What instrument is used to measure wind speed?
A. Barometer
B. Anemometer
C. Hygrometer
What is B. Anemometer.
An ANEMOMETER measures wind speed. The cups catch the wind, turning a dial attached to the instrument. The dials shows the wind speed.
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What are the three main kind of clouds?
Here's a hint they start with the letters: C, C and S
What is Cirrus, Cumulus and Stratus.
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Air like everything else, is made of many small parts called _________________?
A. Plastic
B. Dirt
C. Molecules
What is molecules. Air is made of many small parts called molecules.
100
Pond, lakes, swamps and bog are made out of what type of water?
A. Saltwater
B. Freshwater
What is B. Freshwater.
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Where does most of our light come from?
A. Flashlights
B. Stars
C. Sun
What is C the Sun.
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What is used to measure the air temperature?
What is a thermometer.
Most thermometers are closed glass tubes containing liquids such as alcohol or mercury. When air around the tube heats the liquid, the liquid expands and moves up the tube. A scale then shows what the actual temperature is.
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Which clouds are the highest and sometimes know as "mare's tails"?
A. Cirrus
B. Cumulus
C. Stratus
What is Cirrus Clouds.
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What happens to the air molecules when the air gets HOT?
A. Bigger
B. Smaller
What is bigger. When air gets hot, it gets bigger. Then these molecules spread out. They can't push as hard.
200
What type of water makes up the oceans?
A. Saltwater
B. Freshwater
What is A. Saltwater.
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Which source of light is found in nature?
A. Firefly
B. Streetlight
C. Flashlight
D. Lamp
What is A. fireflies are found in nature.
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What instrument is used to determine the direction from which the wind is blowing?
A. Barometer
B. Compass
C. Wind Vane
What is C. Wind Vane.
A WIND VANE is an instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is blowing.
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Which stratus cloud is closest to the ground?
A. Cirrus
B. Fog
C. Cirrostratus
What is B. Fog.
300
What happens to air when it gets COLD?
A. Bigger
B. Smaller
What is smaller. When air is cold it shrinks. Then the molecules are packed together. Now they push very hard!
300
Water that is kept in the ground and becomes part of the water cycle is called?
A. Storage
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
What is A. Storage.
300
What makes a toaster hot?
A. Sun
B. Electricity
C. Thermometer
What is B. electricity is used to power a toaster and make it toast!
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What instrument is used to measure weather conditions higher up in the atmosphere?
What is a weather balloon!
A weather balloon measures weather conditions high up in the atmosphere.
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Which clouds are fluffy and look like cauliflowers? These clouds are also the middle layer clouds.
A. Cirrus
B. Cumulus
C. Stratus
What is Cumulus.
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What types of weather does LOW PRESSURE bring?
A. Good Weather
B. Bad Weather
What is bad weather. Low pressure brings bad weather. The air molecules get hot and bigger allowing them to spread out.This creates more of a chance of air rising and condensing into clouds.
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Water that is changing from a liquid to a gas and becoming part of the water cycle is?
A. Storage
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
What is D. Evaporation.
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What does the sun provide us?
A. Education
B. Heat
C. The color Yellow
What is B. heat the sun provides heat on earth.
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What instrument is used to photograph and track large-scale air movements across the world?
What is a weather satellite.
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Which option best describes FOG.
A. Clouds high in the sky that produce rain.
B. Clouds made of water droplets that form at ground level.
C. Middle layer clouds that are thick, dark and cover the whole sky.
What is B. Fog is clouds made of water droplets that form at ground level.
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What type of weather does HIGH PRESSURE bring?
A. Good Weather
B. Bad Weather
What is good weather. When air is cold it shrinks. Then the molecules are packed together. Now they push very hard! The shrinking air tend to prevent rain in most cases.
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Water that is released from the clouds and falls as rain is?
A. Condensation
B. Storage
C. Precipitation
D. Condensation
What is C. Precipitation.
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What are TWO sources of light made by people?
What are flashlights, streetlights, lamps, candles... anything made by people!