Weather5gr

What causes the Coriolis effect?

• The Moon's gravity

• The Sun's gravity

• The Earth's rotation

• The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

When there is a difference in air pressure, air moves from where to where?

• Low pressure to high pressure

• High pressure to low pressure

• From north to south

• It depends on the temperature

A person who studies and predicts the weather is called a _______

• Puritan

• Meteorologist

• Quaker

• Seimatologist

Which sentence describes climate?

• Yesterday the wind speed was 15 km/hr.

• The temperature today is only 8 degrees.

• Before the storm this morning, the sky was filled with cumulonimbus clouds.

• Winters in Chicago are very cold.

Which of these human activities has caused climate change?

• Transportation

• Industry

• Electricity

• All of these.

Compared to the base (bottom) of a mountain, the peak (top) will have a...

• colder temperature and less dense air

• colder temperature but more dense air

• hotter temperature and more dense air

• hotter temperature and less dense air

During a day at the beach, which is true?

• The water will heat up faster than the sand.

• The water and sand will heat up equally.

• The sand will heat up faster than the water.

• Sharks may heat up and explode for your enjoyment.

In January the Northern Hemisphere is tilted...

• away from the Sun but temperatures will be warmer.

• toward the Sun but temperatures will be colder.

• toward the Sun and temperatures will be warmer.

• away from the Sun and temperatures will be colder.

When water vapor changes into liquid water droplets that form a thundercloud:

• condensation

• evaporation

• squigmitosis

• phaloopery

We live in this layer of the atmosphere:

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• squigosphere

• mayanosphere