Weather vs. Climate LEAP Packet

Weather vs. Climate

By Jennifer Nowlin

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes weather?

• day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

• long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

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Which of the following best describes climate?

• day to day conditions of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

• long-term conditions (months/years) of the atmosphere at a place in regards to heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

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It is raining.

• weather
• climate

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The high temperature today will be near 75 C.

• weather
• climate

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The average winter temperature is 45 C.

• weather
• climate

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It is raining outside right now.

• weather

• climate

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Over the last decade we have had an increase in the amount of rain in our area.

• weather

• climate

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Sandra visited her grandma in Florida over Thanksgiving. She noticed that they were selling bathing suits at the stores. Her grandma said they sell bathing suits all year because Florida is warm.

• climate

• weather

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A body of air that has the same temperature and moisture levels throughout is called what? 

• Fronts
• Air Masses
• A cold front
• A warm front

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A maritime polar air mass is 

• Dry and Cold
• Wet and Cold
• Wet and Warm
• Dry and Warm

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How do we name air masses?

• Water and temperature
• Air pressure
• Humidity and temperature
• Cold and warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over the ocean?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over land?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms over near the equator?

• Dry
• Wet
• Cold
• Warm

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How do we characterize an air mass that forms near the poles?

• Dry
• Wet
• Warm
• Cold

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What types of air masses form over oceans?

• Maritime
• Continental
• Polar
• Tropical

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What's the humidity and temperature of a continental tropical air mass?

• Wet and cold
• Dry and warm
• Wet and warm
• Dry and cold

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What's the humidity and temperature of a maritime tropical air mass?

• Wet and cold
• Dry and warm
• Wet and warm
• Dry and cold

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A wet and cold air mass would be a...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

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A dry and cold air mass would be...

• Maritime polar
• Continental polar
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical

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Which type of air would you find at air mass A?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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Which type of air would you find at air mass B?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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A dry and hot air mass would be...

• Maritime arctic
• Maritime tropical
• Continental tropical
• Continental polar

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Which type of air would you find at air mass C?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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Which type of air would you find at air mass D?

• cold, dry
• warm, humid
• warm, dry
• cold, humid

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Where would you find a tropical maritime air mass?

• over the ocean, near the equator
• over the ocean, near the poles
• over a continent, near the equator
• over a continent, near the poles

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A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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If an air mass is rising, it must be

• cold and less dense
• cold and more dense
• warm and more dense
• warm and less dense

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When two air masses meet, what happens?

• The weather changes and precipitation usually occurs.
• wind
• water
• volcano

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This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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This is the symbol for which type of front?

• cold front
• warm front
• occluded front
• stationary front

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Which system results in drier, fairer weather?

• high pressure
• low pressure
• hurricane
• weather system

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What type of weather will you see along a cold front?

• Thunderstorms

• Sunny skies

• Gentle rain

• No weather

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What kind of weather happens along a Warm Front?

• Thunderstroms

• Gentle rain

• Nothing

• Hail

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Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.  

• Warm Front
• Cold Front
• Occluded Front
• Stationary Front 

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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Name that front.

• Cold Front

• Warm Front

• Stationary Front

• Occluded Front

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An ____________ front occurs when a warm front is overtaken from behind by a cold front.

• cold

• warm

• stationary

• occluded

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Occluded fronts are associated with _____________.

• sunny days

• rain or snow

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Which of the following symbols is used to represent an occluded front?

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A scientist who studies the earth's atmosphere and who monitors, studies, and forecasts the weather.

• meteorologist

• biologist

• weatherologist

• oceanographer

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What do you call the prediction that meteorologists make about the weather?

• guess

• forecasts

• backcasts

• forwardcasts

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The table shows some weather data collected over a five day period. What trend over the five days can be observed in the collected data?

• There was more rain on warm days than on cool days

• There were fewer clouds on Thursday than on Monday

• The temperature decreased as the cloud cover increased

• The temperature increased over the course of the week

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Students gathered weather data during the day and recorded it in a table. What tool did the students use to gather the data?

