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Worksheetsweather STUDY
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Weather changes from day to day; climate is the ______ _______ over a long period of time.
water cycle
rock cycle
Weather pattern
snow pattern
Three of Earth’s climate zones (areas with similar climates) are the tropical, temperate, and
polar zones.
TRUE
FALSE
Tropical climate zones, which are nearest the (a) , are hot all year round.
Most of the United States is in a temperate _______ ______ with mild temperatures.
Climate zone
Equator zone
disease area
constant rain
These four things affect climate:
distance from the earth, elevation, landforms, and humans.
distance from the equator, light, landforms, and animals.
distance from the ocean, the human race , the sun, and water.
distance from the equator, elevation, landforms, and water.
A mountaintop near the equator has a cool climate because of its
landforms
humans
elevation
light
The ocean side of a mountain may have a ____1.___ climate, while the other side has a ___2.___ climate.
1. dry and wet 2.only wet
1. wet, 2. dry
1. grassy 2. lake
1. wet 2. swampy
The ________ _______is a warm ocean current that flows past Florida and across the Atlantic.
the 7 seas
Pacific Ocean
Gulf Stream
Okachobee river
The climate of an area affects....
the plants and animals that can survive there.
humans that live there
the trees
the ecosystem
Polar climate zones, which are ________ from the equator, are cold all year round.
closest
under
easiest
farthest
____________ study weather, or what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place.
Meteorologists
everyone
students
teachers
A _______ ________ measures the direction of wind; an anemometer measures the speed of wind.
wind vane
thermometer
notebook
flag
A ____1._____ measures air pressure; a _____2._____measures humidity.
1. teacher 2. students
1. thermometer 2. measuring stick
1. barometer, 2. hygrometer
1. scientists 2. ocean
Humidity is the...
amount of water vapor in the air.
the amount of oxygen
amount of heat there is
the amount of light traveling through space
The amount of water vapor actually in the air compared to the amount the air could hold is the ________ ________
heat meter
relative humidity
water cycle
heat vapor
Warmer air can not hold more water vapor than cooler air.
true
false
Clouds are classified according to their _____ and to how high above Earth they are.
easy state
cleaners
whiteness
shape
________1. _______ are low, gray clouds that signal rain; _______ 2. ________ look like cotton puffs.
1. strong clouds, 2. weak clouds
1. big clouds, 2. little clouds
1. stratus cloud, 2. cumulus clouds
1. sleet filled clouds 2. clean clouds
______ is small bits of ice; snow forms when water vapor turns directly into a solid.
snow
sleet
rain
precipitation
_______ forms as raindrops are blown high into a cloud where they freeze before they fall to Earth.
Hail
sleet
rain
precipitation
Water is constantly moving between Earth’s surface and the atmosphere in the _________ _________
nitrogen cycle
water cycle
simple cycle
rock cycle
