Weather Rules

In what direction do winds always blow?

• From areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure
• From areas of low pressure to areas of high pressure

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Warm air near the Earth’s surface rises and then cools and drops, this creates a _________________ in the atmosphere.

• run-off
• Greenhouse Effect
• convection current
• water cylce

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Humidity is the...

• Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
• Amount of Wind in the Air
• Amount of Precipitation in the Air
• Amount of Pressure in the Air

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A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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_____________ air is more dense and tends to sink

• cold
• warm
• moist
• dry

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Select the best answer- What is weather?

• Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
• Weather is the atmosphere.
• Weather is precipitation.
• Weather is wind.

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Which of the following is a part of weather?

• temperature
• wind direction
• precipitation
• all of the above

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Energy to create weather comes from-

• clouds
• the Sun
• the atmosphere
• evaporation

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Someone who studies the weather.

• rain gauge
• taxonomists
• meterologist
• satellites

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At which humidity is it more likely to rain?

• 50%
• 20%
• 77%
• 99%

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