Weather 1 quizizz

Humidity is the...

• Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
• Amount of Wind in the Air
• Amount of Precipitation in the Air
• Amount of Pressure in the Air

________________ are made of water vapor that condenses in the troposphere.

• dew
• clouds
• evaporation
• transpiration

What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur in?

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• thermosphere

• stratosphere

What measures temperature?

• barometer
• anemometer
• thermometer
• psychrometer

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• Hail
• Sleet
• Rain
• Snow

How is sleet formed?

• Snowflakes fall, go through an area of cold air and turns into sleet before hitting the ground
• Rain falls, freezes in an area of cold air above the ground to make sleet
• Snowflakes fall and are melted a bit by warm air near the ground
• Sleet is not real

Which of the following is NOT a type of precipitation?

• Rain

• Fog

• Snow

• Hail

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• rain

• snow

• sleep

• precipitation

This type of precipitation occurs when a shallow of layer air lies right about the ground melting the ice crystals, they they are super cooled and freeze on contact

• freezing rain

• rain

• sleet

• snow

____________________ is a particle of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds (thunderstorm clouds) and can fall to the ground and cause property damage and injury.

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• freezing rain