Weather Unit Review

What is the state of the atmosphere at a given point in time?

• Weather

• Climate

• Temperature

• Humidity

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What is air pressure?

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Which type of pressure is associated with happy weather and clear & fair skies?

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

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Which type of pressure is associated with lousy weather and cloudy & precipitation?

• High Pressure

• Low Pressure

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What is rain?

• Frozen chunks of ice that fall from the sky

• Liquid water that falls from the sky - Above 32 degrees

• Frozen ice crystals that fall from the sky - below 32 degrees

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What is hail?

• Frozen chunks of ice that fall from the sky - warm updrafts cause this

• Liquid water that falls from the sky - Above 32 degrees

• Frozen ice crystals that fall from the sky - below 32 degrees

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What is snow?

• Frozen chunks of ice that fall from the sky

• Liquid water that falls from the sky - Above 32 degrees

• Frozen ice crystals that fall from the sky - below 32 degrees

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What does a rain gauge measure?

• Rainfall

• Temperature

• Wind speed

• Humidity

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Precipitation would come down as snow rather than as rain when:

• the temperature is above freezing point

• the temperature is below freezing point

• there is a thunderstorm

• it is a sunny day

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Place the label 'Precipitation' in the correct location in the water cycle diagram.

• The question has a diagram associated with it. The diagram has been stored separately.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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