Air Mass and Severe Weather Quiz

What scale is used to measure the damage of a tornado?

• Richter scale

• Beaufort scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale

• Fujita scale

Which scale is used to measure the winds of a hurricane?

• Doppler scale

• Mercalli scale

• Saffir-Simpson scale

• Fujita scale

What type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms?

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What happens in an occluded front?

• A warm front overtakes a cold front

• Two warm fronts merge

• A cold front overtakes a warm front

• Two cold fronts merge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a cold front?

• A stationary boundary between two air masses

• The leading edge of the cold sector of a high-pressure system

• The trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

• The leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a warm front?

• A stationary boundary between two air masses

• The trailing edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

• The trailing edge of the cold sector of a high-pressure system

• The leading edge of the warm sector of a low-pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a stationary front?

• A cold front overtaking a warm front

• A warm front overtaking a cold front

• A pair of air masses, neither of which is strong enough to replace the other

• The boundary where two different air masses meet and cause rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does Doppler radar determine?

• The location and velocity of a storm

• The pressure of a storm

• The humidity of a storm

• The temperature of a storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is severe weather?

• A sunny and calm meteorological event

• A predictable meteorological event with no potential for damage

• Any dangerous meteorological event with the potential to cause damage

• A meteorological event that only occurs in tropical regions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is lightning?

• A measurement of wind speed

• A loud sound caused by the rapid expansion of air

• A type of cloud seen during thunderstorms

• A natural electrical discharge of very short duration and high voltage