Weather and Climate Quiz

What happens to barometric pressure after a heavy rainstorm when the rain stops?

• It increases significantly.

• It decreases significantly.

• It remains the same.

• It fluctuates randomly.

What must water do to form clouds?

• Heat and change to vapor, then cool and condense.

• Freeze and then melt.

• Remain in liquid form.

• Heat and change to ice.

What causes high and low pressure systems on Earth?

• The moon's gravitational pull.

• The sun's energy and the heating and cooling over large areas of the Earth's surface.

• The rotation of the Earth.

• The presence of mountains.

What results from air moving from high pressure areas to low pressure areas?

• Rainy day.

• Windy day.

• Snowy day.

• Calm day.

What causes the troposphere to experience the greatest amount of air pressure?

• Gas particles above the troposphere.

• Gas particles below the troposphere.

• The absence of gas particles.

• The presence of water vapor.

Which factors impact weather?

• Wind speed, air pressure, humidity, and clouds.

• Only wind speed and air pressure.

• Only humidity and clouds.

• None of the above.

What weather do northern cold dry air masses create when they move south?

• Warm and humid weather.

• Cold and dry weather.

• Hot and dry weather.

• Rainy weather.

What is the process that moves heat through oceans and the atmosphere?

• Conduction.

• Radiation.

• Convection (currents).

• Evaporation.

What happens when straight moving cold air masses collide with upward moving warm air masses?

• They create a tornado.

• They create a frontal boundary moving backwards over the cold mass.

• They create a hurricane.

• They create a high-pressure system.

Where does evaporation happen in relation to a warm moist front?

• At the back of the front.

• At the center of the front.

• At the front of the front.

• Above the front.