8th Grade Ch 7, 8, 9
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | lightning
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| show | weather
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| show | rain bands
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| show | thunderstorm
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| show | downburst
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| 6. A long line of advancing thunderstorms, usually moving ahead of a cold front: | show 🗑
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| 7. Lines of equal pressure on a weather map: | show 🗑
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| 8. A rotating column of air that starts on the ground and is not associated with a cloud: | show 🗑
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| show | ceilometer
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| show | weather vane
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| show | rain gauge
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| show | radar
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| 13. Measures wind speed: | show 🗑
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| 14. Measures atmospheric pressure: | show 🗑
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| 15. Measures air temperature: | show 🗑
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| 16. Measures relative humidity: | show 🗑
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| 17. A weather instrument that measures and transmits meteorological data from weather balloons to weather stations: | show 🗑
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| show | eye
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| 19. A tornado that forms over water: | show 🗑
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| 20. Maps that give a summary of the weather conditions throughout the entire country at a single point in time: | show 🗑
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| 21. “Lines of equal heat” are known as: | show 🗑
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| 22. Air that is warm near the ground but very cold at higher altitudes: | show 🗑
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| show | cell
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| show | condensation funnel
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| show | saffir-simpson
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| show | Fujita
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| 27. A circulating spiral of wind around a low-pressure system is a _____________________. | show 🗑
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| 28. Air flowing down a mountain’s slope due to differences in temperature and pressure is an _________ wind. | show 🗑
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| show | cosmic rays
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| 30. In clouds with temperatures above the freezing point, rain forms by the: | show 🗑
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| show | water cycle
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| 32. What is the coldest point in the atmosphere? | show 🗑
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| show | cold front
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| show | photochemical smog
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| 35. The convection cell that exists between the equator and 30 degrees: | show 🗑
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| 36. Surface winds that blow from high-pressure regions toward the equator: | show 🗑
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| 37. Which type of UV radiation is the least harmful? | show 🗑
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| show | lenticular
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| 39. Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves is: | show 🗑
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| 40. What is the most abundant gas in the homosphere? | show 🗑
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| show | front
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| 42. What is considered the outermost layer of the atmosphere? | show 🗑
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| 43. The shock wave produced as lightning heats the air is: | show 🗑
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| 44. The most intense type of downburst: | show 🗑
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| show | storm surge
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| 46. The farthest distance at which objects can be distinguished is the: | show 🗑
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| 47. A narrow funnel of powerful, rapidly whirling wind that stretches from a cloud to the ground is a: | show 🗑
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| 48. A fierce, single-updraft thunderstorm is a: | show 🗑
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| show | tropical storm
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| 50. What are the 3 major factors that determine weather? | show 🗑
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| 51. What is water vapor in the air that touches the cooler ground and turns to a liquid: | show 🗑
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| 52. Which air mass brings hot, dry weather? | show 🗑
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| 53. What occurs when an area receives an abnormally low amount of atmospheric water over a long period of time? | show 🗑
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| 54. The water that falls to the earth, including rain, sleet, hail, and snow: | show 🗑
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| show | saturated
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| 56. What is a large, rotating updraft in a supercell thunderstorm? | show 🗑
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| 57. The thunderstorm stage marked by the arrival of precipitation is the __________ stage. | show 🗑
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| 58. A wind that reverses its direction from season to season is a: | show 🗑
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| show | hurricane
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| 60. What factors affect insolation? | show 🗑
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| show | cumulonimbus
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| show | Coriolis
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| show | stationary front
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| show | weather balloon
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| show | 14.7
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| show | drizzle
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| show | return stroke
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| show | stepped leader
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