• Thermometer

• Rain gauge

• Wind vane

• Spring scale

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Students measured the rainfall outside their classroom for five days and recorded their observations.

There was an increase in the amount of rainfall between–

• June 10 and June 11

• June 11 and June 12

• June 12 and June 13

• June 13 and June 14

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What is this tool used for?

• Knowing the amount of rain that has fallen

• Identifying temperature

• Determining which direction the wind is blowing

• Determining the speed of the wind blowing

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If you see ____________ clouds then it may be likely to rain.

• thick, dark nimbus
• thin, white cirrus
• white, puffy cumulous
• low, white flat-base

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Which weather tool measures high and low air pressure?

• thermometer

• barometer

• anemometer

• psychrometer

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Which weather tool measures temperature?

• thermometer
• barometer
• psychrometer
• anememeter

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This weather instrument is a...

• thermometer
• wind vane
• anemometer
• rain gauge

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What does this tool measure?

• Wind speed
• Wind direction
• Air pressure
• Temperature

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This weather instrument is called a...

• anemometer

• Christmas ornament

• wind vane

• barometer

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This weather instrument is a...

• anemometer
• barometer
• wind vane
• thermometer

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A rain gauge measures what?

• Air pressure
• Wind speed
  wind speed
• Amount of rain fall
• Wind direction

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This weather instrument is an...

• wind vane
• anemometer
• barometer
• thermometer

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Which tool measures wind speed?

• Anemometer
• Hygrometer
• Barometer
• Wind Vane

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Temperature is measured in...

• degrees
• inches
• centimeters
• feet

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This weather instrument is a/an...

• rain gauge

• U.F.O.

• satellite

• anemometer

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This tool photographs clouds and sends data to meteorologists.

• camera
• iPhone 5
• satellite
• radar

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What pushes weather from place to place?

• magic
• water
• wind
• clouds

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Which tool is used to measure humidity (the amount of moisture) in the air?

• wind vane

• barometer

• anemometer

• hygrometer

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What are the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time called?

• climate

• temperature

• elevation

• precipitation

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The amount of moisture (water vapor) in the air is called

• Barometer

• Humidity

• Rain gauge

• Evaporation

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What is a Dew Point

• The pressure at which clouds form.

• The temperature at which, when air is saturated (holding all the water it can), condensation forms.

• The process of water changing between all 3 of its states.

• When one has drank too many Mountain Dew's

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Computer modeling...

• is always accurate

• predicts the direction of storms

• predicts the weather

• uses only information from satellites to make predictions.

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Radar is able to...

• flash each time it spins, measuring the wind speed

• measure the air pressure on other planets

• function only when it has mercury in it

• determine the direction and distance of objects that reflect radio energy back.

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What does a psychrometer measure

• atmospheric humidity

• humidity of air at the earths surface

• the temperature of the moon

• the pressure on a rainy day

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The rotation of the Earth causes winds to bend due to the...

• coriolis effect

• doldrums

• trade winds

• westerlies

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Winds occur because hot air rises and cool air sinks in a process called...

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• magnetism

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what is the main cause of the coriolis effect?

• earth’s rotation

• trade winds

• the sun and ocean

• temperature

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Cold winds that blow from east to west between latitude lines 60°N and the North Pole and 60°S and the South Pole.

• Prevailing westerlies
• Trade winds
• Horse latitudes
• Polar easterlies

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In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

• from east to west
• from west to east
• from north to south
• from south to north

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I am a fast-moving ribbon of AIR that moves from west to east in the Northern Hemisphere around the Earth.

• California Current
• Gulf Stream
• Jet Stream
• Atlantic Ocean

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What is the initial source for global winds and convection in the atmosphere?

• heat from the Earth's core

• the rotation of the Earth

• Moon's gravity

• unequal heating of the Earth by the sun

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_________ is the transfer of heat by direct contact. Warm air is less dense, so it rises above cold air.

