Science Test 19

Question 1

Which of the energy sources below harnesses energy from the atmosphere?

Answer 1

wind energy

Question 2

The scientific study of the atmosphere is called __________.

Answer 2

Meteorology

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the five qualities of weather is true?

Answer 3

They can all be measured with scientific instruments.
They all have different units of measurement.
They all are part of weather models.

Question 4

What kind of instrument measures atmospheric pressure?

Answer 4

barometer

Question 4

Absolute humidity is measured in units of _____ per cubic meter.

Answer 4

grams

Question 4

Wind blows from areas of ____ ________ to areas of ___ ________.

Answer 4

high pressure; low pressure

Question 5

The paths that winds follow between cyclones and anticyclones are due to all the following except ___________ ___________.

Answer 5

temperature differences

Question 6

Which of the following statements about a cyclone in the northern hemisphere is true?

Answer 6

Winds circulate around it in the counterclockwise direction

Question 7

Sea breezes are caused by ____ _________ ___ ____ ______ ____ _______ ____ _____ ____.

Answer 7

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

Question 8

A mountain breeze is an example of a _____ ____.

Answer 8

local wind

Question 9

If the dew point high in the troposphere is -3.0 degrees celsius, then pollen grains and dust particles there will act as ________ ______.

Answer 9

freezing nuclei

Question 10

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

Answer 10

alto-

Question 11

Which type of cloud never produces rain?

Answer 11

cirrus

Question 12

Where does freezing rain actually freeze?

Answer 12

on solid objects, when the water drop lands on them

Question 13

Frost forms by the process of __________.

Answer 13

deposition

Question 13

True/False

Question 14

Unlike coal-fired and nuclear power plants, wind farms produce no adverse effects on the environment surrounding them.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Because the freezing and boiling points of water are easily reproduced, scientists used them to anchor temperature scales.

Answer 15

True

Question 15

The higher temperature of the air, the more moister it can hold.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

The Coriolis effect increases as latitude increases.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The atmospheric region above the Equator creates an area of permanent high pressure.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The horse latitudes exist only in the northern hemisphere.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

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

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Supercooled cloud droplets exist as liquid at many degrees below freezing.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Nimbus clouds often bring rain.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Dew forms when warm air cools below that freezing point.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Measures in knots

Answer 23

Anemometer

Question 24

Measure in compass degrees

Answer 24

Wind vane

Question 25

Measures in lbs/in, Pa, and other units

Answer 25

Barometer

Question 26

Measures in percentages

Answer 26

Hygrometer

Question 27

Where does fog develop?

Answer 27

Between the clouds and the water or sometimes the ground

Question 28

What environments does rain form in?

Answer 28

High in the clouds and lower in the clouds

Question 29

What environment does hailstones form in by convection?

Answer 29

High in the clouds

Question 30

Where does frost form?

Answer 30

On the grass or ground or other solid objects with moister