Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems

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Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems

• Grade
• SOL 4.6
• Created By
• Kim Smith

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What measures air pressure?

1. Hygrometer
2. Anemometer
3. Barometer
4. Thermometer

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A line were two air masses meet is a ___.

1. Cold front
2. Warm front
3. Front
4. Air pressure

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A person who studies the weather.

1. Geologists
2. Rainologists
3. Meteorologists
4. Thermologists

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______ is the measure of the amount of heat
energy in the atmosphere.

1. Front
2. Temperature
3. Air pressure

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An instrument that measures humidity.

1. Thermometer
2. Anemometer
3. Barometer
4. Hygrometer

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When a rainstorm builds up over the ocean, which
of these would occur last?

1. Rain falls
2. Water evaporates
3. Drops form
4. Clouds gather

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Wispy _____ are made up of ice crystals high in
the sky.

1. Stratus
2. Cumulonimbus
3. Cumulus
4. Cirrus

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What type of cloud is usually related to light
rain or drizzle?

1. Stratus
2. Cumulus
3. Cirrus
4. Tornado

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_________often form(s) along a front.

1. Plants
2. Air masses
3. Clouds
4. Sunshine

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____ clouds are fluffy and white with flat
bottoms. Usually means fair weather.

1. Cirrus
2. Stratus
3. Cumulus

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Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulo-nimbus, and Cumulus
clouds are associated with certain__________

1. Clouds
2. Weather conditions
3. Snow

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_____-is due to the weight of the air and is
determined by several factors including the
temperature of the air.

1. Temperature
2. Air pressure
3. A front

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Extreme atmospheric conditions create various
kinds of storms such as_______.

1. Rain, snow
2. Thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes
3. None of the above

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Different atmospheric conditions create different
types of ____.

1. Wind
2. Weather
3. Precipitation

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When precipitation is in cold air up high in the
atmosphere and it falls through warmer air, then
cooler air just before it hits the Earths
surface, what kind of precipitation do you
usually get?

1. Snow
2. Sleet
3. Freezing rain

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Precipitation begins as snow high in the
atmosphere, melts as it falls then re-freezes
above the surface as ice pellets. It is______.

1. Rain
2. Hail
3. Sleet

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Precipitation that freezes high in the atmosphere
and stays below freezing is______.

1. Sleet
2. Snow
3. Rain

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Precipitation that falls to the Earths surface
without encountering freezing temperatures is ___.

1. Sleet
2. Rain
3. Snow

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What seasons do we usually see Hurricanes?

1. Winter, summer
2. Summer, fall
3. Spring, summer

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