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