WorksheetsWeather and Climate, Elements of weather, Stevenson screen
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which of the following instruments are housed in the stevenson screen?
Barometer
Thermometer
Anemometer
Wind Vane
Rain Gauge
'Cirro' refers to BLANK types of clouds
High level clouds
Middle level clouds
Low level level
The four main types of clouds include:
cirrocumulus
cumulus
altostratus
status
convective/cumulonimbus
Large, Dark and Bellowing are adjectives used to describe what type of clouds?
Cirrostratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Stratus
Weather can be described as:
What you see outside on any particular day.
The average weather condition that exists over a particular area for an extended period of time(30 years or more).
The short term conditions of the atmosphere at a particular place and at a particular time
Barometer is to Air pressure as Anemometer is to .......?
Wind Direction
Temperature
Wind Speed
Humidity
Weather can change from minute-minute, hour-hour or even day-day.
True
False
I don't even know
BLANK is the study of weather
Climatology
Meteorology
Weather forecasting
Guess the weather game show
The lower layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is called the.........?
Stratosphere
Troposphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched
it is 80 degrees sunny today but it was rainy yesterday - weather
we expect it to be hot in Kingston in July and cool in October - climate
The amount of moisture in the air is known as:
Sunshine
Temperature
Air pressure
Humidity
Knots is to BLANK as Kelvins is to BLANK (ensure that the answer put in the correct answer as the lay out of the question)
Sunshine; Wind Speed
Wind speed; Wind Direction
Temperature; Wind Speed
Wind Speed; Sunshine
Wind Direction; Wind Speed
Types of rainfall include:
Frontal
Wet
Relief
Convectional
Dry
Factors that influence air pressure
Altitude
Rotation
Latitude
Temperature
