If you live in a region that has hot, dry summers, and cool, wet winters, what climate might you live in?(1 point)
Responses
Mediterranean
Mediterranean
tropical
tropical
temperate
temperate
arid
arid
Mediterranean
Air temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, and pressure are all types of what?
Responses
factors that affect the weather
descriptions of clouds
tools that humans use to collect weather data
layers of the atmosphere
factors that affect the weather
Weather Data Unit Test
What is the difference between weather and climate?(1 point)
Responses
Weather describes what happens when the temperature is above freezing only. Climate describes freezing weather only.
Weather describes what happens when the temperature is above freezing only. Climate describes freezing weather only.
Weather describes what happens each day, like if it is going to be rainy or sunny. Climate describes the average weather in a certain area over a much longer period of time.
Weather describes what happens each day, like if it is going to be rainy or sunny. Climate describes the average weather in a certain area over a much longer period of time.
Weather can be determined because humans have created tools, like thermometers, to do so. Climate can only be determined by reading the daily weather report.
Weather can be determined because humans have created tools, like thermometers, to do so. Climate can only be determined by reading the daily weather report.
Weather can only describe what happens in terrestrial areas of Earth. Climate can describe the weather in terrestrial and aquatic areas of Earth.
Weather describes what happens each day, like if it is going to be rainy or sunny. Climate describes the average weather in a certain area over a much longer period of time.
How do meteorologists measure wind chill?(1 point)
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Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from thermometers and anemometers.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from thermometers and anemometers.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from thermometers and radar.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from thermometers and radar.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from wind vanes and anemometers.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from wind vanes and anemometers.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from hygrometers and anemometers.
Meteorologists measure wind chill by combining data from thermometers and anemometers.
On a sunny day, Matt looks out the window and sees large puffy clouds that look like cotton balls close to the ground. Which type of cloud does Matt see?(1 point)
Responses
cumulonimbus
cumulonimbus
stratus
stratus
cumulus
cumulus
cirrus
cirrus
cumulus
Which type of map would you use to find areas of the country where it is cloudy?(1 point)
Responses
a radar map
a radar map
a weather map
a weather map
a pressure map
a pressure map
a temperature map