5 Written Questions

1. a rapidly moving current of cool air that flows downward in a thunderstorm
2. 1. Identify problem or question
   2. Collect info
   3. Form a Hypothesis (if then b/c)
   4. Test Hypothesis (experiment)
   5. Accept/Reject Hypothesis
   6. Record Results and observations
3. a violent windstorm that spirals around a rotating column or air that moves over the land
4. Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
5. movement of air from land to sea at night, created when cooler, denser air from the land forces up warmer air over the sea

5 Matching Questions

1. global winds
2. Thunderstorm
3. Differentiate between cyclone, hurricane and typhoon
4. transpiration
5. geology

1. a cyclone- a hurricane in the indian ocean or australia
   hurricane- in gulf of mexico
   typhoon- hurricane in western pacific
2. b are part of a pattern of air circulation that moves across the earth
3. c a disturbance in the earths atmosphere that involves lightning, thunder sometimes gusty, surface winds, heavy rain and hail
4. d the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
5. e study of the earth

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A group of subjects in an experiment that are not given any special treatment, stay the same
   1. Control group
   2. funnel cloud
   3. astronomy
   4. microburst
2. a system that brings wet, warmer temperatures, high cloud cover, high winds
   1. return stroke
   2. polar easterlies
   3. low pressure system
   4. sea breeze
3. powerful cool air coming down out of a storm; produces wind shear
   - there's also micro and macro bursts
   1. microburst
   2. down burst
   3. storm surge
   4. macroburst
4. the layer of the atmosphere between the stratosphere and the thermosphere and in which temperature decreases as altitude increases
   1. troposhere
   2. atmosphere
   3. mesosphere
   4. stratosphere
5. a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground
   1. Map
   2. air mass
   3. tornado
   4. leeward

5 True/False Questions

1. Subjective observation → based on opinion

   True        False

2. leeward → on the side away from the wind

   True        False

3. stratocumulus cloud → a cloud that looks like a large puffy white and gray rolls

   True        False

4. supercells → violent thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes

   True        False

5. precipation → Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

   True        False