Weather Quiz

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Weather Quiz A METEOROLOGIST 1. What is the name of a

Weather Quiz

A METEOROLOGIST

1. What is the name of a scientist who

studies weather?

2. What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?

A BAROMETER

3. A thermometer is a device used to measure what?

TEMPERATURE

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Weather Quiz 5. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of

Weather Quiz

5. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?


CLOUDS

4. True or false? A rainbow is a spectrum of light that appears when the Sun shines onto water droplets in the air.

TRUE

6. Balls or irregular lumps of ice that fall from clouds (often during thunderstorms) are known as what?

HAIL STONES

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Weather Quiz 9. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy

Weather Quiz

9. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy ……….

10.

Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed of what?

7. An avalanche features the rapid descent of

8. True or false? The lowest recorded temperature on Earth of 89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica.

SNOW

TRUE

WIND

SNOW

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Weather Quiz 11. Earth’s recent temperature rises which have been linked

Weather Quiz

11. Earth’s recent temperature rises which have been linked to

human activity is known as global ….

WARMING

12. True or false? The highest recorded temperature on Earth of 57.8 °C (136 °F) was recorded in Tirat Tsvi, Israel.

FALSE (Al 'Aziziyah, Libya)

13. What is the driest desert on Earth, the Sahara, the Kalahari or the Atacama?

THE ATACAMA DESERT

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14. True of false? The most rain fall ever recorded in


14. True of false? The most rain fall ever recorded

in one year (Cherrapunji, India) is more than 30 meters.

FALSE
(25.4 meters)

15. What country experiences the most tornadoes?

U.S.A.

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Weather Quiz 16. An anemometer is used to measure what? WIND

Weather Quiz

16. An anemometer is used to measure what?

WIND SPEED

17.

At what temperature is Centigrade equal to Fahrenheit?

- 40 DEGREES

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Weather Quiz 18. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather FORECASTING

Weather Quiz

18. Trying to predict the weather is known as weather


FORECASTING

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Weather Quiz 19. The area of central USA that features many

Weather Quiz

19. The area of central USA that features many tornadoes

is known as Tornado

ALLEY

20. True or false? You see lightning and hear thunder.

TRUE