Weather and Climate Study Guide Quiz

What type of weather is associated with high pressure and high temperature?

• Cold and cloudy

• Warm and sunny

• Rainy and windy

• Snowy and foggy

Sleet is made from snow formed during winter when it is ____.

• hot

• cold

• humid

• dry

Why are mountains cool?

• They are near the ocean

• They are high in elevation

• They have dense forests

• They are far from the equator.

What holds warmth better than land?

• Air

• Water

• Sand

• Ice

Wind that comes from the ocean is ____.

• cold and dry

• hot and humid

• warm and breezy

• chilly and wet

Wind that comes from an island is ____.

• hot and dry

• cold and wet

• warm and humid

• chilly and breezy

Polar climates are always ____.

• hot and humid

• cold and dry

• warm and wet

• mild and breezy

If the wind speed is low and the temperature is not very cold, what form of precipitation falls from the sky?

• A) Snow

• B) Hail

• C) Rain

• D) Sleet

For hail to form, the temperature needs to be ____.

• warm with low clouds

• cold with high clouds

• hot with no clouds

• mild temperature and windy

The rainforest has high ____.

• snowfall and low temperatures

• rainfall and high temperatures

• humidity and low temperatures

• winds and mild temperatures