weather quiz

Question 1

water cycle

Answer 1

Liquid water evaporates into the air and becomes water vapor, condenses into liquid water, falls back down as precipitation

Question 2

humidity

Answer 2

the measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

Question 3

relative humidity

Answer 3

the percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that the air can hold

Question 4

psychrometer

Answer 4

a tool that measures relative humidity by being spun around and seeing the temperature difference between the wet bulb and dry bulb because of water evaporating from the wet bulb

Question 5

dew point

Answer 5

the temperature at which condensation begins

Question 6

cirrus

Answer 6

thin, wispy clouds very high in the atmosphere- indicate good weather

Question 7

cumulus

Answer 7

cottony clouds that form kinda close to the ground- cumulonimbus are cumulus clouds that are very tall and mean thunderstorms

Question 8

stratus

Answer 8

flat layer clouds that cover the whole sky- dull gray color- nimbostratus produces drizzle, rain or snow

Question 9

nimbo

Answer 9

clouds that produce precipitation

Question 10

evapotranspiration

Answer 10

plants opening up their pores and releasing water

Question 11

precipitation

Answer 11

any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface

Question 12

freezing rain

Answer 12

raindrops fall as liquid, touch cold surface and freeze

Question 13

snow

Answer 13

water vapor condenses to ice crystals when dew point is below freezing and fall as snow

Question 14

sleet

Answer 14

raindrops fall through a layer of air below freezing and freeze

Question 15

hail

Answer 15

ice pellets that are carried around in the air and gain a new layer of ice when it goes through a cold region

Question 16

rain gauge

Answer 16

an open-ended tube that collects and measures rain

Question 17

floods

Answer 17

an overflowing of water in a normally dry area

Question 18

droughts

Answer 18

a long period of scarce rainfall or dry weather

Question 19

maritime air mass

Answer 19

air mass that forms over oceans

Question 20

continental air mass

Answer 20

air mass that forms over land

Question 21

tropical air mass

Answer 21

warm air mass

Question 22

polar air mass

Answer 22

cold air mass

Question 23

cold front

Answer 23

cold air slides under warm air- heavy rain or snow, later brings cold, dry air

Question 24

warm front

Answer 24

a fast, warm air mass passes over a slower, cold air mass- rain or clouds, later warm and humid

Question 25

stationary front

Answer 25

opposite moving cold and warm air masses pass by each other- rain, snow, fog or clouds

Question 26

occluded front

Answer 26

warm air mass is caught between 2 cold air masses, warm air mass is forced upwards- rain or snow

Question 27

birth of a hurricane

Answer 27

1. Intense equatorial sunshine
2. Massive evaporation causes thunderstorms
3. Intense convection takes place and creates T-storms
4. T-storms organize and form squall line
5. Squall lines turn into
   a. Squall lines are long lines of storms, sometimes all the way across oceans
6. Squall line is altered (kink caused by outside weather forces)
7. Low Air spins faster and faster
8. Eye is created

Question 28

life of a hurricane

Answer 28

Destroy many towns and cities, some hurricane paths are extremely unpredictable, will continue going until one of the following three ways slows it down, and eventually, stop it completely. The sun is the energy source. From there the sun energizes heat transfer, or convection, then a squall line.

Question 29

death of a hurricane

Answer 29

1. Cold water
2. Land
3. Cold (dry or wet) upper level winds

Question 30

hurricane katrina

Answer 30

New Orleans has lake Pontchartrain to north, gulf to south, mississippi river running through
Katrina Moved slowly, winds went fast, this combo made for disaster
Superdome (football stadium) opened up for last act of shelter
10,000s decided to stay in New Orleans
Shifts to extremely rare Category 5 while on way to New Orleans
People did not follow through with promises, rescue teams never came, and many people died because of this. People got too scared off to help the others in need.
People in New Orleans knew levees needed repair, did nothing.
Too many people died

Question 31

meteorologist

Answer 31

scientists who study and try to predict weather

Question 32

winter storm

Answer 32

if air is below freezing all the way to the ground, precipitation will fall as snow, causing some places to get huge amounts of snow

Question 33

thunderstorm

Answer 33

warm, humid air rapidly rises inside a cumulonimbus cloud

Question 34

storm surge

Answer 34

a “dome” of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands

Question 35

tornado

Answer 35

warm, moist air flows upwards, low pressure area forms, and the air begins to rotate

Question 36

storm safety

Answer 36

Blizzard Safety: Find shelter from wind, do not go outside.
Thunderstorm Safety: Avoid places where lightning may strike. Avoid places that conduct electricity, such as metal objects and bodies of water.
Hurricane Safety: If you hear a hurricane warning, evacuate immediately
Tornado Safety: The safest place to be during a tornado is in a storm shelter or basement