Weather and Meteorology Quiz

What does a meteorologist do?

• Predict the weather

• Chase meteors

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True or False: Dark clouds in the morning always mean that it will rain that day.

• True

• False

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True or False: The weather app on a phone can predict if it will rain next week.

• True

• False

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True or False: Meteorologists use satellites and radar to predict the weather.

• True

• False

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What is the purpose of the weather app on the speaker's phone?

• To make phone calls

• To see what the weather is

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How do meteorologists predict the weather?

• By looking at the stars

• By observing clouds in the sky

• By using clues from different sources

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What does radar help meteorologists with?

• Predicting storms

• Taking pictures of the Earth

• Checking the wind direction

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What do different colors on a radar picture represent?

• Satelites

• The intensity of rainfall or snow

• The temperature of the air

What are the clues meteorologists use to predict weather?

• Satellites and computers

• Observing patterns

• All of them!

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What is a pattern?

• Something that only happens once

• Something that happens repeatedly in the same way