Weather - General and Severe

The ______________ is responsible for good weather and bad weather. 

• moon
• sun
• stars
• ocean

List the four main building blocks of weather are:

• temperature, air pressure, wind, moisture
• sun, wind, thunder, ocean
• stars, sand, heat, cold
• water, clouds, ocean, heat

_____________________ is caused by changes in the atmosphere.

• weather
• atmosphere
• heat
• sun

The _________________ is the air that surrounds Earth.

• heat
• atmosphere
• weather
• cloud

Sunlight that is absorbed changes to _____________.

• plants
• planets
• gas
• heat

Sunlight only hits ____________ of the Earth at any one time, so not all of the Earth is heated __________________.

• cold; unequally
• the middle; unequally
• half; equally
• the top; equally

The sun's rays strike more directly near the _____________ , so water and land around the equator get _______________.  

• equator; hotter
• equator; colder
• poles; hotter
• poles; colder

Sunlight strikes areas around the poles at a _____________ angle.  The angle of sunlight creates _______________ poles and a ________________ equator. 

• direct; warm; cold
• sharp; cold; warm
• right; warm; cold
• fun; cold; warm

The air in the atmosphere has ______________, and it is being pulled toward the Earth by _______________ .

• mass; ropes
• clouds; air masses
• mass; gravity
• weight; gravity

Cold air is ___________________ , while warm air is __________________.

• dense; hot
• heavier; lighter
• lighter; heavier
• weightless; lighter