Beginning of the Year Science Questions: TWO

Humidity can be defined as:

• The amount of rainfall ater a month.

• The temperature of boiling water

• The amount of water vapor in the air

• The temperature over 88 degrees Fahrenheit

What is considered to be high humidity?

• Twenty Percent

• Anything over 55 percent

• Ten Percent

• 12.5 percent

Why would high humidity trigger an asthma attack?

• Mold grows in high humidity and mold can trigger an asthma attack

• The air is too heavy to breathe

• When the air is heavy, people have to breathe harder and this can trigger an asthma attack. ,

• All of these answers are correct

Which of the following adjectives describes the air on a day with high humidity?

• moist

• sticky

• damp

• All of these words describe humidity

How does runoff occur?

• The Earth is too saturated to tolerate anymore water, and the rivers and lakes are already full.

• It does not rain for more than twelve days and this causes a drought

• There is no such thing as runoff

• You forget the leash and your dog runs off.

What happens to all of this excess precipitation?

• It becomes runoff

• It is suspended in the atmosphere

• Nobody knows

• It is turned into glaciers

What are some bad things that runoff carries into the waterways??

• toxic chemicals

• fertilizer

• sewage

• All of these answers are correct

In the summer of 2022, how many people lost their lives due to flooding?

• 50

• 100

• 200

• 300

What is a common type of runoff that we experience in the spring at the end of the winter?

• drought

• snowmelt

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

Runoff is caused by nature but also by...

• drought

• human activity

• sink holes

• terrorists