- 1. What is an anemometer used to measure?
A) Air pressure
B) Wind speed
C) Humidity
D) Temperature
- 2. What is a gentle wind called?
A) Breeze
B) Gale
C) Typhoon
D) Tornado
- 3. In which layer of the atmosphere do most weather phenomena occur, including wind?
A) Stratosphere
B) Mesosphere
C) Troposphere
D) Exosphere
- 4. What do you call a wind that flows downslope?
A) Simoom
B) Mistral
C) Chinook
D) Katabatic wind
- 5. Which of the following is a warm dry wind that descends downslope and causes rapid temperature increases?
A) Haboob
B) Polar vortex
C) Chinook
D) Harmattan
- 6. What is the name for a wind that blows over the Mediterranean Sea causing dry cold weather in southern Europe?
A) Bora
B) Westerlies
C) Mistral
D) Sirocco
- 7. What term is used for a wind system that changes direction with the seasons?
A) Coriolis effect
B) Doldrums
C) Jet stream
D) Monsoon
- 8. What phenomenon occurs when two different air masses collide, leading to strong winds and abrupt weather changes?
A) Ridge
B) Vortex
C) Convection
D) Front
- 9. What is the term for a wind that blows over the western coast of Africa, bringing hot and dry air from the Sahara Desert?
A) Bora
B) Harmattan
C) Zonda
D) Monsoon
- 10. What type of wind is characterized by a circular motion originating from a low-pressure center?
A) Cyclone
B) Anticyclone
C) Squall
D) Maelstrom
- 11. What term is used for a wind that blows from sea to land during the night?
A) Land breeze
B) Squall
C) Dust devil
D) Mistral
- 12. What is the name for a warm and dry wind that blows from North Africa into southern Europe?
A) Sirocco
B) Bora
C) Mistral
D) Nor'easter
- 13. What is the name for a violent tropical storm with winds exceeding 74 mph?
A) Blizzard
B) Tornado
C) Hurricane
D) Cyclone
- 14. Which direction does wind move from in a high-pressure system?
A) Outward
B) Upward
C) Inward
D) Downward
- 15. What is the name for a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending towards the ground?
A) Blizzard
B) Tornado
C) Typhoon
D) Hurricane
- 16. Which instrument is used to measure wind speed?
A) Anemometer
B) Hygrometer
C) Barometer
D) Thermometer
- 17. In Greek mythology, who is the god of the west wind?
A) Zephyrus
B) Boreas
C) Notus
D) Eurus
- 18. What is the process of wind eroding rock, sand, or soil called?
A) Chemical weathering
B) River erosion
C) Glacial erosion
D) Aeolian erosion
- 19. Which of the following is a famous wind instrument that is often associated with jazz music?
A) Harp
B) Flute
C) Saxophone
D) Trumpet
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