Lesson 3.1 Quiz - Describing Weather

Which variable is NOT weather related?

• humidity

• evaporation

• wind direction

• temperature

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Which instrument measures wind speed?

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

• psychrometer

A volume of air contains half the moisture that it can at a certain temperature.

What is its relative humidity?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Which water cycle processes are directly related to cloud formation?

• melting and freezing

• precipitation and evaporation

• evaporation and condensation

• deposition and sublimation

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solid crystals of precipitation

• dew point

• humidity

• rain

• hail

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liquid precipitation

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

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temperature when relative humidity is

100 percent

• rain

• hail

• dew point

• precipitation

Instrument that measures air pressure

• psychrometer

• hygrometer

• barometer

• chronometer

Precipitation that changes from snow to rain and back to snow is

called

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• rain

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Instrument that measures air temperature

• barometer

• psychrometer

• thermometer

• hygrometer