Weather and Climate Quiz

What is the downward force of air that affects weather?

• Elevation

• Circulation

• Air Pressure

• Humidity

What is the average weather patterns of a place found by studying years of weather?

• Latitude

• Severe Weather

• Natural disaster

• Climate

What is the amount of water vapor in the air?

• Precipitation

• Hail

• Sleet

• Humidity

What is the parallel lines on a map or globe that shows how far away from the equator a place is?

• Climate

• Natural disaster

• Severe Weather

• Latitude

What is the conditions in a place’s atmosphere, such as sunny, rainy, or snowy?

• Weather

• Sleet

• Convection currents

• Hail

What is the circular motion created when air rises and sinks because of heating and cooling?

• Humidity

• Air Pressure

• Elevation

• Circulation

What is precipitation formed when rain is repeatedly blown back up into the cloud and freezes in layers?

• Hail

• Precipitation

• Climate

• Severe Weather

What is the dangerous weather, such as tornadoes and hurricanes?

• Severe Weather

• Weather

• Natural disaster

• Latitude

What is raindrops that freeze before they land?

• Humidity

• Air Pressure

• Elevation

• Sleet

What is a destructive change that is not caused by people?

• Precipitation

• Circulation

• Natural disaster

• Convection currents