- 1. The area in which a warm air mass is caught between two cold air masses
A) cold front
B) stationary front
C) occluded front
D) warm front
- 2. The state of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
A) humidity
B) climate
C) air mass
D) weather
- 3. The area in which a warm air mass and a cold air mass meet. Neither have the energy to move one another
A) warm front
B) cold front
C) stationary front
D) occluded front
- 4. A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals
A) particles
B) altitude
C) temperature
D) cloud
- 5. A scientist who studies weather
A) paleontologist
B) meteorologist
C) cosmologist
D) geologist
- 6. A blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth
A) condensation
B) precipitation
C) temperature
D) atmosphere
- 7. Any form of water that falls from the sky
A) atmosphere
B) temperature
C) condensation
D) precipitation
- 8. Weather instrument used to measure the amount of moisture or humidity in the air
A) hygrometer
B) psychrometer
C) hydrometer
D) all of the above
- 9. Clouds of low altitude, they're thin and stretch out across the sky, and block out sunlight
A) cumulus
B) cirrus
C) altostratus
D) stratus
- 10. The amount of water vapor in the air
A) precipitation
B) air pressure
C) humidity
D) condensation
- 11. The movement of air caused by cool air over the ocean moving toward the land
A) land breeze
B) mountain breeze
C) sea breeze
D) wind breeze
- 12. The movement of air caused by cool air sinking and moving down the slope of a mountain
A) sea breeze
B) land breeze
C) cold breeze
D) mountain breeze
- 13. The change of phase from liquid water into a gas (water vapor)
A) condensation
B) atmosphere
C) evaporation
D) precipitation
- 14. The movement of water on Earth that moves between the air, land and the oceans
A) run on
B) run off
C) warm front
D) water cycle
- 15. A large body of air that has the same temperature and level of humidity throughout
A) aerodynamics
B) air resistance
C) air pressure
D) air mass
- 16. The measurement of the amount of heat in a substance
A) humidity
B) temperature
C) climate
D) weather
- 17. Elevation especially above sea level or above the Earth's surface
A) elevation
B) all of the above
C) sea breeze
D) altitude
- 18. Clouds of high altitude, curly, wispy and made of ice crystals
A) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) alto stratus
D) stratus
- 19. The average weather conditions of an area over a very long period of time
A) weather
B) temperature
C) humidity
D) climate
- 20. Rain that lands on top of a mountain, travels down to lower ground and joins larger bodies of water
A) water cycle
B) stationary front
C) run off
D) run down
- 21. The weight of the air in an area
A) air mass
B) air pressure
C) weather
D) condensation
- 22. Clouds of middle altitude large, puffy, and sometimes creative shapes
A) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) nimbus
D) stratus
- 23. The changing of a substance from a gas to the liquid state
A) evaporation
B) condensation
C) precipitation
D) temperature
- 24. Weather instrument used to measure air pressure
A) psychrometer
B) barometer
C) hydrometer
D) hygrometer
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