Mrs. L's Weather Test

Hot air balloons fly high in the sky and are strong enough to hold people in a basket below. Why do hot air balloons rise?

• The hot air in the balloon is less dense that the air around it
• The hot air inside the balloon is more dense than the air around it
• The sun makes it rise
• Gravity doesn’t work on balloons so it rises

Which of the following are needed for clouds to form?

• evaporation
• condensation
• both evaporation and condensation
• precipitation

What statement is true?

• Most of Earth’s weather occurs in the troposphere
• Most of Earth’s weather occurs in the stratosphere
• Most of Earth’s weather occurs in the mesosphere
• Most of Earth’s weather occurs in the thermosphere

Jessica wants to measure the temperature outside.  Which tool and unit of measure will she use for this task?

• A stopwatch in seconds
• A rain gauge in millimeters
• A thermometer in degrees Celsius
• An anemometer in kilometers per hour

Which statement predicts how the weather in June and July of next year will compare with the weather in January and February of next year?

• a.  The weather will be cooler and drier in January and February.
• a.  The weather will be warmer and wetter in June and July.
• a.  The weather will be warmer and drier in June and July.
• a.  The weather will be cooler in January and February, but all four months will have the exact same precipitation.

What temperature is shown on the thermometer?

• 5
• 10
• 0
• -10

What instrument is shown?

• anemometer
• thermometer
• hygrometer
• wind vane

The diagram shows the process of evaporation over the ocean.  What is the most likely effect of this process on the land nearby?

• Increased drought conditions
• Decreased erosion of the shoreline
• Increased preciptiation
• Decreased solar energy

Which set of temperatures and weather condition would you expect to observe for the month of December? 

• 91, 88, hot
• 48, 44, cold
• 73, 43, rainy
• 45, 15, snowy

This is the symbol for a... 

• Cold Front
• Warm Front
• Stationary Front
• Occluded Front