Weather

Question 1

Which of the energy sources below harnesses energy from the atmosphere?
A. fossil fuel energy
B. nuclear energy
C. hydroelectric energy
D. wind energy

Answer 1

D. wind energy

Question 2

The scientific study of the atmosphere is called
A. astronomy
B. climatology
C. meteorology
D. hydrology

Answer 2

C. meteorology

Question 3

What kind of instrument measures atmospheric pressure?
A. barometer
B. hydrometer
C. seismometer
D. anemometer

Answer 3

A. barometer

Question 4

Wind blows from areas of… ? …to areas of…
A. dry air; moist air
B. high pressure; low pressure
C. low pressure; high pressure
D. moist air; dry air

Answer 4

B. high pressure; low pressure

Question 5

Sea breezes are caused by…
A. land absorbing the sun’s energy more rapidly than water does.
B. ocean currents warming the seashore.
C. water absorbing the sun’s energy more rapidly than land does.
D. warm land currents blowing seaward.

Answer 5

A. land absorbing the sun’s energy more rapidly than water does.

Question 6

A mountain breeze is an example of a…
A. trade wind
B. cyclone
C. local wind
D. prevailing westerly

Answer 6

C. local wind

Question 7

If the dew point high in the troposphere is -3.0 C, then pollen grains and dust particles there will at as…

Answer 7

Freezing Nuclei

Question 8

If the dew point high in the troposphere is 3.0 C, then pollen grains and dust particles there will at as…

Answer 8

Condensation Nuclei

Question 9

What prefix is used when naming mid-altitude cloud types?

Answer 9

Alto-

Question 10

Frost forms by the process of…

Answer 10

Deposition

Question 11

Unlike, Coal-fired and nuclear power plants… ? …has adverse effects on the environment surrounding them.

Answer 11

Wind farms

Question 12

Because the freezing and boiling points of water are easily reproduced, scientists used them to…

Answer 12

Anchor temperature scales

Question 13

The Coriolis effect increases as… ? …increases.

Answer 13

Latitude

Question 14

Horse latitudes exist in the…

Answer 14

Northern and Southern Hemisphere

Question 15

…and similar winds blow from high pressure in cold mountains to low pressure in lowlands, warming as they fall in altitude.

Answer 15

Chinooks

Question 16

Dew forms when warm air cools below the..

Answer 16

Dew point

Question 17

One kind of renewable energy technology that does not produce chemical pollutants uses… ? …turbines.

Answer 17

Wind

Question 18

High-altitude cooking instructions generally require… ? …cooking
times since water boils at… ? …temperatures at higher altitudes.

Answer 18

Longer, lower

Question 19

An instrument used to measure air humidity is called an?

Answer 19

Hygrometer

Question 20

The rate of change of air pressure between two points in the atmosphere is the…

Answer 20

Pressure Gradient

Question 21

The air within a cyclonic system in the Southern Hemisphere moves in a(n)… ? …direction.

Answer 21

Clock-wise

Question 22

The global winds that blow from the east are called…

Answer 22

Easterlies

Question 23

The local wind that blows during the night and into early morning along a coast is a(n)… ? …breeze.

Answer 23

Land

Question 24

The three basic shapes of clouds are flat layers or sheets called… ? …, piles called… ? …, and wispy curls called…

Answer 24

Stratus, cumulus, and cirrus

Question 25

Raindrops form as large cloud droplets begin to fall and collect other cloud droplets in a process known as…

Answer 25

Coalescence

Question 26

The three types of solid precipitation are…

Answer 26

Snow, hail, and sleet

Question 27

What are the two common reference points of the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales?

Answer 27

The upper measurement is the boiling point of water (100 C, 212 F) the lower measurement is the freezing point of water (0 C, 32 F)