Weather and Climate Quiz

What is humidity, and how does it affect how we feel on a hot day?

Describe what happens when warm air meets a cold surface and how it relates to condensation.

Explain the difference between fog and clouds.

How does precipitation form, and what are some common types of precipitation?

What is convectional rainfall, and how does it occur?

Describe the process of orographic rainfall and give an example of where it commonly occurs.

Explain how frontal rainfall forms and the role of warm and cold air masses in this process.

Snowflakes are formed when:

• Raindrops freeze as they fall through a layer of cold air

• Water droplets freeze in mid-air and fall to the ground as ice crystals

• Ice pellets melt and refreeze before reaching the ground

• Hailstones collide and stick together, forming larger snowflakes

Sleet is different from hail because:

• Sleet is larger in size than hailstones

• Sleet is formed when raindrops freeze before reaching the ground

• Sleet is formed by the melting and refreezing of snowflakes

• Sleet is only formed during thunderstorms

Which of the following is not a type of humidity?

• Absolute humidity

• Relative humidity

• Specific humidity

• Pressure humidity