Weather and climate test review

 Which of the following are used to study and forecast most weather-related events?

• Doppler radar
• satellites and satellite images
• weather maps
• all of the above

Which statement best describes the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the conditions when you look outside while climate is the conditions you can expect for the next 6 months.
• Climate is the current condition outside while weather is what you can expect for the next 6 months.

Rain, sleet, hail, and freezing rain are all...

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• perspiration

Earth would be too cold to support life without _____________________.

• global warming
• the greenhouse effect
• tropics
• seasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

____________ air sinks/falls because it is ____________dense.

• Cold, More
• Warm, Less
• Cold, Less
• Warm, More

____________ air rises because it is ____________dense.

• Cool, Less
• Warm, Less
• Cold, More
• Warm, More

The place where two air masses meet.

• air mass
• air pressure
• water cycle
• front

The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. 

• weather
• climate
• precipitation
• atmosphere

_____________ has the same temperature and moisture content throughout. 

• convection current
• front
• air mass

Every few years, an event occurs in which the waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean become warmer. This event changes weather patterns worldwide, causing drought, floods, blizzards, hurricanes and tornadoes. What is the name of this event?

• Kuroshio Current
• Global conveyor
• El Nino
• Typhoon