Weather Unit Test
Weather Unit Test
Weather Unit Test
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2. Where would you find the warmest temperature outside in the summer?
a) In the sun over dark asphalt (road)
b) In the sun over the water
c) In the shade over light coloured sand
d) In the shade over the grass
3. If you have one room that is warm and the room beside it is cold and you open the door
between them so the air can move, how would the air move?
a) The air in the cold room would sink and the warm air from the other room would rush in.
b) The air in the warm room would rise and the cold air from the other room would rush in.
c) The air in the cold room would rise and the warm air from the other room would rush in.
d) The air wouldnt move because it is indoors and there is no fan.
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5.
and
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are both types of:
a) barometers
b) anemometers
c) psychrometers
d) thermometers
6. What type of cloud is like a blanket over the sky and is made of water droplets?
a) cumulus
b) cirrus
c) syprus
d) stratus
7. What type of cloud is wispy like feathers and is made of ice crystals?
a) citrus
b) stratus
c) cirrus
d) cumulus
8. The weather in a certain area, averaged over a long period of time, is called its:
a) climate
b) weather
c) local winds
d) forecast
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2. Draw a picture of what the outside of a glass of cold water would look like on a hot day. /1
Explain why this happens. /2
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4. Describe the Jet Stream. Be sure to include its direction and an approximate speed. /2
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Fill in the Blanks: Each blank needs one word from the word list. There are more words than you
need. Each blank is worth 1 mark.
thermometer
precipitation
cooler
anemometer
psychrometer
wind
solid
barometer
rain gauge
spin
people
snow
warmer
coriolis
1. In the morning and evening when the sun is low, the temperatures are _________________than in
the afternoon when the sun is high.
2. Rain is a liquid form of ____________________, and snow is a _____________________ form.
3. Rain is measured with a ____________________, air pressure is measured with a
___________________, and wind speed is measured with an ____________________.
4. Without ____________________ there would be no weather.
5. Wind moves in circles due to the spin of the earth, this is called the ____________________
effect.
True / False: Pick either T for true or F for false. Worth 1 mark each.
1. The climate in Lethbridge is the same as the climate in Vancouver because they are both in
Canada.
T
F
2. The water that forms precipitation was a cloud and before that it was humidity in the air.
T
F
3. The angle that the suns rays hit the earth is called the angle of insolation.
T
F
4. The tilt of the earth and the earth rotating around the sun are the reasons that we have
seasons.
T
F
5. The only thing clouds are made of is solid or liquid water.
T
F
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Draw a picture to show one way that humans can affect climate. /1 Bonus