5 Written Questions

1. Air pressure, air moisture, temperature, air movement
2. Thick layer that forms a blanket over land.
   Little sunlight shines through, appear gray, produce rain or snow, fog is a stratus cloud that's close to the Earth
3. cause the change of seasons
4. air movement; wind moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure; wind is named for th direction of which it comes Ex. North wind blows North to south
5. blanket of air that surrounds the Earth

5 Matching Questions

1. Thunderstorms
2. Beaufort Scale
3. Cirrus clouds
4. Barometer
5. Meteorologist

1. a Scale that shows the number for wind speed.
2. b Thin, white & feathery edges,
   seen on good weather days, no rain, whispy cotton
3. c Scientists who study the weather
   Study air masses to make weather forecasts
4. d Instrument that measures air pressure
5. e Strong, local storms with lightning, thunder and sometimes hail. May form when warm moist air is forced up by a front.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Storms with strong winds and heavy rains. Occur over a large area and last a long time. Begin over the ocean but can move to shore.
   1. Humidity
   2. Hurricanes
   3. Climate
   4. Forecast
2. Strong windstorms which have cloud shaped like funnels.
   1. Forecast
   2. Wind
   3. Tornadoes
   4. Front
3. Day to day conditions in a given area
   1. Weather
   2. Front
   3. Climate
   4. Wind
4. Temperature & precipitation
   1. Climate
   2. Beaufort Scale
   3. Stratus cloud
   4. Things that affect climate
5. Large, puffy, look like cotton balls, usually mean good weather, change shape, sit low in the sky.
   Heavy dark cumulus clouds produce storms
   1. Hurricanes
   2. Cumulus clouds
   3. Stratus cloud
   4. Cirrus clouds

5 True/False Questions

1. Air Pressure → layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth where most weather occurs, conditions change quickly, contains water & gases

   True        False

2. Relative Humidity → The amount of water vapor in the air

   True        False

3. Precipitation → The average weather of an area
   Differ because of the way the sun's rays strike the Earth

   True        False

4. Thermometer → Instrument that measures air temperature; movement of molecules

   True        False

5. Front → air movement; wind moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure; wind is named for th direction of which it comes Ex. North wind blows North to south

   True        False