Weather & Climate Notes

Earth's atmosphere has 4 layers: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere.

• True

• False

What type of cloud is described as 'Thin clouds that look like feathers and form high in the sky; usually bring fair weather'?

• A) Cirrus

• B) Altocumulus

• C) Cirrocumulus

• D) Stratus

What type of cloud is described as 'Small, white, puffy, middle level cloud'?

• Stratocumulus

• Altocumulus

• Cirrocumulus

• Altostratus

Match the types of precipitation with their descriptions.

• Snow

• Falls when the temperature in the cloud is below freezing (32°F)

• Rain

• Forms when drops of rain freeze in the cloud and are carried higher into the cloud freezing over and over before falling to Earth's surface.

• Hail

• Rain that freezes as it falls to Earth's surface

• Sleet

• Falling drops of liquid water

The water cycle is the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth's surface as precipitation.

• True

• False

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Precipitation that flows downhill on Earth's surface to rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans is called ________.

• Runoff.

• Evaporation.

• Infiltration.

• Condensation.

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An air mass is a large body of air that has about the same ______, air pressure, and moisture.

• temperature

• humidity

• density

• velocity

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Moist air masses usually form over _________. Dry air masses usually form over land.

• oceans

• deserts

• mountains

• forests

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Most changes in ______ happen when one air mass moves into a place and pushes out another air mass.

• weather

• climate

• temperature

• humidity

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A cold front on a weather map is typically represented by which of the following symbols?

• A line with triangles pointing in the direction of movement

• A line with semicircles pointing in the direction of movement

• A line with both triangles and semicircles

• A dashed line