Weather Quiz

Shauna put water in a pan, then she put it in the window, later the water was lower, why?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Magic

• Aliens

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Which is a measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface?

• Air pressure

• Temperature

What imaginary latitude line divides our world into the northern and southern hemispheres?

• equator

• international date line

As you move towards the poles, what happens to temperature?

• temperature becomes hotter

• temperature becomes colder

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True or False?  Warm and cold ocean currents affect the land nearby.

• false
• true

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What is weather?

• The amount of moisture in the air

• The number of clouds in the sky

• The speed of the wind

• The state of the atmosphere at any particular time.

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Why can't you see the water vapor in the air?

• It exists as a clear, colorless gas

• It's all been condensed

• There is very little of it

• It's all far away, in the upper atmosphere

Why does it tend to be cool at the Earth's poles?

• They are farthest from the sun

• They have high absolute humidity

• They have the worst weather

• Sunlight strikes them at extreme angles

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What are the characteristics of a high-pressure system?

• Wind and rain

• Humidity and thunder

• Extremely hot temperatures

• Clear skies and sun

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Which front brings several days of steady rain or snow into an area?

• a warm front

• a stationary front

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