Weather, Climate, and Water Cycling

What is humidity?

• the amount of oxygen in the air

• the amount of nitrogen in the air

• the amount of water vapor in the air

What type of environments should put more humidity in the air? (More than one answer)

• Puddles

• Snow

• Desert

• Pebbles

• Beach

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What happens when water droplets are brought near each other?

• They don't mix.

• The create a larger droplet.

• They bounce off of each other.

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When we put a bag of ice over very hot water, what happened?

• There were no changes

• Only water vapor was made

• There was some water vapor that changed into droplets.

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Clouds are made of gases and ice crystals or water droplets.

• True

• False

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Why is our precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) just mostly made of water?

• Water is the only thing in our air.

• It's too warm in our atmosphere for the other gases to change into other forms.

• It's too cold in our atmosphere for other gases to change into other forms.

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To create a large storm you need

• low humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, cold high level temperature

• low humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, warm high level temperature

• high humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, cold high level temperature

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What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather and climate are the same thing

• Weather refers to long-term atmospheric conditions and climate refers to short-term atmospheric conditions

• Weather refers to short-term atmospheric conditions and climate refers to long-term atmospheric conditions

• Weather and climate are completely unrelated

Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?

• Dew

• Hail

• Snow

• Rain

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What is the water cycle?

• The journey of water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again

• The journey of water from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface and back again

• The journey of water from the ocean to the Earth's surface and back again

• The journey of water from the Earth's surface to the ocean and back again

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