drawn in, winds spiral
inward creating a
A. tornado.
B. hurricane.
C. tropical air mass.
D. maritime air mass.
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B. hurricane
Most of the subarctic and ice subclimates fall into which climate zone?
A. Tropical Zones
B. Subtropical Zones
C. Polar Zones
D. Temperate Zones
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C. Polar Zones