Predicting Weather

What is a meteorologist?

• scientist who studies oceans

• scientist who studies weather

• scientist who studies rocks

• scientist who studies plants

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Is predicting weather more complex or precise?

• precise

• complex

• random

• simple

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How is weather predicted?

• by guessing from past experiences

• based on a percentage that an event will occur

• by reading temperatures only

• by watching the sky at night

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What do meteorologists use to collect data?

• seismographs and telescopes

• satellites and weather balloons

• submarines and buoys

• thermometers only

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What is an algorithm?

• diagram of a storm

• formula for solving a problem

• device that measures wind

• map of fronts

• exact outcomes every time

• likely outcomes based on probability

• only local temperatures

• only wind directions

What is probability?

• likelihood or chance of something happening

• amount of rainfall in a storm

• speed of the wind

• type of cloud cover

What does it mean if there is a 50% chance of rain?

• It will rain everywhere all day.

• It is the chance of precipitation at any point in the area that day.

• It means a thunderstorm will occur.

• It means snow is likely.

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What do the probabilities of precipitation take into account?

• only temperature changes

• both the likelihood that it will rain somewhere in the area and how much of the area will get some rain

• only wind speed

• only the size of clouds

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What 2 conditions does weather depend on?

• heat from the Sun and water

• water and rising air

• altitude and latitude

• phase of the Moon and the Sun's position

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