Weather and Climate Quiz

There is no front in Louisiana with high pressure. What is the weather like in Louisiana?

• Clear skies
• Light rain or light snow
• Thunderstorms or snowstorms

What does symbol # 1 mean?

• stationary front
• warm front
• cold front

What does symbol # 2 mean?

• stationary front
• warm front
• cold front

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing
• It increases
• It decreases

A long term weather pattern that takes place over a specific area is called what?

• weather
• front
• climate

An instrument that measures air pressure

• thermometer
• barometer
• rain guage

The amount of water vapor in the air

• warm front
• precipitation
• humidity

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky are all examples of

• humidity
• precipitation
• weather

Average weather conditions of a region year after year is called

• weather
• seasons
• climate

How are weather an climate different?

• They both describe averages but climate is over years.
• Climate describes daily conditions and weather describes averages.
• Weather describes daily conditions and climate describes averages over a long period of time.