
Weather Forecasting and Prediction Accuracy
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7th - 12th Grade
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Jackson Turner
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a common saying about being right and wrong?
People always remember when you're right.
People never forget when you're wrong.
People forget both right and wrong.
People remember only the good things.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who faced severe consequences for an inaccurate weather forecast in 1964?
A Canadian weather forecaster
A US meteorologist
A UK weather presenter
The director of the Taiwan provincial weather bureau
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How accurate was the US National Weather Service's forecast seven days in advance?
Off by over ten degrees Fahrenheit
Off by over six degrees Fahrenheit
Perfectly accurate
Off by less than one degree
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens to the accuracy of weather forecasts as the forecast date approaches?
It becomes unpredictable
It increases
It remains the same
It decreases
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why is it challenging to predict the weather with 100% accuracy?
Because of the large number of atmospheric molecules
Due to lack of interest in weather prediction
Due to outdated technology
Because weather is not important
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the number of molecules in the atmosphere that complicates weather prediction?
100 billion
100 quadrillion
100 trillion
100 tredecilion
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a commonality between weather forecasting and election polling?
Both rely on accurate information
Both are always accurate
Both are irrelevant
Both are easy to predict
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