Weather and Climate

If a person is describing the daily changes in temperature and precipitation, they are referring to an area's —

• Geology

• Climate

• Geography

• Weather

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Which of the following has the greatest effect on the formation of rain or snow?

• cloud cover
• humidity
• air pressure
• temperature

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How are weather and climate different?

• One focuses on rainfall and the other on temperature.
• Weather is the overall conditions whereas climate is the current conditions.
• Climate is the average temperature and rainfall of an area over time whereas weather is what's happening now.
• The is no difference really.

The barometric pressure increases when colder air sinks toward to Earth and decreases when warmer air rises away from Earth. Which statement BEST explains the cause of rain?

• The rising air cools, forming water droplets

• The rising air makes space below it for rain clouds

• The rising air warms, creating rain clouds

• The rising air displaces the water droplets above it

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The amount of moisture in the air is called:

• Barometric pressure

• Wind

• Temperature

• Humidity

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The table shows the weather data of four cities on the same day. In which location is it most likely raining?

• St. Louis, Missouri

• Seattle, Washington

• Orlando, Florida

• Portland, Oregon

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When Andy talked to his cousin, who lives in Ohio, he said it was raining. It was snowing at Andy’s house in Pennsylvania. What is the MAIN difference in the weather in the two locations?

• air pressure

• temperature

• humidity

• wind speed

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Which of the following situations is an example of condensation?

• car windows fogging up
• snow falling from the clouds
• a pot of boiling water turning into gas
• a plant releasing oxygen into the atmosphere

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Water from a puddle that dries up is an example of which part of the water cycle?

• condensation
• perspiration
• evaporation
• percolation

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Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

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