Weather Final Quiz

Test your weather knowledge! Quiz covers air masses, fronts, and more.

Weather Terms To mark a word click its first letter then click its last. PRECIPITATION CONDENSATION EVAPORATION AIRPRESSURE CONDUCTION CONVECTION ADVECTION BAROMETER RADIATION WEATHER WIND air masses Fill out the 4 Air Masses: Use these terms: Continental Polar, Continental Tropical, Maritime Polar, Maritime Tropical (click on the blue dot next to each number and type the answer - spelling counts!) Continental Polar Maritime Polar Maritime Tropical Continental Tropical Relative Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air. When you observe a change in the weather from one day to the next, it is due to the movement of an air mass. A hurricane is a large swirling low-pressure storm that forms over tropical areas while a tornado is a violent whirling wind that moves over land. A meteorologist studies the weather and creates weather forecasts so people can prepare for the upcoming weather. He uses isobars to show areas of equal air pressure and labels them with either a "H" for high pressure or "L" for low pressure. Atmosphere Matching match up the term with the correct definition troposphere the layer we live in mesosphere meteors burn up in this layer thermosphere this layer contains the auroras radiation transfer of heat by short waves (feeling) conduction transfer of heat by touching convection movement of heat by currents advection transfer of heat by winds Gases in Atmosphere sort out the gases and their characteristics Nitrogen 78% N most abundant gas Oxygen O 21% essential for life Carbon Dioxide CO2 0.03% helps with greenhouse effect During convection, which of the following is true? warm air sinks warm air is stable cold air rises cold air sinks Land heats up quicker at each of the following except? forests dark soils pavements meadows Which of the following would reflect the most sunlight back into space? grass snow clouds sand Name the 3 instruments marked Use your notes if you need too Anemometer Barometer Wind Vane Low Pressure Barometer falls Rising Air Warm Wet air Rotates Counter-Clockwise High Pressure Barometer Rises Sinking Air Cool Dry air Rotates Clockwise Fill out the missing terms for the rhymes. Winds always blow from high to low. Winds are named for the direction they came. Warm and wet make a low. Cool and dry make a high. Fronts match the front with its characteristic heavy precipitation at this front cold front steady rains at this front warm front neither air mass is moving stationary front cold air overtakes warm air occluded front Front symbols Label each front type warm cold occluded stationary Changing States of Water Match the changing state to how it moves Melting Solid to Liquid Freezing Liquid to Solid Condensation Gas to Liquid Evaporation Liquid to Gas