Weather Chapter 5-7 Test

What is barometric pressure?

• A measure of the weight of air over a location

• A measure of the temperature of air over a location

• A measure of the volume of air over a location

• A way to describe the type of gases in the atmosphere

How do winds move around a high pressure system in the Northern hemisphere?

• Winds move out than inward towards a high pressure system

• Winds spiral inward in a clockwise rotation

• Winds move laterally outward from a high pressure system sideways

• Winds spiral outward in a clockwise rotation

 What is happening to air at a low pressure system?

• Air warms and rises

• Air cools and sinks

• Air dries out at a low pressure system

• Air is compressed together at a low pressure system

What is an air mass?

• A mass of air with the same type of clouds

• A mass of air with the same temperature and moisture content

• A dense region of air in the atmosphere

• A large storm that forms in the upper regions of the atmosphere

What type of air mass would form over warm water near the equator?

• Maritime Polar

• Maritime Tropical

• Continental Polar

• Continental Tropical

 What type of air is associated with a continental polar air mass?

• Warm and humid

• Hot and dry

• Cold and dry

• Cool and moist

Where would a continental polar air mass form?

• Central Africa

• Canada/Greenland

• Hawaii

• Japan

High pressure is associated with cloudy, rainy, windy weather.

• True

• False

On a weather map, High Pressure is symbolized with a capital H in the color __________.

Low Pressure is symbolized with a capital L in the color __________.

• red, blue

• white, red

• red, white

• blue, red

Sitting here in La Grange, NC, the barometric pressure above me _________ as altitude ___________.

• decreases, decreases

• increases, decreases

• decreases, increases

• increases, remain steadys