Earth Science Weather Basics Quiz

Which weather instrument was used to measure the amount of rainfall from this storm?

• barometer

• anemometer

• precipitation gauge

• wind vane

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The map below shows the amount of snowfall, in inches, produced by a lake-effect snowstorm in central New York State. The wind that produced this snowfall pattern most likely came from the

• northeast

• northwest

• southeast

• southwest

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Which weather instrument measures air humidity and Dew Point, in °C (Dew point is when the air temp cools to the point of forming clouds and water droplets) ?

• thermometer

• barometer

• psychrometer

• anemometer

Which weather change is most likely indicated by rapidly falling air pressure (when a system of Low Pressure is coming)?

• Humidity is decreasing.

• Temperature is decreasing.

• Skies are clearing.

• A storm is approaching.

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How does wind move in a system of High Pressure within the Northern Hemisphere?

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How does wind move in a system of Low Pressure within the Northern Hemisphere?

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A psychrometer is used to determine which weather variables?

• wind speed and wind direction

• percentage of cloud cover and cloud height

• air pressure and air temperature

• relative humidity and dewpoint

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The diagram represents a simplified model of the incoming (solar) and outgoing (terrestrial) electromagnetic radiation. What are the two major greenhouse gases that Human Industrialization have contributed that absorb outgoing long-wave radiation within the atmosphere?

• methane and oxygen

• methane and carbon dioxide

• nitrogen and oxygen

• nitrogen and carbon dioxide

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What are the wind direction and the wind speed at this location?

• wind from the southeast at 15 knots

• wind from the northwest at 15 knots

• wind from the southeast at 25 knots

• wind from the northeast at 20 knots

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Which present-weather symbol represents the form of precipitation that is most likely occurring at this location?

• Symbol representing light Rain

• Symbol representing frozen hail

• Symbol representing sleet (frozen rain)

• Symbol representing lots of snow

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