Name

Date

Block

Water Cycle Review

1. What stages does water (H20) go through from evaporation to condensation?
2. The energy needed to power the water cycle comes from the _________________________.
3. What happens after a water droplet moves all the way through the cycle?
4. Meteorologists are scientists that study ________.
a. The atmosphere
b. The weather
c. Both the atmosphere and weather
d. Space
5. Most of water that evaporates comes from the _____________________
6. True or False. Salt water from the ocean makes for salty rain when it evaporates.

Storms Review
1. What is an air mass?
2. True or False. Air masses are controlled by patterns of heating and cooling over
large areas of the Earths surface.
3. What are storms?
4. What type of pressure system(s) are associated with thunderstorms, hurricanes,
thunderstorms, and winter storms?

5. What type of weather is associated with high pressure?

6. Where do hurricanes mostly form?
7. What type of front can cause thunderstorms and tornados?
8. What type of front can cause winter storms?
9. Weather like flooding can come from what types of storms?

Fronts and Clouds

1. What type of weather can be expected when a warm air mass and a cold air mass
converging at Earths surface forming a front?

2. What direction do weather systems normally move in the USA?

3. What are some types of technology that meteorologists use to gather weather
information?

4. Draw the symbol for the three types of fronts.

5. What type of front moves the fastest?

6. What type of front moves the slowest?
7. What type(s) of clouds bring neutral or fair weather?
8. What type of weather does the cloud to the left indicate?

9. Which clouds are high-altitude and which clouds are low-altitude clouds?

Directions: Correctly draw the fronts on the map.

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Draw the symbol for a warm front moving over Nevada, Idaho, and Montana.
On the map, position a stationary front over Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois.
Place a cold front over Alabama and Georgia headed northeast.
Over Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont depict a cold front headed east.
Explain what happens with the air masses in a warm front.
What type of weather can be expected during a cold front?
What type of weather can be expected in the stationary front over Oklahoma,
Missouri, and Illinois?

8. In Nevada, Idaho, and Montana, what will the weather be like after the warm front?

Weather Map Analysis

1. How many cold fronts are on the map?

2. How many warm fronts are on the map?
3. How many stationary fronts are on the map?
4. What is the weather like in Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa?
5. Where is one place it is snowing on the map?
6. What is the weather like in South Carolina?
7. What front is in Florida? How do you know?
8. What front is in California? How do you know?

Mad Libs Weather Forecasting

Today in ___________________ you are experiencing _________________ weather. I bet you are
all at the
location
adjective
_____________________ wearing ________________________. But coming in tomorrow is a
Fun place to visit
clothing
_________________________. Over the next __________________ days you will start to notice
the weather
type of front
number range
changing. First, large _________________ will grow in the sky and cause
________________________, so
type of clouds
precipitation
make sure to pack your __________________________. After that, the skies will clear and the
city of
clothing/accessory
___________________ will be in _________________________ air, so break out your
_______________________________.
location
temperature
clothing/accessory