Notes quiz: 4.4 - Precipitation and 4.6 Weather

What is weather?

• The state that you live in

• The condition or state of the atmosphere

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Select all the examples of precipitation. (choose more than one answer and see 4.4 notes for help)

• Rain

• Clouds

• Snow

• Hail

• Sleet

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What are clouds made out of?

• cotton candy

• water droplets

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Weather and Climate are the SAME. (Hint: see 4.4 notes)

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Which one of these IS weather? (see 4.4 notes p. 1, weather quiz)

• Earthquakes

• volcanic eruptions

• hurricanes

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What is the most common form of precipitation? (4.4 notes p. 2)

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

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Hail: A type of ___ precipitation that forms when rain droplets are lifted back up into the clouds several times. (see 4.4 notes p. 3)

• frozen

• liquid

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Precipitation: Any ___ that falls from the atmosphere as a liquid or solid to the earth's surface. (4.4 notes p. 2)

• water

• dust

• gas

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Air pressure is the _________ of the air pressing down on the earth's surface (see vocabulary list in 4.6 notes)

• degree

• weight

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Temperature is measured in... (4.6 notes)

• degrees
• inches
• centimeters

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