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Total questions: 29

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Class
Date
1.

What causes the ground to warm up?

a)

The air above it is hot and makes it warm.

b)

Light from the sun is reflected off it and warms it up.

c)

Light from the sun is absorbed by it and it warms up.

d)

Magma under the crust warms the ground.

2.

Hot air is more dense than cold air.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Heated air molecules move more quickly than cooled air molecules.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

How does water get into the air?

a)

Water evaporates when it is cooled, causing it to rise.

b)

Water evaporates when it is heated, causing it to rise.

c)

Water isn't in the air.

d)

Magic, of course.

5.

Historically, where are there more severe hailstorms?

a)

Florida

b)

Nebraska

c)

Montana

d)

New York

6.

What causes the air to heat up?

a)

Air absorbs light from the sun and heats up.

b)

Air reflects light from the sun and heats up.

c)

The ground absorbs light, heats up, and warms the air above.

d)

The ground reflects light, heats up and warms the air above.

7.

What is precipitation?

a)

The conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.

b)

The conversion of a liquid to a vapor or gas.

c)

Any water falling to the ground: including rain, ice, hail.

8.

In the hail site data, what was the one season where there were no severe hail events?

a)

Summer

b)

Winter

c)

Fall

d)

Spring

9.

Hail comes in different sizes.

El granizo viene en diferentes tamaños.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Around the time of a hailstorm, the winds slows down.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Around the time of a hailstorm, the temperature decreases.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The higher the altitude (or height off of the ground), the air temperature increased.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which type of surface should reflect the most light?

a)

A dark surface

b)

A light surface

14.

Which type of surface should absorb the most light?

a)

A dark surface

b)

A light surface

15.

When the pop bottle was placed in the cold water, the soap bubble went inside the bottle because

a)

the air particles were moving faster and got spread out

b)

the air particles started moving slower and got closer together

16.

Putting the balloon on the heating pad caused the balloon to rise because

a)

the heat gave the air particles energy and caused them to move slower and become more dense than the air particles around them

b)

the heat gave the air particles energy and caused them to move faster and become less dense than the air particles around them

17.

When the hail cloud formed, the air moved up and down

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Hail clouds are higher up than many other cloud types.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Hail Clouds are smaller than other types of clouds

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is humidity?

a)

the amount of oxygen in the air

b)

the amount of nitrogen in the air

c)

the amount of water vapor in the air

21.

What type of environments should put more humidity in the air? (More than one answer)

a)

Puddles

b)

Snow

c)

Desert

d)

Pebbles

e)

Beach

22.

What happens when water droplets are brought near each other?

a)

They don't mix.

b)

The create a larger droplet.

c)

They bounce off of each other.

23.

When we put a bag of ice over very hot water, what happened?

a)

There were no changes

b)

Only water vapor was made

c)

There was some water vapor that changed into droplets.

24.

When molecules are moving fast, what state of matter are they most likely in?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

25.

Clouds are made of gases and ice crystals or water droplets.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Clouds don't need a solid surface for ice crystals or droplets to form on.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Why is our precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail) just mostly made of water?

a)

Water is the only thing in our air.

b)

It's too warm in our atmosphere for the other gases to change into other forms.

c)

It's too cold in our atmosphere for other gases to change into other forms.

28.

Clouds will form when there is a COLD low level (ground) temperature.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

To create a large storm you need

a)

low humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, cold high level temperature

b)

low humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, warm high level temperature

c)

high humidity, warm low level (ground) temperature, cold high level temperature