Weather and Climate Review

Weather and Climate Review

Mrs. Hernandez

Anemometer

Used to measure wind speed

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Ferguson showed her class a thermometer and an anemometer. What could she measure with the tools she was showing her class?

• The city’s average wind speed and temperature.

• The school’s current humidity and temperature.

• The country’s current wind speed and temperature.

• The school’s current wind speed and temperature.

Multiple Choice

Latoria was going to go wind surfing with her uncle. What weather factors should she pay attention to as she watches the weather forecast?

• The water temperature and precipitation.

• The air temperature and types of clouds.

• The wind speed, direction, and air pressure.

• The average humidity and precipitation.

Wind Vane

Used to determine the wind direction

Barometer

Used to measure air pressure

Remember!!! Air pressure is like your grades:

High grades = Good weather at home

High pressure = Good weather in the atmosphere!

Hygrometer

Greater humidity means precipitation if the air pressure decreases

Multiple Choice

Which is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air?

• barometric pressure

• humidity

• rainfall amounts

• temperature

Multiple Choice

As the weather gets colder, the air pressure usually goes up. Why does this happen?

• As the temperature drops, the air takes up more space and presses down harder on the ground.

• Colder weather makes the air denser, and the increased weight of the air means that there is more air pressure.

• Cold weather causes Earth to cool, and the heat that leaves Earth pushes against the air and increases pressure.

• When the weather is colder, the clouds weigh more as ice begins to form. The heavier clouds increase the air pressure.

Stratus clouds

Cover the whole sky

Bring light rain or snow for a long time

Cirrus clouds

Not much moisture

Fair weather

Made of ice crystals

High clouds

Cumulus clouds

Puffy, white cotton balls

Fair weather clouds

Cumulonimbus clouds

Tallest cloud

Storms and hail, if there is enough humidity

Multiple Choice

Which type of cloud is associated with thunderstorms?

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

Multiple Choice

Ja’quan was told to go inside one afternoon while he was at summer camp. He heard thunder and saw flashes of lightning. Suddenly, small balls and chunks of ice were falling on the field. Ja’quan checked the thermometer, because he never saw ice fall in South Florida, and noticed that it was 77°F (or 25°C). How was ice able to fall even though the temperature was much warmer than freezing?

• Ja’quan read the thermometer wrong.

• He must have observed hail falling from thunder clouds.

• It was cold enough to allow solid precipitation to fall.

• Children were most likely throwing ice.

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice lists the weather conditions that would most likely result in snow?

• warm temperature, light winds, low humidity

• low humidity, freezing temperature, light clouds

• freezing temperature, light clouds, heavy winds

• freezing temperature, heavy clouds, high humidity

Multiple Choice

Which statement about precipitation is not true?

• Most rain in the United States starts as snow.

• Hailstones can get bigger than a baseball.

• An area that has more thunderstorms is more likely to have hail.

• The type of precipitation that falls depends on the temperature in outer space.

Multiple Choice

How does sleet differ from hail?

• Sleet is frozen raindrops, and hail is frozen layers of precipitation.

• Sleet is liquid layers of precipitation, and hail is super-cool raindrops.

• Sleet is liquid water that falls to Earth, and hail is clusters of ice crystals.

• Sleet is super-cooled cloud droplets, and hail is water in vapor form.