Ch. 5 Weather & Its Impacts

Question 1

__________________ can be produced by thunderstorms.

Accepted Answer

Tornadoes

Question 2

There are ____________ molecules of air at high elevations, so air pressure is less.

Accepted Answer

fewer

Question 3

Which describes lighting?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 4

Masses of puffy, white clouds, with flat bases that form when air currents rise are called __clouds.

Accepted Answer

cumulus

Question 5

The process of water vapor changing to a liquid is called _________________.

Accepted Answer

condensation

Question 6

Clouds form, warm air rises and expands, then it cools and condenses to tiny drops form.

Accepted Answer

water vapor

Question 7

Liquid or solid water that falls to the ground is called ________________________.

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 8

Water droplets in a cloud, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Question 9

Air pressure is greatest ____ because there are more molecules of air pushing down from above.

Accepted Answer

at sea level

Question 10

Low, layered gray clouds that produce light precipitation are __________ clouds.

Accepted Answer

stratus

Question 11

High pressure means good weather because _____________________.

Accepted Answer

the air masses sink, making it difficult for clouds to form

Question 12

Forms as raindrops, passes through a layer of freezing air near Earth’s surface, forming ice pellets.

Accepted Answer

sleet

Question 13

Precipitation and storms occur ___________________.

Accepted Answer

at fronts

Question 14

Which layer of the atmosphere is where the space shuttle orbits?

Accepted Answer

thermosphere

Question 15

Air is mostly nitrogen and ______________________.

Accepted Answer

oxygen

Question 16

When do erosion and deposition occur in a river?

Accepted Answer

Deposition deposits it, erosion moves it, Erosion moves it, deposition deposits it

Question 17

A thunderstorm warning means...

Accepted Answer

a thunderstorm is occuring

Question 18

Water evaporates from_____________

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 19

Cold air has more molecules than warm air; it has _____ pressure.

Accepted Answer

higher

Question 20

The boundary between cold air and warm air masses is called_____________________.

Accepted Answer

front

Question 21

When severe weather conditions already exist, a(n) _______________ is issued.

Accepted Answer

warning

Question 22

Which type(s) of clouds do NOT make rain or snow?

Accepted Answer

cirrus

Question 23

Which diagram shows a large high-pressure system?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 24

Forms when the air temperature is below freezing, and water vapor changes directly to a solid.

Accepted Answer

snow

Question 25

Which is NOT a type of precipitation?

Accepted Answer

erosion

Ch. 5 Weather & Its Impacts

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