Chapter 8 True Or False

Front 1

Air pressure increases as you get farther away from the ground.

Back 1

False

Front 2

The are five layers in Earth's atmosphere

Back 2

True

Front 3

Convection current can cause patterns of clouds and precipitation

Back 3

True

Front 4

Jet streams are slow winds that are found above the Earth's surface

Back 4

False

Front 5

Most weather conditions occur only in the tropsphere

Back 5

True

Front 6

Air pressure increases as you go up in altitude because gas particles in air get farther apart

Back 6

False

Front 7

Wind occurs as air moves from a place of low air pressure to place of high air pressure

Back 7

False

Front 8

When two kinds of air are next to each other, the cooler air will sink and force the warmer air to rise

Back 8

True

Front 9

The combination of movement of huge convection currents and the spinning of Earth causes regional wind pattern

Back 9

True

Front 10

The air that forms an air mass has different properties throughout it.

Back 10

False

Front 11

Air masses help to determine the weather in an area

Back 11

True

Front 12

Fronts occur within an air mass

Back 12

False

Front 13

Warm fronts carry warm air

Back 13

True

Front 14

Typically, air currents are downward during the final stage in a thunderstorm

Back 14

True

Front 15

You will be safe from lightning if you stand under a tree

Back 15

False

Front 16

When a spinning column of air touches the ground, it is called a tornado

Back 16

True

Front 17

Tornadoes are always more destructive than hurricanes

Back 17

False

Front 18

A serve storm warning means that serve thunderstorms have formed and people should get inside

Back 18

True

Front 19

Different areas of a thunderstorms clouds have positive and negative electrical charges

Back 19

True

Front 20

Hurricanes usually only last a few minutes

Back 20

False

Front 21

When water vapor from warm ocean condenses, it releases energy that can build into a hurricane

Back 21

True

Front 22

A barometer uses spinning cups to measure wind speed

Back 22

False

Front 23

Hygrometers are used to find out the amount of moisture in the air

Back 23

True

Front 24

Forcasters look for patterns of weather change to predict future weather,

Back 24

True

Front 25

Fronts occur in areas of high pressure

Back 25

False

Front 26

Returning radar energy can show direction and speed of a rainstorm

Back 26

True

Front 27

Forcasters make predictions based on information about past weather conditions

Back 27

True

Front 28

In the US, fronts generally moves east to west

Back 28

False/ West to east