Weather and Water Cycle Study Guide

Based on this map, what can be concluded about the weather in Casper, Wyoming?

• a. Warm front approaching

• b. Calm high pressure

• c. Calm, low pressure

• d. Cold front approaching

What process is occurring when water changes from a gas to a liquid?

• a. Solidification

• b. Condensation

Which of these is a similarity of rain, sleet, snow, and hail?

• a. They all start as large dust particles in a cloud.

• b. They all start as small ice particles in a cloud

• c. They all fall to Earth after temperature reach below freezing in a cloud

• d. They all fall to Earth after becoming too heavy to be held in a cloud

What happens Steve leaves his water boiling on the stove?

• a. The water will evaporate

• b. The water will melt

• c. The mass of the water will increase

• d. The volume of the water will increase

When did the least amount of rainfall collect?

• a. Day 5, with 3 cm

• b. Day 3, with 1 cm

• c. Days 2, 4, and 6, with 0 cm

• d. Days 1, 3, and 7, with 2 cm

Where is the least likely to rain in the next 24 hours?

• a. Gainesville

• b. Philadelphia

• c. Austin

• d. Benmark

• e. Boise

The "L" and fronts with small semi circles on them in Kentucky and Virginia brought?

• a. Clear, cold weather to Kentucky and Virginia

• b. Clear, warm weather ot Kentucky and Virginia

• c. Rain and cold weather to Kentucky and Virginia

• d. Rain and warm weather to Kentucky and Virginia

The "H" over Nebraska indicates that the weather pattern

• a. Brought rainstorms to Nebraska

• b. Drove windstorms toward Nebraska

• c. Brought sunny, calm weather to Nebraska

• d. Drove sunny, calm weather away from Nebraska

Which type of precipitation or sky condition is most likely to occur when the temperature is below freezing?

Matthew spilled some water on a hot metal picnic table. When he came back to the table, he noticed the water was no longer there. If the water was left untouched what would most likely disappear?

• a. The water dissolved into the table.

• b. The water was absorbed by the table.

• c. The water precipitated into the atmosphere

• d. The water evaporated into the atmosphere