Temperature_Pressure

Answer the following questions based on your interpretation of the Temperature, Pressure, and Weather Map Symbols charts of the Earth Science Reference Tables (page 13) as well as your class notes.

1. Which of the following are placed in order of increasing temperature?

a. water boils - human body temperature - room temperature - ice melts

b. room temperature - human body temperature - water boils - ice melts

c. ice melts - room temperature - human body temperature - water bolls

d. ice melts - human body temperature - room temperature - water boils

2. Which of the following temperature sets is unequal?

a. -40 degrees F : -40 degrees C : 233 degrees K

b. 120 degrees F : 48 degrees C : 322 degrees K

c. 0 degrees F : -18 degrees C : 255 degrees K

d. 70 degrees F : 24 degrees C : 308 degrees K

3. If we wish to convert a temperature from degrees Celsius to degrees Kelvin we must

a. add 100 degrees to Celsius b. subtract 100 degrees from Celsius

c. divide Celsius by 273 d. add 273 degrees to Celsius

4. The difference between room temperature and human body temperature is

a. 66 degrees F b. 31 degrees K c. 20 degrees C d. 31 degrees F

5. 0 degrees K is equivalent to

a. 0 degrees C b. 0 degrees F c. -60 degrees F d. -273 degrees C

6. Which of the following pairs of pressures is correctly matched?

a. 980.0 mb = 28.95 in b. 1016.0 mb = 30.00 in c. 1040.0 mb = 30.75 in d. 972.0 mb = 28.70 in

7. An air pressure of 1 atmosphere is equivalent to

a. 29.90 in b. 30.07 in c. 29.92 in d. 28.90 in

8. The pressure of an air mass is measured as 1032.0 mb. This value should properly appear on a weather

station model as

a. 32.0 b. 1032 c. 032 d. 320

9. The temperatures that appear on all weather station models are expressed in degrees

a. Celsius b. Kelvin c. Fahrenheit d. Rankine

10. An air mass is noted on a weather map with the symbol cT. The air mass is identified as

a. continental tropical b. maritime tropical c. continental polar d. continental arctic

11. Which of the following symbols indicates the occurrence of lightning, strong winds, and heavy rain at a

particular location?

12. Which combination of features placed on the wind direction line of a weather station model properly

indicates a wind speed of 35 knots?

a. 2 long and 3 short b. 1 long and 5 short c. 7 short d. 3 long and 1 short

Base your answers to questions 13 through 15 on the statement below.

The number 10 was observed next to the present weather symbol on a weather station model.

13. The number 10 indicates

a. air temperature b. air pressure c. visibility d. wind speed

14. The units of measurement of this number are

a. degrees F b. millibars c. kilometers d. miles

15. Which present weather symbol would you most likely expect to see next to this number?