Formative weather and climate

Which place on earth receives the most direct sunlight?

• Egypt, Cairo

• New York, VS

• Singapore, Singapore

• Oslo, Norway

Weather is best defined as:

• The average precipitation at a location

• The current temperature and precipitation at a location

• The current state of the atmosphere at a location

• The average atmosphere at a location

Which side of the mountain stays dry with relief rainfall?

• The windward side

• The leeward side

Its winter and there is snow on the ground. Its -5 degrees, skyblue and the sun is out. What kind of airpressure is there?

• Low pressure

• High pressure

What kind of rainfall do we have in the Netherlands?

• Orographic

• Convectional

• Frontal

• Relief

What happens with frontal rainfall?

• A warm airmass slides up over a cold airmass

• A cold airmass slides up over a warm airmass

• A cold and warm airmass colide, causing them both to rise

In a climate graph the temperature is shown ...

• As a bar graph

• As a line graph

• On the y-axis

• On the x-axis

If there is a high pressure the air ...

• Sinking

• Rising

If there is a low pressure area there are probably ...

• No clouds

• Clouds

How can you measure airpressure

• With a barometer

• With an anemometer

• With a gauge

• With a thermometer