Clouds & Predicting Weather
Water Cycle & Heat
Heat & Mass
Weather Patterns
Weather Instruments
100
What type of weather is most likely occurring?
clear, pleasant, dry weather
100
What part of the water cycle is labled #4 on the diagram?
Precipitation
100
Which material should Mrs. Pelham use to keep her drink as cold as possible?
Foam: warms up 3 degrees every hour
Metal: Warms up 16 degrees every hour
Glass: Warms up 8 degrees every hour
Foam
100
What occurs when hot water and cold water are poured in with one another.
- Cold water sinks/Hot water rises
- The temperature will become warm
100
What does this insturment MEASURE?
**Extra 50 points if you can state the name.
- Wind Speed
- Anemometer
200
If you see feathery, thin, white clouds, what type of weather will you experience?
calm winds, fair weather, no rain
200
What part of the water cycle is labled #3 on the diagram?
Condensation
200
Mrs. Pelham placed a container of water in the freezer. What will happen the the MASS of the water when she takes it out?
Stays the same!!!
200
If it is a clear, dry, day....
what type of clouds might you see?
What is the air pressure?
cirrus
high pressure
200
What instrument is this?
What has occured from 12:00 - 4:00?
- Thermometer
- Temperature increased.
300
This map shows the weather for Monday. What weather will North Carolina most likely experience a few days from now?
Why? **BONUS 200 POINTS**
Sunny and warmer
**Jet streams moves from west to east, bringing change in weather to the east.
300
Why is the can wet?
Condensation - the water vaport condenses with cooler surfaces and turns back into liquid.
300
What form of heat transfer will cause the surfaces of roads, water, cars, and playground equipment to get warmer?
a. Convection
b. Conduction
c. Radiation
Radiation
300
What type of weather does the gulf stream bring?
warm weather (why the beaches are warmer than inland)
300
Which month was wettest?
Which month was the coldest?
- June was the wettest
- February was the coldest
400
When you look out the window, the grey clouds are coving the sky and there is a light, continuous rain. What type of cloud do you see?
Stratus
400
What is causing this ice cream to melt?
Radiation from the sun.
400
The temperature of boiling water dropped (decreased) after noodles were added. Why did the temperature decrease?
The heat transferred from the water to the noodle.
400
What weather pattern is shown?
How would you describe it?
Prevailing Westerlies/ Jet stream
High in the air/fast winds that move from west to east
400
What is the name of this instrument, and what does it measure?
**What happened if the next day the water level is at 15 ml?
Rain gauge measures precipiation
**Water evaporated and it did not rain any more.
500
What type of front is coming through that causes the change in weather?
Warm Front
500
Correctly identify which example of heat transfer is being shown with each number.
1. radiation
2. conduction
3. convection
500
- Is this a chemical or physical change?
- Eplain how you know.
Physical Change, because NO NEW SUBSTANCE was created. The materials can be separated and reversed.
500
What type of weather is the cold front going to bring the east coast?
- colder temperatures and potential storms
**The cold weather causes the warm air to rise and create cumulonimus clouds
500
What is the name of this instrument and what does it measure?
Barometer measures air pressure.