1. The windward side of the mountain usually?

A. Is a desert

C. Is lush and green

b. has no precipitation

d. has warm, sinking air

2. Seasons are caused by?

a. the suns cycle

c. sunspots

b. the greenhouse effect

d. the tilt of the earths axis

3. How do prevailing winds that travel across large bodies of water affect the
climate?
a. they make it colder

c. they make it wetter

b. they make it warmer

d. they make it drier

4. Why does the equator experience about the same temperatures year
round?
a. it tilts toward the sun and gets much more direct solar energy
b. it has no prevailing winds
c. it has no mountains to affect its climate
the suns rays strike the equator at about the same angle all year
5. Prevailing winds that travel to a region across a large body of water would
probably make the rgions climate?
a. warmer

c. cooler

b. wetter

d. drier

6. What kind of weather does a stationary front bring?

a. drizzly rain followed by clear weather
wet weather
b.severe storms

c. many days of cloudy,

d. cold, dry weather

7. What is cloud made of?

a. water droplets b. gases

c. rain or snow

d. warm air

8. How does a warm front form?

a.warm air becomes caught between cold air masses
over cold air and replaces it.

c.warm air moves

b. two air masses meet and stay separated

air and pushes it up

d. cold air moves under warm

9. What kind of weather would an occluded front likely bring?

a. sunny and warm
dry

b.much precipitation

c.thunderstorms d. cold and

10. The most common form of precipitation is?

a. sleet
snow

b. hail

c.rain

d.

11. The short-term state of the atmosphere is called?

a. climate

b.weather

c. water cycle

d. dew point

12. It refers to the amount of rain that an area receives over a period of time
a. temperature

b. rainfall

c. rain gauge

d.wind

13. The following are the basics elements of weather and climate, except?
a.temperature

b.rainfall

c. wind

d. season

14. The changes in weather are caused by the interaction of?

a. cyclones

b.anticyclones

c. fronts

d. air masses

15. Earth's three major climate zones are?

a.polar,tropical and rain forest
tropical

c. tundra, temperate and

b. tropical, temperate and polar

forest

d.polar, savanna and rain

16. What is the water cycle?

a. air masses interact
surfaces

c. water droplets forming on

b.air pressure sinking and then rising

atmosphere

d. water moving between the

17. Finding a high place to wait is a safety measure during a(n)

a. thunderstorm b.tornado

c. cyclone

d. flash flood

18. What do scientists use to express the amount of water vapor in the air?
a. relative humidity

b. vapor pressure c.elevation

d. dew point

19. Earths natural heating process is called?

a. the greenhouse effect
Milankovitch theory

b. global warmingc. an ice age

20. Which of the following decreases as elevation increases?

a.latitude

b. clouds

c. precipitation

d. temperature

d. The