Water And Weather 2 Question Preview (ID: 20338)

a) the study of weather

b) the study of meteors

c) the study of winter

d) the study of -ologies

a) an instrument for measuring wind speed

b) an instrument for measuring air pressure

c) an instrument that gives the direction the wind is blowing

d) an instrument used to determine how hot or cold the weather is

a) a scientist who studies the weather

b) a scientist who studies meteors

c) a scientist who studies the season of winter

d) a scientist who studies - ologies

a) large body of air that has similar temperature and humidity throughout

b) large body of air that is more dense, cooler, and has less humidity

c) large body of air that is less dense, warmer, and more humidity

d) a large body of air that has the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place in time

a) puffy cotton-looking clouds with a flat base (these clouds grow upward)

b) dark clouds that carry precipitation (storm clouds, rain, sleet, snow, etc.)

c) thin, wispy clouds blown in by high winds (high clouds)

d) uniform gray clouds that cover the sky; lowest clouds in the sky

a) an instrument that gives the direction the wind is blowing

b) an instrument for measuring wind speed

c) an instrument that collects and measures rain

d) an instrument for measuring air pressure

a) a pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

b) the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place in time

c) the condition of the atmosphere when two air masses meet

d) a pattern of the atmosphere to evaluate the process of water falling from the cloud

a) water vapor that clumps together in the air

b) water vapor in the air

c) the border where two air masses meet

d) the gas form of water

a) water vapor in the air

b) water vapor that clumps together in the air

c) the gas form of water

d) the process by which a gas changes into a liquid

a) when a warm air mass replaces a cool air mass at the surface

b) when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass at the surface

c) air is less dense, warmer, and has more humidity (more chance of rain); associated w/ high winds, precipitation, bad weather

d) air is more dense, cooler, and has less humidity (less chance of rain); associated with clear skies and calm weather

a) when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass at the surface

b) when a warm air mass replaces a cool air mass at the surface

c) air is less dense, warmer, and has more humidity (more chance of rain); associated w/ high winds, precipitation, bad weather

d) air is more dense, cooler, and has less humidity (less chance of rain); associated with clear skies and calm weather

a) how hot or cold the weather is at any given time

b) the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place in time

c) the border where two air masses meet

d) the study of weather

a) air is more dense, cooler, and has less humidity (less chance of rain); associated with clear skies and calm weather

b) air is less dense, warmer, and has more humidity (more chance of rain); associated w/ high winds, precipitation, bad weather

c) when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass at the surface

d) when a warm air mass replaces a cool air mass at the surface

a) air is less dense, warmer, and has more humidity (more chance of rain); associated w/ high winds, precipitation, bad weather

b) air is more dense, cooler, and has less humidity (less chance of rain); associated with clear skies and calm weather

c) when a cold air mass replaces a warm air mass at the surface

d) when a warm air mass replaces a cool air mass at the surface

a) a pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time

b) how hot or cold the weather is at any given time

c) the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place in time

d) the constant movement of water from the surface of Earth to the air and back again