Weather & Climate Test

Multiple Choice 1. Which place would have a tropical climate? a city at a low latitude a city in a rain shadow a city at a high altitude 2. What causes Earth's seasons? Earth's tilt on its axis Earth's rotation on its axis Earth's distance from the Sun 3. A air mass has the greatest effect on weather in Florida. maritime polar maritime tropical continental tropical 4. A cold front brings to an area. severe storms steady rain or snow cloudy skies and light rain 5. Which type of precipitation does NOTreach Earth in a frozen form? hail rain snow 6. Hurricanes form when... a cold front meets a warm front. updrafts in a thunderstorm rotate. warm, moist air rises over an ocean. 7. Air pressure is measure with a(n)... barometer. anemometer. thermometer. 8. The amount of water vapor in the air relative to the maximum vapor that the air could hold at a particular temperature is the ... dew point air pressure relative humidity Matching ice age period of time when glaciers covered much of Earth droughts period of below-average amounts of rain and snow air pressure the force that a column of air exerts on the air or surface below it front the boundary between 2 air masses Interpreting a DiagramUse the diagrams to answer each question or respond to each statement. 1. Which type of weather front is shown in Front A? warm cold stationary occluded 2. Which type of weather front is shown in Front B? warm cold stationary occluded 3. What type of weather typically results along Front A? severe storms sunshine steady rainfall 4. What type of weather typically results along Front B? severe storms sunshine steady rainfall Matching weather the atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time climate long term atmospheric conditions that occur in a particular region monsoons wind circulation patterns that change with the seasons humidity the amount of water vapor in the air Interpreting a DiagramUse the diagrams to answer each question or respond to each statement. 1. Which city has warmer temperatures year-round? City A City B 2. Which city receives more precipitation? City A City B 3. What type of climate does city B have? tropical continental polar Matching Match the animal that might live in the wild for each climate. buffalo continental climate polar bear polar climate lizards dry climate crocodiles tropical climate