Weather and Climate 1

Weather is the short term changes in the earth's .................

• gardens

• oceans

• atmosphere

• mountains

Climate is the pattern of ...................... weather over a ............. period

• average

• sunny

• long

• brief

What is precipitation?

• Rain, snow, hail, sleet

• When water turns into a vapour

• When vapour turns into a liquid

• Another word for a river

What is the name for the way water travels around the earth's atmosphere, oceans, rivers and land?

• The water cycle

• A unicycle

• A motorcycle

• Waterwheel

What is the name for when water vapour turns back to a liquid?

• Weteration

• Evaporation

• Hipoperation

• Condensation

What is the main reason water evaporates before convectional rainfall occurs?

• Warm air is forced to rise over mountains

• The sun heats water in the ground, rivers, lakes and oceans

• Warm air is forced to rise as it overtakes a band of cold air

• There is high pressure

What is the main reason water vapour rises in relief rainfall?

• It's a hot day

• There is high pressure

• Warm air is forced to rise as it comes up against mountains

• Warm air is forced to rise to over take slower moving cold air

About how much of the earth's surface is water?

• 26%

• 95%

• 71%

• 52%

How long might a drop of water stay in the ocean?

• 26 days

• over 3000 years

• 156 days

• 200 weeks

How long might a drop of water stay in the earth's atmosphere?

• 33 years

• 17 weeks

• About 9 days

• 10 hours