Weather Review

Weather

A review of Weather Elements, Instruments, The Water Cycle & Rainfall types

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​What is Weather?

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​Listen to the Audio on this slide OR Watch the video on the next slide to help you revise and then answer the questions that follow.

​What is weather?

​Listen to the Audio here , or watch the video on the next slide and then answer the questions.

Multiple Choice

What is weather?

• A pattern of the atmosphere over a long period of time

• The state of the atmosphere over a short period of time

• The direction of the wind

• The temperature of a place

Multiple Choice

How is air pressure measured?

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Psychrometer

• Wind vane

Multiple Choice

What is humidity?

• Any form of water that falls from the sky to the ground.

• A measure of the transparency of the atmosphere.

• The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• The amount of water vapor in the air.

Multiple Choice

What is temperature?

• The measure of how hot or cold something is

• The amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor needed to reach saturation.

• Air that moves horizontally, or parallel to the ground.

• Evaporation

Multiple Choice

How is temperature measured?

• Wind vane

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Rain guage

Multiple Choice

What is precipitation?

• Any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds.

• Amount of water vapor in the air.

• Force of air molecules pushing on an area.

• Wind speed

Multiple Choice

Instrument that measures wind speed?

• Wind vane

• Anemometer

• Cumulus

• Barometer

Multiple Choice

Weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time is referred to as...

• Weather

• Climate

• Relative Humidity

• Precipitation

Multiple Choice

what weather element refers to 'the weight of air pressing down on us and everything on the surface of the earth.'

When there is a high pressure in a specific area, it indicates a fair weather. On the other hand, areas of low pressure are experiencing a bad weather.

• precipitation

• humidity

• cloud cover

• air pressure

Multiple Choice

What scientist studies and predicts the weather?

• physicist

• geologist

• biologist

• meteorologist

Multiple Choice

In which form does water rise into the atmosphere when it evaporates?

• water vapor

• water droplets

• snow

• ice

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of the water cycle?

• precipitation, evaporation. run off, condensation

• evaporation, run off, precipitation, condensation

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection/run off

• run off, condensation, evaporation, precipitation

Multiple Choice

The process by which water moves through the atmosphere and back to Earth’s surface 

• Erosion

• Precipitation

• The Water Cycle

• Condensation

Multiple Choice

Which type of rain occurs when two air masses meet?

• Convectional

• Relief

• Frontal

Multiple Choice

Which type of rainfall is most likely to be found in tropical regions close to the equator?

• Convectional

• Relief

• Frontal

Multiple Choice

Relief rainfall occurs when air moves towards a mountain and is forced to do what?

• Rise over it

• Go through it

• Go under it

Multiple Choice

How many types of rainfall are there?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which type of rainfall is seen in the image?

• precipitation

• relief

• frontal

• convectional

Multiple Choice

True or False?

The image illustrates frontal rainfall.

• False

• True

Multiple Choice

Fact or Fiction?

The images illustrates convectional rainfall?

• True

• False