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

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What type of winds blow constantly, predictably, and over long distances?

• land breezes
• mountain breezes
• global winds
• land breezes

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The tropical winds running from 0 to 30 degrees latitude are called:

• subtropical westerlies
• polar westerlies
• trade winds
• polar winds

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In which direction do prevailing westerlies flow?

• from east to west
• from west to east
• from north to south
• from south to north

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Steady winds that flow from east to west between 30°N latitude and the equator and 30°S latitude and the equator.

• Prevailing westerlies
• Horse latitudes
• Trade winds
• Polar easterlies

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What causes wind?

• differences in temperature and air pressure

• differences in gravity

• differences in oxygen content

• differences in location on the globe

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What causes differences in air pressure?

• even heating of the Earth

• deep ocean currents

• uneven heating of the earth

• global warming

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Sea breezes occur?

• during the day

• during the night

• during both the day and night

• only during a full moon

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What kind of breeze is this and when would it form?

• Land breeze - daytime
• Land breeze - nighttime
• Sea breeze - daytime
• Sea breeze - nighttime

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What kind of breeze is this and when will it form?

• land breeze - daytime

• sea breeze - daytime

• land breeze - nighttime

• sea breeze - nighttime

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Which best describes why winds at the beach change direction between day and night? **

• because the land heats and cools faster than water

• because the direction of Earth's rotation changes

• because warm air is more dense than cool air

• because water is always colder than land

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Why is the equator warmer than the north and south poles?

• Because the equator receives less direct sunlight.

• Because the equator receives more direct sunlight

• Because gravity is stronger at the equator

• Because gravity is stronger at the poles

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On a sunny day at the beach, which of these is most likely to happen?

• Both the sand and the water will heat up quickly.

• The water will heat up quickly but the sand will stay relatively cool.

• The sand will heat up quickly, but the water will stay relatively cool.

• Both the sand and the water will stay relatively cool.

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During a cold night on the beach, which of these would be most likely to happen?

• The land will be warmer than the water because the water cools faster

• The water will be warmer than the land because the land cools faster

• The land and the water will stay the same temperature all night

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Land breezes occur?

• during the day

• during the night

• during both day and night

• only during a full moon

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What is cloud cover?

• The measurement of temperature in the atmosphere.

• Cloud cover is the amount of the sky covered by clouds.

• The total amount of rainfall in a region.

• The distance between clouds and the ground.

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What is the purpose of a rain gauge?

• The purpose of a rain gauge is to measure the amount of rainfall.

• To collect water for irrigation

• To measure humidity levels

• To predict weather patterns

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All precipitation forms from?

• Water droplets or ice crystals in the clouds

• Water droplets only

• High Dew Point

• High levels of humidity

• Ice crystals only

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During which part of the water cycle does a cloud form?

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• condensation
• Run off

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Which will hold more water, warm air or cold air?

• Warm Air

• Cold AIr

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The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

• dew point

• humidty

• relative humidity

• rain

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1. This side of the mountain is dry and desert like because of the rain shadow effect.

• Leeward

• Sideward

• Windward

• Land

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On the leeward side of a mountain, you might find _____.

• Heavy rainfall

• Desert

• More vegetation

• More snow

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What landform causes the rain shadow effect?

• Mountains

• Lakes

• Plains

• Valleys

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Review the image and answer the following question.

In the western United States, most rain shadows occur on what side of the mountain ranges?

• The west side of the mountain

• The Southern Part of a mountain

• The Northern part of a mountain

• The Eastern part of a mountain

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This side of the mountain is where the wind originates and evaporation occurs

• windward

• leeward

• rain shadow

• prevailing winds

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Which statement is true about air's capacity to hold water?

• As air rises higher up the mountain, its capacity to hold water vapor decreases

• As air rises higher up the mountain, its capacity to hold water vapor increases

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This side of the mountain is the direction in which the wind is blowing so it is sometimes called the "downwind" or the "lee" side

• windward

• prevailing winds

• leeward

• wind currents