Weather Quiz Grade 8
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An upward warm air flow in the atmosphere is called what?
- thermal
- jet stream
- air mass
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An air mass is a large body of air with consistent temperature and what else?
- pressure
- temperature
- wind
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Weather is the condition of the atmosphere affected by what?
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Wind and Water
- All of the above
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What is the Coriolis effect?
- The bending of air and water currents
- When sharp boundaries exist between cold and warm temperatures
- When warm air rises in an updraft
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What causes the pressure and temperature difference between 2 air masses?
- wind
- climate
- weather
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The dew point is when cooling increases humidity to 100 percent and further cooling results in what?
- Condensation
- Atmospheric pressure
- Precipitation
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Climate is the long-term record of temperature, wind and what other thing for a region?
- precipitation
- air mass
- pressure
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When warm, moist air forms over an ocean with winds of at least 74 mph, what system forms?
- Hurricane
- Thunderstorm
- Tornado
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Warm air rising in an updraft and cold air/rain falling in a downdraft causes what?
- thunderstorm
- tornado
- hurricane
- Question of
What has a greater wind speed than hurricanes?
- Tornados
- Tsunami
- Tropical storm
- Question of
A spark between a negatively charged cloud and a positively charged earth causes what?
- lightning
- fireworks
- thunderstorm
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A cloud that is low to the ground and associated with precipitation is called what?
- stratus
- circus
- cumulus
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Rising warm air causes what kind of system?
- low pressure
- high pressure
- atmospheric pressure
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Descending cold air causes what kind of system?
- high pressure
- low pressure
- atmospheric pressure
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Which type of cloud indicates a weather change such as a storm approaching within the next 24 hours?
- circus
- stratus
- cumulus
- Question of
What kind of air mass is cold and forms over the Canadian plains?
- Continental Polar
- Tropical
- Artic
- Question of
Clear weather is associated with what kind of pressure center?
- high pressure
- low pressure
- warm pressure
- Question of
What type of cloud indicates fair weather?
- cumulus
- stratus
- cumulonimbus
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What type of air mass is formed over the Gulf of Mexico?
- Maritime Tropical
- Continental polar
- Artic
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A weather map shows which of the following?
- Direction of a cold front shown with arrows
- Warm front shown by a line with semicircle
- All of the above
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What 2 weather patterns are made up of systems of winds rotating around a low-pressure system?
- Tornado and Hurricane
- Hurricane and Tropical storm
- Tornado and Tsunami
- Question of
What is a specific region called with particular plants and animals?
- Biome
- Ecosystem
- Community
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What is the coldest biome on Earth?
- tundra
- Taiga
- desert
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Which biome has 4 distinct seasons?
- temperate deciduous forest
- grasslands
- Desert
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When air temperature increases, evaporation does what?
- Increases
- Decreases
- Neither of the above
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What is the system called when cold air moves in and warm air pushes upward?
- cold front
- warm front
- high pressure
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What is the system called when warm air moves in above existing cold air?
- warm front
- cold front
- coriolis
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Where the warm and cold air meet and stall, clouds and fog form, and it may rain or snow. It could bring many days of clouds and precipitation.
- Stationary Front
- Warm front
- Cold front
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Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.
- cold front
- stationary Front
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This weather tool measures wind speed _______.
- anemometer
- thermometer
- barometer