Science- 4th Qtr -Weather you like it or not!

Question 1

Is the condition of the sky from time to time. Thus, it changes all the time.

Answer 1

Weather

Question 2

Is the average weather pattern in a given region.

Answer 2

Climate

Question 3

Scientists who monitor weather conditions are called?

Answer 3

Meteorologists

Question 4

Several elements of weather.

Answer 4

cloud cover
amount of sunlight
humidity
wind speed and direction
amount of rainfall or precipitation

Question 5

Are a collection of condensed water vapor in the sky?

Answer 5

clouds

Question 6

In the environment, the _______ causes the water from lakes, streams, and oceans to evaporate.

Answer 6

heat of the sun

Question 7

True or False: Temperature and wind affect cloud formation?

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Is it true or not, that on warm days, evaporation rate is faster?

Answer 8

True

Question 9

It is the point where the air contains maximum amount of water that it can hold at a particular temperature?

Answer 9

saturation point

Question 10

Four types of clouds based on appearance?

Answer 10

cumulus
stratus
cirrus
nimbus

Question 11

Prefix (Cirro) means?

Answer 11

curl; high

Question 12

Prefix (Cumulo) means?

Answer 12

heap of cotton or pile up

Question 13

Prefix (Nimbo) means?

Answer 13

rain; precipitation

Question 14

Prefix ( Strato) means?

Answer 14

sheetlike or layer-like

Question 15

Classification of clouds around to height or their distance from the ground?

Answer 15

low-level clouds
middle-level clouds
high-level clouds

Question 16

Is a type of clouds that consist of liquid water droplets and ice particles or snow during cold weather; appears to move faster than other clouds?

Answer 16

low-level cloud

Question 17

Is a type of clouds that are made up of liquid water droplets or ice crystals; forms when the weather is cold?

Answer 17

middle-level cloud

Question 18

Is a type of clouds that are composed of ice crystals; often appears as thin, streaky, white clouds.

Answer 18

high-level cloud

Question 19

Low-level clouds include?

Answer 19

stratocumulus cloud
stratus cloud
cumulus cloud
cumulonimbus cloud

Question 20

Is a type of low-level clouds that are low-lying, uneven rolls, and patches of cloud across the sky? Their appearance usually indicates fair weather?

Answer 20

Stratocumulus clouds

Question 21

Is a type of low-level clouds that appear as a uniform, dark gray layer of cloud and cover the entire sky? They often bring drizzle or snow grains. They are form when fog and mist rise?

Answer 21

Stratus clouds

Question 22

Is a type of low-level clouds that appear white, cottony, and fluffy. They may look like cauliflowers in the sky. Their presence indicates a sunny day or a fair weather?

Answer 22

Cumulus clouds

Question 23

How does cumulus clouds form?

Answer 23

They are form due to the movement of air. The warm air from the ground begins to rise. As the air rises, the temperature drops causing humidity to rise.

Question 24

Is a type of low-level clouds that are tall and dense. These towering clouds bring thunderstorm and heavy rain. Sometimes they may also bring hail.

Answer 24

Cumulonimbus clouds.

Question 25

Is a form of precipitation composed of irregular lumps of ice.

Answer 25

hail

Question 26

The tallest cumulonimbus cloud can reach the cold, upper air above ______?

Answer 26

20,000 ft.

Question 27

Is a type of clouds that are enough to cover the sky. These dark gray clouds bring heavy rains or snow?

Answer 27

Nimbostratus clouds

Question 28

Middle-level clouds include?

Answer 28

altocumulus cloud altostratus cloud

Question 29

Is a type of middle-level clouds that are characterized by fluffy waves of gray clouds. They usually form between 2 to 7 km from the ground. This type brings rain or thunderstorm when it becomes heavier.

Answer 29

Altocumulus clouds

Question 30

Is a type of middle-level clouds that are gray or blue-gray shapeless layer of cloud. It can cover the sky. The sun may be dimly visible as a round disk in the thinner areas of the cloud. When it appears early in the morning, this indicates that a thunderstorm will come.

Answer 30

Altostratus clouds

Question 31

High-level clouds include?

Answer 31

cirrus clouds cirrocumulus clouds cirrostratus clouds

Question 32

Is a type of high-level clouds that are characterized by curly, feathery, and wavy appearance.

Answer 32

cirrus clouds

Question 33

The lowest layer of the atmosphere is called?

Answer 33

traposphere

Question 34

Is a type of high-level clouds that vary in shapes and sizes. Generally, they are associated with a fair weather, but a heavy layer of cirrus cloud indicates an incoming storm. It usually shows signs of changes in weather.

Answer 34

cirrus clouds

Question 35

Is a type of high-level clouds that are thin and transparent white clouds composed of ice crystals. They appear to have a fibrous look in the sky.

Answer 35

cirrostratus clouds

Question 36

True or False: The increasing thickness of cirrostratus clouds indicate rain and they also show signs of weather disturbances?

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Is a type of high-level clouds that are patches or layers of clouds consisting of individual cloudlets. They form patterns called mackerel sky because they make the sky look like scales of a fish.

Answer 37

cirrocumulus clouds

Question 38

It refers to hotness or coldness of air.

Answer 38

air temperature

Question 39

Changes in the air temperature are caused by the energy from the ______.

Answer 39

sun

Question 40

It carries heat energy.

