Weather Patterns

Why is weather different than climate? Chapter 1

• Weather is the long-term conditions of a region.

• Weather is the short-term conditions of a region.

• Weather is the extreme conditions of a region.

Average temperature describes what for a region throughout the year? Chapter 1

• Just how hot it gets

• Just how cold it gets

• How hot or cold it gets

• How much precipitation it gets

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What are the two things that are predictable that we use to talk about a regions climate? Chapter 1 (You must pick two!)

• Temperature

• Weather

• Precipitation

• Flora

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What is a group of air that moves together as one unit through the atmosphere?

• Bill Parcells

• Cloud

• Air Parcel

• Rain Cloud

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Condensation is when

• liquid water is turned into water vapor

• water vapor cools down and forms water droplets

• water heats up and evaporates

• water in a cloud falls to the Earth as rain

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What object is formed inside an air parcel when there is a high amount of water vapor?

• lightning strike

• mountain

• river

• cloud

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What is the effect of the amount of water on the weight of water vapor in a cloud?

• As temperature increases, the weight of the cloud decreases

• As temperature increases, the weight of the cloud increases

• As the temperature decreases, the weight of the cloud decreases

• clouds are all the same weight

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In which part of the atmosphere does a cloud form

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• troposphere

• geosphere

What factors create a large cloud called "hot towers"

• cold air, low wind, low water vapor

• hot air, low wind, low water vapor

• hot air, high wind, high water vapor

• colt air, high wind, low water vapor

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Scientists who study weather are called

• Weathermen

• Weatherology

• Meteorology

• Storm from X Men

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