Weather and Climate

A weather prediction

• Hypothesis

• Guess

• Forecast

• Conclusion

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Thecondition of the atmosphere

• Weather

• Climate

• Forecast

• Storms

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Weather is constantly changing.

• True

• False

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Which of thefollowing would be a climate report?

• There is a 50% chance of snow in Ruidoso.

• The average rainfall in Lubbock is 12 inches.

• A cold front will drop the temperature in Amarillo tomorrow.

• The sky was cloudy at sunset today.

The barometric pressure increases when colder air sinks toward the Earth and decreases when warmer air rises away from Earth. Which statement BEST explains the cause of rain?

• The rising air cools down, forming water droplets

• The rising air makes space below it for rain clouds

• The rising air warms up, creating rain clouds

• The rising air displaces the water droplets above it

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The forecaster predicting the weather for an area would find which of the following MOST helpful?

• Average yearly precipitation

• Today’s barometric pressure

• Temperature changes in one month

• How often natural disasters occur

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The amount of moisture in the air is called:

• Barometric pressure

• Wind

• Temperature

• Humidity

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If the barometric pressure is low and the temperature is 25*C (77*F), what kind of weather is MOST likely happening?

• Sunny

• Rainy

• Icy

• Snowy

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When Andy talked to his cousin, who lives in Ohio, he said it was raining. It was snowing at Andy’s house in Pennsylvania. What is the MAIN difference in the weather in the two locations?

• Air pressure

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Wind speed

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Two students living in different locations decide to use rain gauges to compare the amounts of precipitation in their locations over the course of a week. One student lives in Canada, and the other student lives in Florida. In which months would a rain gauge likely NOT provide accurate precipitation data for a comparison between the two locations?

• March, April, May

• December, January, February

• September, October, November

• June, July, August