Water and the AtmosphereChapter 4 Weather

1. Review and Reinforce2. Lesson Quiz

Answer Keys

Lesson 1 Water in the Atmosphere Review and Reinforce Worksheet

• 1. precipitation• 2. evaporation• 3. true• 4. Relative humidity• 5. true• 6. the process by which liquid water changes to water vapor• 7. a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air• 8. an instrument consisting of two thermometers (one wet-bulb and

one dry-bulb) and used for measuring relative humidity• 9. the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water• 10. a percentage comparing the amount of water vapor in the air to

the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature

Lesson 1 Water in the Atmosphere Quiz

1.precipitation

3.condenses

5. 25

7. e

9. a

2.evaporation

4. less

6. c

8. b

10. d

Lesson 2 Clouds Review and Reinforce Worksheet

• 1. liquid water or ice crystals• 2. cooling of the air and particles in the air• 3. frost• 4. Cumulonimbus• 5. medium-level clouds that form in flat

layers andcover the sky like stratus clouds but form at ahigher altitude

• 6. clouds that form near the ground7. b

9. d

8. a

10. c

Lesson 2 Clouds Quiz1. D

3. A

5. cirrus

7. Stratus

9.condensation

2. B

4. C

6.thunderstorms

8. cumulus

10. fog

Lesson 3 Precipitation Review and Reinforce Worksheet

• 1. rain• 2. raindrops that freeze into ice particles as they fall—

smaller than 5 mm in diameter• 3. freezing rain• 4. ice pellets larger than 5 mm in diameter, formed in

thunderstorm clouds• 5. snow• 6. any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches

Earth’s surface• 7. an open-ended can or tube that collects rainfall so it can

be measured• 8. an overflowing of water into a normally dry area• 9. a long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather

Lesson 3 Precipitation Quiz1. rain

3. true

5. larger

7. dam

9. drought-resistant

2. true

4. ice pellets

6. droughts

8. levee

10. hail

Lesson 4 Air Masses Review and Reinforce Worksheet

• 1. Maritime tropical• 2. Over ocean• 3. Warm• 4. Dry• 5. a huge body of air in the lower atmosphere that has similar

temperature, humidity, and air pressure at any given height• 6. the boundary where two air masses meet• 7. bands of high-speed winds about 10 kilometers above

Earth’s surface• 8. the front formed when a warm air mass is caught between

two cooler air masses and is driven up away from the ground• 9. a swirling center of low air pressure• 10. a high-pressure center of dry air without using a liquid

Lesson 4 Air Masses Quiz

1. B

4. D

7. front

10. Anticyclones

2. C

5. air mass

8. warm

3. B

6. maritime

9. cyclone

Lesson 5 Storms Review and Reinforce Worksheet

• 1. Tornadoes come from cumulonimbus clouds,which are the same clouds that producethunderstorms.

• 2. They can conduct electricity from lightninginto your body.

• 3. A lightning bolt can heat the air near it to asmuch as 30,000°C. Thunder is the sound ofthe rapidly heated air expanding explosively.

• 4. Warm, moist air is what gives a hurricaneenergy. Once it’s over land, it no longer haswarm moist air to draw energy from.

• 5. a storm shelter or basement6. b

8. a

10. d

7. c

9. e

Lesson 5 Storms Quiz1.thunderstorms

3. hurricane

5. true

7. tornado

9. evacuate

2. evacuate

4. true

6. hurricane

8. storm surge

10. lightning

Lesson 6 Predicting the Weather Review and Reinforce Worksheet

• 1. 78• 2. partly cloudy• 3. From the northwest• 4. 3–8• 5. about 30.05• 6. scientists who study and try to predict

weather• 7. lines on a weather map that join places that

have the same temperature• 8. lines on a weather map that join places that

have the same air pressure

Lesson 6 Predicting the Weather Quiz

1. C

3. B

5. types of precipitation

7. weather map

9. isobars

2. B

4. C

6.meteorologists

8. isotherms

10. butterfly effect