Science Test Review: Weather and Climate

Factors that influence weather are temperature, pressure, humidity, wind, and ____________________

What type of precipitation are you most likely to see when it's cold and the rain freezes on contact with the ground?

Which type of climate is normally very cold and dry?

Temperate climate zones can have a lot of humidity or very little. What areas might experience little humidity?

Why would water in a swamp be warmer than land?

Why are most swamps humid, but most mountains are not?

What type of precipitation might you see with light wind and moderate temperatures?

What type of precipitation is falling liquid drops?

High pressure, chilled winds, cold ocean = what climate?

During the summer, if the wind gets stronger, temperature drops, and air pressure drops, what does that mean?

What is the best tool to find the current temperature outside right now?

What type of precipitation is spherically shaped pieces of ice?

What precipitation may form if warm rising air carries particles and clouds up past freezing level & layers of ice form?

What best describes the climate where you see the red x?

What type of winds would you expect coming from the ocean?

When looking at the weather in 2 different areas, you notice one is inland and the other is near the coast. Prediction?

What type of weather could you expect with high pressure?

What type of precipitation might you see with cooling temperatures, high clouds, and strong winds

If you have never seen snow, what climate zone are you most likely from?

There are 5 factors that influence weather. Which one causes the top of high mountains to always have snow?

How do warm ocean currents affect the climate of locations close to that area?

How might you describe the feeling of walking outside in high humidity?

What type of climate is very hot with precipitation that can be extremely high sometimes and very little other times?

Temperate climate zones have moderate climates. What might be the reason for more rain in this climate?

What type of winds would you expect coming from the land?