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1
The measure of how hot or cold the air is, is called.....
Humidity
Air Temperature
Barometric Pressure
Wind Pressure
2
Which type of instrument is used to measure air pressure?
anemometer
altimeter
humidifier
barometer
3
_______ is the general weather of an area over a long period of time.
Temperature
Weather
Climate
Humidity
4
Trudy wants to go on a picnic. She sees cumulonimbus clouds forming. What type of weather should she expect?
rain
fog
clear skies
light wind
5
What is the name of the cloud in the picture? Low hanging clouds with light rain.
cumulonimbus
cirrus
stratus
cumulous
6
What is the name of the cloud in the picture?
cumulus
cirrus
stratus
cumulonimbus
7
What does a spinning anemometer show?
The speed the wind is blowing
The temperature
The amount of airpressure
The amount of rain that is falling
8
What is the weather instrument in the picture? It measures the amount of water vapor in the air.
thermometer
anemometer
rain gauge
hygrometer
9
Ice crystals melt as they fall through warmer air. They fall to the ground as liquid drops. This is .....
sleet
rain
snow
hail
10
Wetlands and rain forests both have high humidity. What is another factor these two environments have in common?
High amounts of precipitation
High elevation
No living things
Low temperatures
11
An area that has high Humidity and over 100 inches of rainfall per year is .....
Mountain
desert
rainforest
tundra
12
When temperature decreases and gas particles begin to sink, this is
low air pressure
humidity
wind speed
high air pressure
13
The weight of air molecules pressing down on the Earth.
humidity pressure
air temperature
air pressure
wind speed
14
The distance North or South of the Equator.
hemisphere
elavation
latitude
longitude
15
Las Vegas is located near a desert. Baton Rouge, is near a swamp. How is the weather different in these two cities?
Swamps have higher humidity
Swamp has lower precipitation
Desert has more precipitation
Desert has higher humidity
16
This weather instrument shown below measures wind speed--
hygrometer
anemometer
barometer
thermometer
17
Wind speed is caused by air moving from ....
Low air pressure to high air pressure
high temperature to low temperature
high air pressure to low air pressure
cold climate to war climate
18
What is the name of the cloud in the picture?
cumulonimbus
cumulus
cirrus
stratus
19
If the air pressure was increasing, what does that tell us about the weather?
Nothing: Air Pressure doesn't affect weather
There will soon be a snow storm
Fair weather is approaching
The weather will get worse
20
What is the weather instrument in the picture? It measures the amount of rain.
anemometer
rain gauge
thermometer
hygrometer
21
Ice crystals melt as they fall through a layer of warm air. It then falls through a layer of cold air, and refreezes.
rain
hail
snow
sleet
22
The three climate zones are....
Dessert, Polar and Tropical
Tropical, Temperate and Polar
Rainforest, Temperate and Tundra
Tropical, Artic and Southern
23
One summer afternoon, the humidity in Jacksonville, Florida was 80%. What is humidity?
Weight of water vapor in the air
Amount of water vapor in the air
Air Pressure
Temperature at which water evaporates from the air
24
Temperatures at the Equator are __________ and ___________at the North and South Poles.
cold and hotter
hot and colder
the same and the same
25
What is the name of the cloud in the picture?
cumulonimbus
stratus
cirrus
cumulus