What is meteorology?
a.) A scientist who studies the weather.
b.) The gases surrounding the Earth.
c.) A prediction about what kind of weather to expect.
d.) The scientific study of Earth's weather.
d.) The scientific study of Earth's weather.
100
What is the MOST plentiful gas in our atmosphere?
a) nitrogen
b) oxygen
c) carbon dioxide
a) nitrogen
100
Weather is . . .
a) the changes that occur in clouds from day to day
b) the amount of rain or snow that falls in a day
c) earthquakes, tornadoes, and other disasters
d) the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place
d) the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place
200
What is a forecast?
a.) The push when compressed air pushes back.
b.) The layer of air above the troposphere.
c.) Data that weather scientists measure.
d.) A prediction about what kind of weather to expect.
d.) A prediction about what kind of weather to expect.
200
What is the 2nd most plentiful gas in our atmosphere?
a) nitrogen
b) oxygen
c) carbon dioxide
b) oxygen
200
What weather factor is measured with a hygrometer and what units is it measured in?
A hygrometer measures humidity, and it is measured in percent.
200
What weather factor is measured with a wind vane and what units is it measured in?
A wind vane measures wind direction, and it is measured in north, south, east, west.
300
What is pressure?
a.) Forced into a smaller space.
b.) The push when compressed air pushes back.
c.) The gases surrounding Earth.
d.) The layer of air above the troposphere.
b.) The push when compressed air pushes back.
300
What is atmosphere?
a.) The layer of air above the troposphere.
b.) Forced into a smaller space.
c.) The gases surrounding Earth.
d.) The scientific study of Earth's weather.
c.) The gases surrounding Earth.
300
What is the data that weather scientists (meteorologists) measure?
a.) weather variables
b.) pressure
c.) forecast
a.) weather variables
300
What weather factor is measured with a thermometer and what units is it measured in?
A thermometer measures temperature, and it is measured in degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit.
400
What does compressed mean?
a.) Forced into a smaller space.
b.) The push when compressed air pushes back.
c.) Data that weather scientists measure.
d.) A prediction about what kind of weather to expect.
a.) Forced into a smaller space.
400
BONUS QUESTION:
Describe a demonstration or activity you could do to help a young child understand that air is matter. (Many children think that "air" means there is nothing there.)
Answers may vary, but they have to show that air has mass and takes up space.
400
A weather variable is . . .
a) the change in a condition used to predict the weather
b) any weather factor that can change
c) a condition that changes at regular intervals during the day
d) any weather factor that stays about the same over a long period of time
b) any weather factor that can change
400
T/F:
Air can be compressed (pushed into a smaller space).
Air has no mass.
Air is made of particles too small to see.
T: Air can be compressed (pushed into a smaller space).
F: Air has no mass.
T: Air is made of particles too small to see.
500
What is a meteorologist?
a.) Data that weather scientists measure.
b.) Forced into a smaller space.
c.) A scientist who studies the weather.
d.) The scientific study of earth's weather.
c.) A scientist who studies the weather.
500
What layer of the atmosphere is where most weather happens?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) mesosphere
d) exoshpere
a) troposphere
500
What weather factor is measured with an anemometer and what units is it measured in?
An anemometer measures wind speed, and it is measured in kilometers per hour.
500
T/F:
Air takes up space.
Air is made of two gases: oxygen and carbon dioxide.
Air is in many places, but not in closed containers such as jars.
T: Air takes up space.
F: Air is made of two gases: oxygen and carbon dioxide.
F: Air is in many places, but not in closed containers such as jars.