Weather Chapter 1-4 Test

Precipitation and wind are BOTH quantitative

• True

• False

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What is temperature?

• A measure of the moisture of the air

• A way to describe the sky

• A way to describe wind speed and direction

• A measure of how warm or cold it is

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Which of the following is NOT a factor that describes weather?

• Elevation

• Temperature

• Sky conditions

• Precipitation

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Temperature is:

• a measurable weather factor

• a weather factor that is described using descriptive language

• how warm or cold the air is

• Both a measurable weather factor AND how warm or cold the air is

• Both a weather factor that is described using descriptive language AND how warm or cold the air is

Which weather factor is described by its speed and direction?

• Temperature

• Wind

• Precipitation

• Barometric Pressure

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Which of the following is NOT a type of precipitation?

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

• Fog

What is Weather?

• The average temperature of a location

• The conditions of the atmosphere at a location

• The conditions of the hydrosphere at a location

• The average climate of a location

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What the wind speed and direction based on this weather station model?

• 5 kts to the South

• 15 kts to the Southeast

• 15 knots to the Northwest

• 15 kts from the Southeast

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The sun provides:

• energy that plants use to make food

• heat, which warms the Earth

• visible light, so we can see

• All of the above

• Light and heat

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When the sun heats Earth's water, it creates:

• wind

• precipitation

• warmer air temperature

• more humid air

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