Science 4-25-23 Test

Question 1

What are the four parts of the water cycle

Answer 1

Evaportaion, condensation, precipitaion, collection

Question 2

Evaporation

Answer 2

water heats up and turns into a gas

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

water vapor condenses to form clouds

Question 4

Precipitation

Answer 4

water vapor becomes a liquid rain,snow

Question 5

Collection

Answer 5

rain is collected into a body of water

Question 6

What gasses make up the atmosphere

Answer 6

78 % Nitrogen and 21% Oxygen

Question 7

Weather occurs in which layer of the atmosphere

Answer 7

Troposphere

Question 8

How do we measure air pressure

Answer 8

Barometer

Question 9

How do air masses move

Answer 9

High to low pressure

Question 10

What are the four diffrent characteristics of air masses

Answer 10

Maritime tropical, Continental tropical, Maritime Polar, and Continental Polar

Question 11

Maritime Tropical

Answer 11

warm and wet

Question 12

Continental Tropical

Answer 12

dry and warm

Question 13

Maritime Polar

Answer 13

wet and cold

Question 14

Continental Polar

Answer 14

dry and cold

Question 15

What is a front

Answer 15

a boundary between two air masses

Question 16

What are the diffrent types of fronts?

Answer 16

Cold, warm, Stationary, Occluded

Question 17

What happens in the cold front

Answer 17

cold air runs into slow warm air then cold air sinks and warm air pushes upward

Question 18

What happens during a warm front

Answer 18

a fast moving warm air mass overtakes a slow moving cold air mass

Question 19

What happens during a stationary front

Answer 19

cold and warm air meet but neither one can move each other

Question 20

What happens during an Occluded front

Answer 20

warm air is caught between two cold air masses

Question 21

What other aspects of our earth can influence the change in weather

Answer 21

Distance from the ocean, latitude, altitude

Question 22

Latitude

Answer 22

distance from the equator

Question 23

Altitude

Answer 23

higher locations are colder from ground level example mounatins

Question 24

What color is the Letter H and what weather

Answer 24

cold and blue

Question 25

What color is the low pressure system

Answer 25

red and warm