Chapter 2 Test Review

The atmosphere keeps the earth from being too hot or too cold.

• True

• False

A rain gauge is used to measure the amount of rain that falls.

• True

• False

A cycle that moves water from the earth to the sky and back to the earth again is called the weather cycle.

• True

• False

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and can form thunderclouds.

• True

• False

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Water that is frozen into tiny pellets that fall from the sky is rain.

• True

• False

A long period of time with very little precipitation is a ___.

• blizzard

• drought

• hurricane

A funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reaches the ground is a ___.

• drought

• flood

• tornado

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A snowstorm with strong winds is a ___.

• blizzard

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

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The climate zone that is not too hot or too cold and has four seasons is the ___ zone.

• polar

• temperate

• tropical

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The climate zone that is almost always cold and has a summer and winter is the ___ zone.

• polar

• temperate

• tropical

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