Transcript WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

WHO WANTS
TO BE A
MILLIONAIRE?
What is a Barometer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a weather instrument*
a math word
a new type of P.E. game
a type of gumball machine
A prediction about the
weather is call a weather...
A.
B.
C.
D.
Observation
Gauge
Forecast*
Fortune
Moving air is called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Fog
Evaporation
Wind*
Condensation
Cirrus, stratus, and
cumulus are all types of ...
A. Storms
B. Clouds*
C. Barometers
D. Thermometers
A person who studies
the weather is called...
A. Forecaster
B. Fortune teller
C. meteorologist*
D. Geologist
Sleet, rain, hail, and snow
are all kinds of …..
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation*
D. Temperature
What type of cloud is
close to the ground?
A. Cumulus
B. Nimbostratus
C. Altostratus
D. Cirrostratus
What kind of front brings
dropping temperatures and
heavy rains?
A. Warm Front
B. Cold Front
C. Occluded Front
D. Stationary Front
How do weather and climate differ?
A. Climate is always changing daily, weather is
over a long period of time.
B. Weather is only on a 5 and 10 at night,
climate is the rest of the time.
C. Weather can change from hour to hour,
climate is a general pattern of the air over a long
period of time.*
D. Climate can change from hour to hour,
weather is a general pattern of the air over a
long period of time.
Around what three kinds of
particles does water vapor
condense when cooled?
A. dust, stratus, rain
B. Salt crystals, dust, smoke*
C. Sand, wind, cold
D. Grass, trees, buildings
What air mass is moist
and warm on a southerly
wind?
A. Continental Maritime
B. Maritime Tropical*
C. Continental Tropical
D. Maritime Polar
Which air mass is dry and cold
brought by Northwest winds?
A. Continental Polar
B. Maritime Continental
C. Continental Tropical
D. Maritime Polar **
List these clouds from
highest to lowest
A. Cumulus, cirrus, stratus
B. Nimbostratus,
altocumulus, cirrus
C. Cirrus, stratus, cumulus
D. Cirrus, cumulus, stratus*
What did people use to predict
weather before weather
instruments?
A. The evening news
B. A barometer
C. Polar air masses
D. Old sayings*
What is a line or boundary
that separates air masses?
A. Cold mass
B. Water Cycle
C. vapor
D. Front*
When the barometer raises
what kind of weather do we
have?
A. fair weather*
B. stormy weather
C. fog
D. snow
A changing barometer is the
best way to predict a change
in the….
A. clouds
B. time
C. weather*
D. meteorologist
Which of the following is
not a weather instrument?
A. Barometer
B. Anemometer
C. Pyranometer
D. Meteorologist*
What weather instrument are
most useful to weather
forecasters today?
A. Old sayings
B. arthritis in your knee
C. Doppler radar*
D. cloud formations
What does a barometer
measure?
A. Temperature
B. Air pressure*
C. Cloud mass
D. Wind speed
Which describes an Air Mass
A. Has almost the same
temperature thoughout
B. Causes changes in the
weather
C. Masses of air moving
slowing across the earth
D. All of the above*
Wind that affect a small
area are called
A. Fronts
B. Local winds*
C. Air pressure
D. Continental winds
Heat or warm air
A.
B.
C.
D.
Raises*
Settles between cities
Always goes down
None of the above
Cooling moisture in the air forms
around smoke and dust forming
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wind patterns
Dew
A cloud*
Tornadoes ****
What does a anemometer
measure?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Wind speed*
Air pressure
Temperature
The sun’s rays
What percent of the
sun’s rays are reflected
by the surface of the
earth?
A. 50%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 5%*
A Land breeze occurs when
A. The land is warm and the water
is cooler
B. The land is cool and the water is
warm*
C. The land and the water
temperature are the same
D. The barometer readings are just
right
An area near the equator
without wind is called
A.
B.
C.
D.
Polar Easterlies
Doldrums*
Prevailing Winds
Equator calms
Condensation, Evaporation, and
Precipitation are all part of
A. Air Masses and cold fronts
B. The water cycle*
C. Continental Maritime
Masses
D. Cloud descriptions
A sea breeze occurs when
A. The warm air rises over the
land
B. The water is cooler than the
land
C. Cool air rushes in off the water
to land
D. All of the above *****
What does a pyranometer
measure?
A. wind
B. Air pressure
C. Extreme temperature*
D. Solar radiation
Another word for
precipitation
A.
B.
C.
D.
Evaporation
Clouds
Prevailing winds
Rain*
What is fog?
A. A low cloud
B. Water vapor in the air
C. Condensed droplets of
water
D. All of the above*
Water enters the air through
A.
B.
C.
D.
Evaporation*
Condensation
Air pressure
Sea Breezes
White fluffy cloud that
looks like cottonballs
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cirrus
Cumulus*
Stratus
Fog
A cloud with nimbus in its
name will...
A. Produce precipitation
B. Last long
C. Were named after a
Greek god
D. All of the above*