Weather Pre Assessment

Three examples of precipitation are...

• clouds, rain, sun
• tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards
• rain, sleet, hail
• snow, fog, dust

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

What does this symbol indicate on a weather map? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

Choose the best description of precipitation.

• solids falling from the sky 
• condensation 
• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface 
• liquids falling from the sky 

What is precipitation?

• rain, snow,or sleet
• smoke
• love
• the bogs

Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.

• dust
• water
• cloud particles
• precipitation

How do clouds form?

• Liquid water is heated and evaporates and becomes water vapor in the atmosphere.
• Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.
• Tiny liquid water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.
• Magic

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Climate has to do with latitude, but weather is longitude
• Climate is referring to rainfall and weather is sunlight
• Climate is long-term, weather is day by day
• climate is storms, weather is sunshine

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

• precipitation
• condensation
• evaporation
• perspiration

The place where two air masses meet is called a.....

• air mass
• air pressure
• water cycle
• front