Chapter 18 & 20: Climate and Weather Review

1. What is condensation?

A. Change from liquid to iceB. Change from liquid to another liquidC. Change of water vapor to liquidD. Change of water vapor to nother water vapor

C. Change of water vapor (gas) to liquid

2. Why does warm air rise and cold air sink?

A. Warm air is hotter than cold airB. Warm air is less dense than cold airC. Warm air is more dense than cold airD. All of the above

B. Warm air is less dense than cold air.

3. How do clouds form?

Warm, moist air rises and finally the cold atmosphere causes it to condense to form clouds

4. True or False

Smog is created by the condensation of CO2

False- Smog is a buildup of CO2 gases and pollutants and remains a gas. Condensation goes from gas to liquid i.e. dew, fog.

5. Give three types of precipitation.

Rain,, snow, hail, sleet

6. Name three factors that can affect the climate.

Latitude, elevation, bodies of water, orographic effect, ocean currents.

7. List the three cloud types

1. Cirrus2. Stratus3. Cumulus

8. Which cloud type is describes as fluffy, flat bottoms?

A. CirrusB. StratusC. AltostratusD. Cumulus

D. Cumulus

9. What does Alto mean?

A. HighB. Middle RangeC. LowD. None of the above

A. High

10. Which prefix refers to rain clouds?

A. AltoB. CirroC. NimbusD. Strato

C. Nimbus

11. A cumulonimbus cloud is also known as a:

A. White fluffy cloudB. Snow cloudC. Feathery CloudD. Storm cloud

D. Storm Cloud

12. What cloud type are considered low, layered clouds?

Stratus

13. Orographic lifting is associated with:

A. WindB. Water VaporC. MountainsD. Weather fronts

C. Mountains

14. An immense body of air with the same characteristics:

A. Air MassB. Cold FrontC. Warm FrontD. Cyclone

A. Air Mass

15. What determines an air mass?

A. TemperatureB. MoistureC. Wind SpeedD. Both A and B

D. Both A and B

A.

B.

C.

16. What type of air mass forms over land?

A. ContinentalB. MaritimeC. TropicalD. Both A and B

A. Continental

A.

B.

C. D.

17. What air masses are associated with warm and wet conditions

E and G

18. What air masses are cold and dry?

B and C

19. Which are considered a continental tropical (cT) Air Mass?

F

20. In the Atlantic Ocean, which air mass produces Hurricanes?

G

21. What is a Front?

A. Boundary between two different air massesB. An area of cold airC. An area of high windsD. All of the above

A. Boundary between two different air masses

22. What is a warm front?

A warm air mass that advances and displaces cold air

23. A front in which cold air is advancing and displacing warm air is called:

A. Warm FrontB. Cold FrontC. Stationary FrontD. Occulded Front

B. Cold Front

24. What is a vortex?

Rotating column of air

25. When two air masses collide along a front, which type of air is always forced upward?

A. Cold AirB. Stationary AirC. Warm AirD. All of the above

C. Warm Air (Warm air rises!)

26. What is another name for a hurricane that forms in the Pacific Ocean called?

Typhoon

27. In general, what conditions cause hurricanes and tornados to form?

A. Warm AirB. MoistureC. Thunder Storms (Cumulonimbus Clouds)D. All of the above

D. All of the Above

28. Which part of a hurrican is the slowest?

A. The outer edgeB. The “arms” of the stormC. Eye WallD. Eye

A. Outer Edge

29. What is a rain shadow?

A. Caused by Orographic Lifting creating a wet, rainy side of a mountain

B. Shadow cast by a mountain during a rain storm

C. Caused by Orographic Lifting creating a dry, arid side of a mountain

D. All of the aboveC. Caused by Orographic Lifting creating a dry, arid side of a mountian

30. What is the relationship between lattitude and climate? Lattitude = Climate

31. How does being close to a body of water affect climate? (What is happening to the air mass)

Bodies of water cool the air mass above it, creating cooler climate along coasts

32. To be successful in life and accomplish your goals, what can you do?

Then what are you waiting for ?