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Weather
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Climate & Seasons
Test Questions
Miscellaneous
100
It is what the air is like in the lowest layer of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
What is weather?
100
List the 3 types of Clouds
What are cirrus, cumulus, and stratus
100
Pattern of weather in certain place over time
What is the climate
100
Lots of water vapor in the air, condensed together is a...
What is a cloud?
100
Large storm with strong winds and heavy rain formed over the ocean
What is a hurricane?
200
A blanket of gases and tiny bits of dust that surround the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
200
Changing of a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
200
Type of ecosystem we live in
What is a temperate forest?
200
Different weather patterns
What are seasons?
200
Storn with lots of snow, cold temps, and strong winds
What is a blizzard
300
This heats the Earth's land and water
What is the Sun?
300
How water moves between Earth's surface and atmosphere
What is the Water Cycle
300
The Earth spins on this as it rotates the Sun
What is it's axis?
300
Measures air pressure
What is a barometer
300
What should you do if there is a tornado?
STAY INSIDE, protect yourself...especially your head
400
Ways to describe weather
precipitation amount, wind, air pressure
400
Powerful storm with rotating winds forming a funnel
What is a tornado?
400
Shape of the Earth
What is a sphere?
400
Water freezes at this temperature
What is 32 degrees F
400
How do storm chasers help communities
Inform of severe weather
500
List 4 types of precipitation
What is rain, sleet, hail, snow
500
Describe the water cycle
Ground water evaporates, condensates and forms clouds, precipitates, and then flows to streams, oceans, etc.
500
List the 4 seasons
What is spring, summer, fall, winter
500
These landforms affect temperature
What are oceans and mountains
500
Water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere
What is precipitation?