End of Year Review Weather Unit

A __________________ measures the air pressure.

• anemometer

• barometer

• hygrometer

• psychrometer

A __________________ measure humidity.

• anemometer

• barometer

• hygrometer

• psychrometer

A ________________________ measures relative humidity.

• anemometer

• barometer

• hygrometer

• psychrometer

The force that air exerts on all objects is called ________________.

• pressure

• humidity

• wind speed

• gravity

As altitude increases, air pressure ____________________.

• increases

• decreases

_________________form from small condensed water particles.

• Clouds

• Weather

• Storms

• Winds

Two major requirements or a hurricane to form are moisture and _______________.

• heat

• winds

• air pressure

• low temperatures

Large bodies of water help to keep nearby climates from being too hot or too cold because ______________________.

• they absorb heat in the summer and release heat in the winter.

• they release heat in the summer and absorb heat in the winter.

• they absorb heat in the summer and in the winter.

• they release heat in the summer and in the winter.

Two locations located on the same isobar (circle on weather map) experience ________________________.

• different atmospheric pressure

• the same atmospheric pressure

• heavy storms

• extreme winds

Clouds that form very near the earth's surface is ____________.

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Fog

• Cumulus