Weather Terms

- is the scientific study of Earth’s weather 

• Archeology

• Meteorology

• Sociology

• Barista

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________ - any solid or liquid water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to Earth.

• Dust

• Precipitation

• Gas and Electric

• Sun Rays

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The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place is referred to as ___.

• weather

• climate

• relative humidity

• dew point

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What is the name of a scientist who studies the weather?

• Weatherologist

• Seismologist

• Meteorologist

• Rainologist

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The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

• dew point

• humidty

• relative humidity

• rain

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A meteorologist studying the weather does NOT study which of the following?

• Temperature

• Number of stars in the sky

• Humidity

• Air pressure

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A meteorologist studies which of the following?

• moon phases

• number of daylight hours

• number of stars in the sky

• wind speed and wind direction

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Define Precipitation

• solids falling from the sky 

• precipitation 

• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface 

• liquids falling from the sky 

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Temperature is ____________.

• a measure of how hot the air is

• how much water is in the air

• the level of air pressure in a certain area

• the force pushing down on us

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The instrument that measures air pressure is called a _________.