Weather and Climate Test

What is evaporation?

• Water vapor meets cold air and turns back into liquid
• Plants take water in from the soil
• Water gets warm and changes from liquid water to water vapor
• Water vapor coming out of plants

What is the correct term for rising water vapor meeting colder air and turning back into water droplets forming clouds?

• Dehydration
• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Evaporation

What is the energy source that powers the water cycle?

• Wind
• Soil
• Plants
• The sun

What makes up most of Earth's water

• Rivers
• Lakes
• Oceans
• Streams

During precipitation, water runs down to larger bodies of water in a process called what?

• Condensation
• Run off
• Evaporation
• Collection

The water falling to Earth in all forms is called precipitation.

• True
• False

High pressure systems bring

• Clear skies and fair-weather
• heavy cloud cover
• thunderstorms
• rain

The amount of water vapor in the air is known as

• relative humidity
• dew point
• rain
• air pressure

A drop in air pressure usually indicates that the

• weather will not change
• weather will be dry and hot
• weather will be cloudy and rainy
• there will be no wind

A sudden change in the weather at a certain location is most likely caused by

• the arrival of an air mass
• a severe earthquake
• moon phases
• plate tectonics