Milky Way
What is weather?
A. How hot or cold something is.
B. The state of the atmosphere at a certain time.
B. The state of the atmosphere at a certain time.
Which of these is NOT something a meteorologist does?
A. watches radars
B. controls the weather
B. controls the weather
What is precipitation?
A. When water falls from the sky.
B. Moving air caused by temperature differences.
A. When water falls from the sky.
Which of these are tools a meteorologist uses?
A. satellite
B. both radar and satellite
B. both radar and satellite
Which process causes water to heat up and evaporate?
A. evaporation
B. condensation
A. evaporation
What is it called when a gas turns into a liquid?
A. condensation
B. evaporation
A. condensation
When water comes together to form a river, lake, stream, or ocean, this is called____.
A. evaporation
B. collection
B. collection
Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are all part of ____.
A. Earth
B. the water cycle
B. the water cycle
A wind vane is used to measure ____.
A. wind direction
B. air pressure
A. wind direction
Snow is more common in winter than summer.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Hail can only come from big, tall clouds.
A. True
B. False
A. True
Which of these is NOT a type of precipitation?
A. snow
B. wind
B. wind
Which of the following is NOT a type of severe weather?
A. flooding
B. rain
B. rain
Emergency evacuation is an immediate need for people to leave an area due to the threat of ____.
A. danger
B. old weather
A. danger
Severe weather is any type of weather that is different from the____pattern of weather.
A. rain
B. usual
B. usual
A weather radio is important to use in an emergency because____.
A. weather information can be heard on the radio
A. weather information can be heard on the radio