- 1. What is an anemometer used to measure?
A) Humidity
B) Wind speed
C) Temperature
D) Air pressure
- 2. What is a gentle wind called?
A) Typhoon
B) Breeze
C) Gale
D) Tornado
- 3. In which layer of the atmosphere do most weather phenomena occur, including wind?
A) Stratosphere
B) Troposphere
C) Mesosphere
D) Exosphere
- 4. What do you call a wind that flows downslope?
A) Mistral
B) Chinook
C) Simoom
D) Katabatic wind
- 5. Which of the following is a warm dry wind that descends downslope and causes rapid temperature increases?
A) Harmattan
B) Polar vortex
C) Haboob
D) Chinook
- 6. What is the name for a wind that blows over the Mediterranean Sea causing dry cold weather in southern Europe?
A) Westerlies
B) Bora
C) Sirocco
D) Mistral
- 7. What term is used for a wind system that changes direction with the seasons?
A) Doldrums
B) Coriolis effect
C) Monsoon
D) Jet stream
- 8. What phenomenon occurs when two different air masses collide, leading to strong winds and abrupt weather changes?
A) Convection
B) Front
C) Ridge
D) Vortex
- 9. What is the term for a wind that blows over the western coast of Africa, bringing hot and dry air from the Sahara Desert?
A) Bora
B) Harmattan
C) Monsoon
D) Zonda
- 10. What type of wind is characterized by a circular motion originating from a low-pressure center?
A) Anticyclone
B) Cyclone
C) Maelstrom
D) Squall
- 11. What term is used for a wind that blows from sea to land during the night?
A) Mistral
B) Dust devil
C) Squall
D) Land breeze
- 12. What is the name for a warm and dry wind that blows from North Africa into southern Europe?
A) Bora
B) Nor'easter
C) Mistral
D) Sirocco
- 13. What is the name for a violent tropical storm with winds exceeding 74 mph?
A) Cyclone
B) Tornado
C) Hurricane
D) Blizzard
- 14. Which direction does wind move from in a high-pressure system?
A) Upward
B) Downward
C) Outward
D) Inward
- 15. What is the name for a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending towards the ground?
A) Typhoon
B) Tornado
C) Blizzard
D) Hurricane
- 16. Which instrument is used to measure wind speed?
A) Thermometer
B) Barometer
C) Hygrometer
D) Anemometer
- 17. In Greek mythology, who is the god of the west wind?
A) Boreas
B) Notus
C) Eurus
D) Zephyrus
- 18. What is the process of wind eroding rock, sand, or soil called?
A) Chemical weathering
B) Glacial erosion
C) Aeolian erosion
D) River erosion
- 19. Which of the following is a famous wind instrument that is often associated with jazz music?
A) Trumpet
B) Saxophone
C) Flute
D) Harp
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