Answer 40

sunlight

Question 41

True or False: As the sun heats up Earth, the air surrounding Earth gets heated, too?

Answer 41

True

Question 42

True or False: Air molecules rise when heated and sink when cooled. Warm air and cold air continuously circulate and move due to the difference in the temperature.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

True or False: The part of Earth that faces the sun and receives sunlight experiences daytime and gets warm. On the other hand, the part of Earth hidden from the sun experiences nighttime.

Answer 43

True

Question 44

Is it true that air temperature varies from sunrise to sunset?

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Is it also true that the duration of daytime varies?

Answer 45

True

Question 46

Is a moving air, it is formed as a result of the unequal heating of Earth.

Answer 46

Wind

Question 47

They study the speed and direction of the wind to forecast weather.

Answer 47

Meteorologists

Question 48

It describes how fast a wind blows.

Answer 48

wind speed

Question 49

It refers to the direction where wind comes from.

Answer 49

wind direction

Question 50

It is an instrument that describes wind speed based mainly on observed sea conditions. The instrument is divided into 13 levels, from the calm wind of force 0 to typhoon wind of force.

Answer 50

Beaufort scale

Question 51

Wind speed is measured with a unit of _________.

Answer 51

miles per hour (mph)

Question 52

The Beaufort scale was developed in 1805 by?

Answer 52

Sir Francis Beaufort

Question 53

True or False: Wind are named according to the direction from which the wind blows. When a wind blows from east to west, the wind is called an east wind.

Answer 53

True

Question 54

Is the amount of water vapor or moisture in the air.

Answer 54

Humidity

Question 55

True or False: Humidity changes from time to time and from place to place.

Answer 55

True

Question 56

True or False: Humidity changes as temperature changes.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

True or False: An increase in temperature causes faster evaporation.

Answer 57

True

Question 58

True or False: If the humidity is high, more water may be used to make clouds. The greater the amount of water, the more clouds are formed.

Answer 58

True

Question 59

What are the important elements included in a typical weather report?

Answer 59

chance of rain wind speed (kph) wind direction temperature (degree celsius) cloud cover rainfall (mm)

Question 60

Weather reports and forecast can be recorded in a _________.

Answer 60

weather chart.

Question 61

Is a weather instruments that are used to measure temperature.

Answer 61

Thermometers

Question 62

Weather stations use an ordinary thermometer that has a liquid inside. Some use an ________. It has a sensor that measures the high and low temperatures.

Answer 62

electronic maximum-minimum temperature sensor (MMTS) system.

Question 63

True or False: A thermometer has a distinct parts. It has a glass rod with a thin tube in it. This tube has a liquid inside. A bulb is found at the base.

Answer 63

True

Question 64

True or False: In a thermometer the numbers or scales are calibrations with units, which can be in degree Fahrenheit or in degree Celsius.

Answer 64

True

Question 65

This is the curve on top of the liquid in a thermometer.

Answer 65

meniscus

Question 66

Is used to determine wind direction. It has a pointer and a tail. The pointer directs where the wind is coming from. (north, east, west, and south)

Answer 66

wind vane.

Question 67

How do you measure air temperature using a thermometer?

Answer 67

Make sure that the thermometer is in a shaded place. When the air is hot, the liquid inside the glass rod expands. The expansion causes the liquid to rise within the tube. The liquid inside the thermometer contracts when the temperature is low. To read the temperature, follow the meniscus of the liquid.

Question 68

Is a weather instrument that is used to measure humidity or the moisture in the air.

Answer 68

hygrometer

Question 69

Is a weather instrument that measures wind speed. It has three cups fixed to a mobile shaft. As the wind blows faster the cups spin around faster. The shaft is connected to a device that gives the wind speed in kilometers per hour. The anemometer counts the number of rotations the cups do to calculate the wind speed.

Answer 69

anemometer

Question 70

Is a weather instrument that measures the amount of rainfall in millimeters. Sometimes, it is calibrated in centimeters or inches.

Answer 70

rain gauge

Question 71

This weather instrument is placed in an open space to collect rain. It is composed of a funnel, a measuring tube, and an overflowing tube.

Answer 71

rain gauge

Question 72

True or False: The interaction of the different weather elements bring about different kinds of weather.

Answer 72

True

Question 73

True or False: Sunny day can be a fine or fair.

Answer 73

True.

Question 74

How do you define a fine weather?

Answer 74

It is characterized by a clear, blue sky. The sun shines brightly all day long. Weather forecasters predict 0% precipitation or chance of rain, so occurrence of rain is not likely to happen.

Question 75

How do you describe a cloudy weather?

Answer 75

When the sky is covered with different clouds. Since the sky is covered with clouds, isolated rains could occur depending on the type of clouds. However, not all clouds bring rain. This depends on the shape or combination of shapes the clouds have.

Question 76

How do you describe a rainy weather?

Answer 76

During a rainy weather, precipitation falls almost the whole time. You wear rain boots and coats. You also bring umbrella to protect yourself from getting wet.

Question 77

How do you describe a stormy weather?

Answer 77

Stormy weather happens when there are heavy rains and strong winds. Listening to typhoon warnings and advisories is important for information and safety.

Question 78

True or False: Weather affects the following: choice of clothes, choice of food, activity, occupation and livelihood, and health.

Answer 78

True