Weather and Climate Review

What is a weather vanes function?

• Measures temperature

• Tells what direction the wind is blowing

• Measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen

• Measures the wind speed

What is Precipitation?

• When the water on earth heats up and become water vapor

• When water vapor turns back into water droplets to form a cloud

• Forms of water that fall from earth to the clouds

• When precipitation runs off into rivers and streams.

What is climate?

• is the average of weather conditions in an area over a long period

• is the daily state of the atmosphere, or air, in any given place.

What is evaporation?

• the step of the water cycle that creates clouds

• the step of the water cycle where water warms up and become water vapor

• The step in the water cycle that precipitation falls from the clouds

What is precipitation?

• When camels snore at midnight

• When water turns to water vapor due to being warmed by the sun

• Explains the movement of water around the earth

• When different forms of water fall from the clouds to the earth

What is a thermometers function?

• Measures the temperature

• Tells the wind direction

• Measures the amount of precipitation

• Measures wind speed

A hurricane forms over warm ocean waters, has very strong winds, and an “eye” at the center.

• True

• False

Which is an example of Qualitative data?

• There are seven apples in my house

• The smoke was 14 inches tall

• The bread got moldy

• The oranges turned moldy after five days

In which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place?

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Imaginationsphere

Which of these is an example of Quantitative data?

• The apple is red

• There are four oranges in the bowl

• The girl is wearing glasses

• There was smoke