Weather Tools
Predicting Weather
Wild Card
Climate
Water Cycle
100
What weather condition is this object designed to measure?
wind speed?
100
Jeffery notices that the air pressure is rising. Based on this observation, which type of weather does Jeffery expect?
A. fair/stable weather
B. unstable weather
C. windy weather
D. stormy weather
fair weather
100
Name at least 3 types of precipitation?
What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
100
Over long periods of time, the climate of an area can change. Which of these can cause a change in climate?
A. Earth's position along its orbit
B. a long-term increase in temperature
C. tides caused by the moon
D. heating and cooling of a body of water
What is B, a long-term increase in temperature?
100
Which pair of processes helps recharge aquifers?
A. rain falling on the oceans and on land
B. glaciers breaking off and melting
C. snow and rain falling on land
D. melting glaciers and sea level rise
What is C, snow and rain falling on land?
200
Bridget tells her friend Alexis that she thinks the humidity is high because her hair is more curly than normal. What is humidity?
How much water vapor is in the air
200
What is a frozen type of precipitation?
Hail or snow
200
Look at that table below.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Most fresh water is underground.
B. About 50% of all fresh water is frozen.
C. Less than 1% of Earth's fresh water is surface water.
D. Groundwater makes up less than a quarter of Earth's fresh water.
What is C, less than 1% of Earth's fresh water is surface water.
200
Some places have large changes in temperature during a year, and other places have small changes. Which of these places has the climate with the smallest annual temperature change?
| A. | arctic plain | |
| B. | temperate desert | |
| C. | tropical rain forest | |
| D. | temperate woodland |
What is C, tropical rain forest?
200
The diagram below shows the water cycle.
At which point does runoff happen?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
What is D, 4?
300
Which of these tools does a meteorologist use to describe the weather?
C, an anemometer?
300
The air pressure is low today. What kind of weather will we have?
a. cloudy
b. sunny
B, cloudy
300
What is my favorite type of cloud?
a. cirrus
b.cumulus
c. stratus
B. cumulus
300
The graph below shows the average temperature in Miami, Florida.
In what climate zone in Miami located?
A. polar
B. temperate
C. tropical
D. subpolar
What is C, tropical?
300
A model of the water cycle was made using an aquarium with a glass cover, a container of ice cubes, water, and a lamp. Which part of the water cycle causes the water droplets to form on the glass cover?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D. Runoff
What is B, condensation?
400
Malik was given a weather station for his birthday. The picture below shows one of the instruments on the weather station.
What is the name of the tool and what does the instrument measure?
a barometer which measures air pressure
400
Scientists study many factors that allow them to predict weather. Which factor most directly affects the movement of air?
A. precipitation
B. temperature
C. relative humidity
D. air pressure
D, air pressure
400
Water is constantly returning to the atmosphere from Earth's surface. Where on Earth does MOST evaporation take place?
What are oceans?
400
Earth has many types of climate zones. The map below shows the tundra climate zones of the Northern Hemisphere.
Which of the following BEST describes this type of climate zone?
A. It is very hot because it is on the coastline.
B. It is very wet because it is below sea level.
C. It receives very little snowfall because it is close to the ocean.
D. It has very cold temperatures because it is far from the equator.
What is D, It has very cold temperatures because it is far from the equator.
400
Maria’s class is studying the water cycle. Maria draws a diagram of the cycle shown below.
What should she label the process of water moving from the ocean to the atmosphere?
| A. | condensation | |
| B. | evaporation | |
| C. | infiltration | |
| D. | precipitation |
What is B, evaporation?
500
Dasha made the following object and placed it outside during a storm.
Which of the following will Dasha be able to determine?
| A. | the type of precipitation | |
| B. | the amount of precipitation | |
| C. | the direction of the precipitation | |
| D. | the temperature of the precipitation |
B, the amount of precipitation
500
What is the easiest way to predict weather?
Check an app or watch the news!
500
The people of a city rely on runoff flowing into a lake to meet their water needs. They are concerned that there is less water in the lake this year than in the previous year. How can they collect data to test if their concern about the lakes level is valid?
A. compare this and last year's average water usage
B. compare the lake's current water level to its previous year level
C. measure the lake's water density
D. measure the air temperature to find out how fast the water is evaporating
What is B, compare the lake's current water level to its previous year level.
500
The climate of an area is determined partly by location. Three major climate zones are tropical, temperate, and polar.
Which places shown on the map have a tropical climate?
| A. | points A and B | |
| B. | points B and D | |
| C. | points C and E | |
| D. | points D and E |
What is C, points C and E?
500
The figures below illustrate a glass of water left on a window sill.
Which statement describes what has happened?
A. Water has changed from a gas to a liquid.
B. Water has evaporated from the glass.
C. The liquid water has turned into a solid.
D. Condensation has caused the amount of water in the glass to increase.
What is B, Water has evaporated from the glass?