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Which best describes the effect of heavy cloud cover on temperatures at night?
a) *Temperatures will be warmer than expected
b) *Temperature will change frequently throughout the night.*
c) There will be no change in temperature throughout the night*
d)

Which effect does cloud cover have on daytime temperatures during summer months in North Carolina?
a) *Cloud cover decreases temperatures
b) *Cloud cover causes temperature
c) Cloud cover increases temperatures.
d) *Cloud cover causes temperatures to change rapidly

Which type of cloud is associated with days of light, continual rain?
a) Stratus
b) Cumulus
c) Cumulonimbus
d) Cirrus

Which type of weather is usually associated with a cumulus cloud?
a) Fair
b) Humid
c) Foggy
d) Stormy

Which best explains why it is important for people to be able to identify cumulonimbus clouds?
a) *Cumulonimbus clouds can cause severe thunderstorms
b) *Cumulonimbus clouds form near Earth’s surface, causing fog
c) *Cumulonimbus clouds form when the temperature
d)

Which characteristics of weather are most important in the formation of cloud cover?
a) *proper temperature, proper amount of water vapor, change in air pressure
b) *proper wind speeds, presence of other clouds, change in rainfall
c) *proper amount of water vapor, presence of runoff, proper wind speeds
d) *proper amount of runoff, presence of other clouds

A scientist is collecting data over time using a barometer. What trends could best be revealed from the data?
a) *changes in air pressure levels
b) *changes in precipitation levels
c) *changes in cloud cover
d) *changes in temperature

What two factors are needed to measure wind?
a) *direction and speed
b) *temperature and humidity
c) *temperature and speed
d) *direction and temperature

Which instrument is used to record average precipitation?
a) Rain Gauge
b) Barometer
c) Anemometer
d) Hygrometer

Which would be the best way to collect data from a rain gauge?
a) *Check and record the data every day, at the same time each day.
b) *Check and record the data once a week
c) Check and record the data for 3 days, then estimate what the next readings will be
d)

What form of precipitation, in which ice crystals freeze over and over, frequently occurs during thunderstorms?
a) Hail
b) Rain
c) Sleet
d) Snoq

What stage of the water cycle occurs when water falls back to Earth?
a) Precipitation
b) Transpiration
c) Evaporation
d) Condensation

Which best describes the sun’s effect on the water cycle?
a) *The sun causes water to evaporate. The evaporated water condenses and returns to the earth as precipitation
b) *The sun causes water to precipitate. The precipitation evaporates and returns to the earth as condensation
c) *The sun causes water to collect on the earth. The collected water precipitates and returns to the earth as condensation.
d)

Which two processes increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere as a result of heat from the sun?
a) *transpiration and evaporation
b) *evaporation and condensation
c) *surface run­off and transpiration
d) *condensation and precipitation

Which are most likely to result in an increase in precipitation?
a) *increase in sunlight, increase in evaporation, increase in condensation
b) *decrease in sunlight, decrease in evaporation, increase in condensation
c) *decrease in sunlight, increase in evaporation, decrease in condensation
d)

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