Science 8: Chapter 13: Lesson 1

Which variable is NOT weather related?

• humidity

• evaporation

• temperature

Which instrument measures wind speed?

• barometer

• anomometer

• thermometer

A volume of air contains half the moisture that it can at a certain temperature. What is its relative humidity?

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

Which water cycle processes are directly related to cloud formation?

• melting and freezing

• precipitation and evaporation

• evaporation and condensation

Solid crystals of precipitation are called

• snow

• sleet

• rain

Liquid precipitation is called

• snow

• sleet

• hail

• rain

Temperature when relative humidity is 100% is called

• Dew Point

• humidity

• rain

Forms as water freezes and melts within a cloud

• Hail

• rain

• sleet

• snow

Is greater in warm air than in cooler air

• humidity

• dew point

• rain

Precipitation that starts in snow clouds

• sleet

• snow

• rain

• hail