Weather or Climate and Water Cycle

Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?

• Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.
• The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.
• Annual high temperatures in summer have increased over many decades
• The rainfall during one year was greater than during the following year.

A forecaster studying the climate of an area would find which of the following most helpful?

• average yearly precipitation
• today's barometric pressure
• temperature changes in one month
• how often natural disasters occur

In the water cycle on Earth, water is in what form?

• solid 
• liquid
• gas
• all of these

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place is called...

• climate
• weather
• temperature
• precipitation

What is the name of the process of water seeping into the soil?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation
• infiltration

What is the main process that causes cloud formation?

• evaporation
• condensation
• infiltration
• transpiration

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• aquifer
• groundwater
• condensation
• ocean

Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant gives of  water to be evaporated.

• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration
• evaporation

The sun's rays are least direct

• near the poles
• near the equator
• at high altitudes
• far from the ocean

Two major factors that determine climates are . . .

• elevation and precipitation
• latitude and temperature
• elevation and latitude
• precipitation and temperature