Name: __________________________________________________

Date: June 22, 2020

Subject: Geography

Grade 9

Topic: Weather Systems

This paper consists of ___________ multiple choice items. Circle the correct response.

1. Which is NOT a factor in the formation of anticyclones?

a. Pressure gradient force
b. Earth tilting on its axis towards the southern hemisphere
c. Coriolis Effect
d. Friction

2. What causes air or wind to move from high to low pressure?

a. Wind
b. Pressure gradient force
c. Friction
d. Coriolis Effect

3. What is an area of high pressure?

a. Anticyclone
b. Cyclone
c. Pressure gradient force
d. Thunderstorm

4. Which storm systems spin counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in
the northern?
a. Anticyclones
b. Cyclones
c. Troughs
d. Both troughs and anticyclones

5. What type of storm can be produced by a pressure trough?

a. Cyclone
b. Anticyclone
c. Both cyclones and anticyclones
d. Tornado

6. What do you call lines which join up areas of equal pressure?

a. Millibars c. Isobars
b. Contour d. Oktas
7. What is a depression?
a. An area of low pressure
b. An area of high pressure
c. An area of equal pressure
d. An area of unequal pressure

8. What happens at a cold front?

a. Cold air meets warm air
b. Warm air meets cold
c. Cold air meets cold air
d. Warm air meets distant air

9. In summer high pressure gives what sort of weather?

a. Clear skies and low temperatures
b. Clear skies and high temperatures
c. Clear skies and strong winds
d. Clear skies and mild winds

10. What is a synoptic chart?

a. A weather map
b. A weather forecast
c. A more detailed weather map
d. A weather system

11. Which 'element' is shown on a synoptic chart?

a. Temperature
b. Air pressure
c. Wind speed
d. Wind direction

12. How would you identify a depression on a synoptic chart?

a. Widely spaced isobars
b. Few isobars
c. Tightly packed isobars
d. Closely spaced isobars

13. What influences the characteristics of an air mass?

a. The direction from which it comes
b. The time taken to travel over surface
c. Surface temperature
d. Earth’s rotation on its axis

14. A map that summarises atmospheric conditions (temperature, rainfall, pressure, wind speed
and direction and cloud coverage) over a wide area at any given time is known as:
a. Climate Graph b. Synoptic Chart c. Hypotheses d. Anticyclone
 15. The weight of the air resting on the Earth's surface is called:
a. Air pressure
b. High pressure
c. Low pressure
d. Occluded Front

16. Cold fronts are shown on synoptic charts by what type of symbol?
a. Solid line with triangles
b. Solid red line with semi-circles
c. Purple lines with triangles and semi-circles
d. Solid green lines with triangles and semi-circles

Item 17 refers to the diagram below:

17. Identify the type of weather front illustrated on this idealized diagram by selecting the
correct response.
a. Cold Front
b. Warm Front
c. Occluded Front
d. Stationary Front

18. What type of weather comes before a cold front?

a. Showers and Thunderstorms
b. Dry warm air
c. Light Precipitation
d. Clear and dry skies

19. The band of low pressure which exists in equatorial regions is called:
a. An anticyclone
b. The inter-tropical convergence zone
c. Tropical wave
d. Cold front

20. This weather system produces conditions which are NOT suitable for cloud formation
a. Anticyclone b. ITCZ c. Tropical Wave d. Cold Front
21. Under certain conditions ________________ can develop into a hurricane.
a. Tropical Wave
b. Cold Front
c. ITCZ
d. Anticyclone

22. This weather system reaches its most northerly point in July and then it starts heading back
toward the south.
a. Tropical Wave
b. Cold Front
c. ITCZ
d. Anticyclone

23. As a result of the movement of this weather system, Guyana has two rainy periods every
year.
a. Tropical Wave
b. Cold Front
c. ITCZ
d. Anticyclone

24. This system is carried toward the west by the trade winds.
a. Anticyclone
b. Inter-tropical convergence zone
c. Cold Front
d. Tropical

25. Tropical waves are ________________ of high pressure which occur in tropical areas.
a. Troughs
b. Trade winds
c. Global Wind Systems
d. Cold Fronts