Science weather test review

Question 1

What is weather?

Answer 1

A system of interacting energy

Question 2

What is solar energy?

Answer 2

The type of light energy that comes from the sun

Question 3

What is thermal energy?

Answer 3

Energy that has to do with temperatures

Question 4

Describe conduction

Answer 4

When molecules transfer thermal energy from one end of an object to another by conduction

Question 5

Describe convection

Answer 5

When warmer, less dense air rises, and cooler, more dense air moves and takes its place

Question 6

What is a barometer?

Answer 6

A tool scientists use to measure air pressure

Question 7

What is evaporation?

Answer 7

When liquid water changes into water vapor gas

Question 8

What is condensation?

Answer 8

When water vapor changes into liquid water

Question 9

What is precipitation?

Answer 9

When water is released from a cloud back down to earth

Question 10

What are some examples of precipitation?

Answer 10

Snow, rain, hail, sleet, ect

Question 11

What are isobars?

Answer 11

Lines on weather maps that represent patterns of Air pressure

Question 12

What is a front?

Answer 12

When cooler, denser air moves under warmer, less dense air

Question 13

What is a lift?

Answer 13

When warmer air rises at the front

Question 14

What type of energy does the sun produce?

Answer 14

Solar energy

Question 15

What type of energy does the earth’s surface absorb?

Answer 15

the sun’s solar energy

Question 16

The earth’s crust transforms ______ energy into ______ energy.

Answer 16

Solar energy into thermal energy

Question 17

The earth’s crust heats the air molecules through the process of . . .

Answer 17

conduction

Question 18

As a cold front moves in, what happens to the warm air

Answer 18

The warmer air rises

Question 19

What forms when cold and warm air masses meet?

Answer 19

A front

Question 20

What direction does warm air go?

Answer 20

Up and rises

Question 21

What direction does cold air go?

Answer 21

down

Question 22

Warm air molecules are further apart making the air more or less dense?

Answer 22

less dense

Question 23

Cool air molecules are closer together making the air more or less dense?

Answer 23

more dense

Question 24

Do cold or hot air molecules move faster?

Answer 24

Hot

Question 25

Does cold air have high or low air pressure?

Answer 25

high air pressure

Question 26

Does warm air have high or low air pressure?

Answer 26

low air pressure

Question 27

What component of weather does an isobar map show?

Answer 27

Low and high pressure areas

Question 28

What unit of measurement is used to measure air pressure?

Answer 28

Millibars

Question 29

What type of clouds are associated with a storm?

Answer 29

cumilonimbus

Question 30

What device is used to measure air pressure?

Answer 30

barometer

Question 31

How does a barometer work?

Answer 31

As the air pressure increases, it pushes up the liquid in the tube. The higher the liquid, the higher the air pressure.