Weather Unit Quiz

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that affect climate?

• Longitude

• Altitude

• Proximity to water

• Position relative to mountains

Sort the information to the correct type of air mass

Continental Tropical (cT) (a) ​ (a)  

Continental Polar (cP) (b) ​ (b)  

Maritime Tropical (mT) (c) ​ ​ (c)  

Maritime Polar (mP) (d) ​ (d)  

• dry and warm
• dry and cold
• wet and warm
• wet and cold

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The same air mass will have the same characteristics, including...

• Pressure and temperature

• temperature and dew point

• temperature and humidity

• humidity and radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is weather over a long period of time?

• Vacation

• Weather

• Climate

• Season

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why does Mount Everest have snow and ice, even during the summer?

• Temperature decreases as altitude decreases

• It is never summer on Mount Everest

• People make snow on the top of Mount Everest

• Temperature increases as altitude decreases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Incoming solar radiation is also known as

• dangerous

• sunshine

• insolation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water has a higher specific heat than land. What does this mean?

• water heats up and cools faster than land

• water and land cool at the same rate

• water and land heat up at the same rate

• water heats up and cools more slowly than land

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What two factors determine climate?

• Temperature

• Radiation

• Precipitation

• Altitude

• Clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What three things are needed to form a cloud?

• Water Vapor

• Wind

• Condensation Nuclei

• Temperature at or below the dew point

• High Pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following

• formas over continent

• m

• forms over hot tropical region

• c

• forms over cold polar region

• T

• forms over ocean

• P