Weather and Climate Concepts

What two spheres does water vapor interact with to produce weather and climate?

• Hydrosphere and atmosphere

• Lithosphere and biosphere

• Geosphere and lithosphere

• Biosphere and geosphere

What is formed when heat from the surface, geosphere, heats air in the atmosphere?

• Rain

• Wind

• Snow

• Clouds

What does water vapor do to air pressure?

• Raises it

• Lowers it

• Has no effect

• Freezes it

Falling air pressure usually means what kind of weather is coming?

• Dry

• Windy

• Wet

• Hot

What affects the air’s temperature?

• The color of the land

• The color of the sky

• The amount of rain

• The number of clouds

Which type of cloud is fluffy and white with flat bottoms?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Which clouds are flat, gray, and layered, and are the lowest in the sky?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

What kind of clouds are storm clouds that are dark and heavy?

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

What is rain?

• Small droplets of water vapor

• Frozen water that falls from the sky.

• Liquid water that falls from the sky.

• Pellets of ice that fall from the sky.

What is snow made of?

• Ice crystals

• Water droplets

• Sand particles

• Dust