Weather

Weather is the state of...

• The atmosphere, including temperature, wind speed and direction, air pressure, moisture, amount of rain or snow, or other factors

• The trends of the day

• The amount of rain

Barometric pressure is best defined as...

• Upward force of the Earth's gases

• Downward force of the Earth's gases

• Sideways force of the Earth's gases

Low barometric pressure usually indicates...

• Rainy weather

• Clear, sunny weather

High pressure usually indicates...

• Rainy weather

• Clear, sunny weather

Humidity is defined as

• The amount of sun in the air

• The amount of heat in the air

• The amount of snow in the air

• The amount of water vapor in the air

Humid weather makes the air feel...

• Clear

• Wet

• Sticky

One factors that does NOT determine weather is

• Humidity

• Wind speed

• Wind direction

• The climate of an area

Wind is defined as...

• Precipitation movement caused by differences in pressure

• Air movement caused by differences in pressure

• Ocean current movements caused by differences in pressure

• The reaction to the earth's rotation around the sun

A narrow band of high speed wind is defined as...

• a jet stream

• a tornado

• a tundra

• a water spout

The large-scale movement of air that redistributes heat on earth is called...

• Wind movement

• Substitution

• Distribution

• Circulation