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Weather and Climate, Elements of weather, Stevenson screen

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following instruments are housed in the stevenson screen?

a)

Barometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Wind Vane

e)

Rain Gauge

2.

'Cirro' refers to BLANK types of clouds

a)

High level clouds

b)

Middle level clouds

c)

Low level level

3.

The four main types of clouds include:

a)

cirrocumulus

b)

cumulus

c)

altostratus

d)

status

e)

convective/cumulonimbus

4.

Large, Dark and Bellowing are adjectives used to describe what type of clouds?

a)

Cirrostratus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Stratus

5.

Weather can be described as:

a)

What you see outside on any particular day.

b)

The average weather condition that exists over a particular area for an extended period of time(30 years or more).

c)

The short term conditions of the atmosphere at a particular place and at a particular time

6.

Barometer is to Air pressure as Anemometer is to .......?

a)

Wind Direction

b)

Temperature

c)

Wind Speed

d)

Humidity

7.

Weather can change from minute-minute, hour-hour or even day-day.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't even know

8.

BLANK is the study of weather

a)

Climatology

b)

Meteorology

c)

Weather forecasting

d)

Guess the weather game show

9.

The lower layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs is called the.........?

a)

Stratosphere

b)

Troposphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Mesosphere

10.

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched

a)

it is 80 degrees sunny today but it was rainy yesterday - weather

b)

we expect it to be hot in Kingston in July and cool in October - climate

11.

The amount of moisture in the air is known as:

a)

Sunshine

b)

Temperature

c)

Air pressure

d)

Humidity

12.

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)

a)

Sunshine; Wind Speed

b)

Wind speed; Wind Direction

c)

Temperature; Wind Speed

d)

Wind Speed; Sunshine

e)

Wind Direction; Wind Speed

13.

Types of rainfall include:

a)

Frontal

b)

Wet

c)

Relief

d)

Convectional

e)

Dry

14.

Factors that influence air pressure

a)

Altitude

b)

Rotation

c)

Latitude

d)

Temperature