Weather Watch Unit Test Multiple Choice: choose ONE answer for each, worth 1 mark each 1. In a room like our classroom, that is close to the oot room an! has no win!ows, "ust a !oor to the hallwa#, where woul! #ou fin! the col!est temperature in the winter$ a% Near the ceiling in the middle of the room % In a closet near the back of the room c% Under a desk at the front of the room !% Near the floor by the door
&. Where woul! #ou fin! the warmest temperature outsi!e in the summer$ a% In the sun over dark asphalt (road) % In the sun over the water c% In the shade over light coloured sand !% In the shade over the grass
'. If #ou ha(e one room that is warm an! the room esi!e it is col! an! #ou open the !oor etween them so the air can mo(e, how woul! the air mo(e$ a% he air in the cold room would sink and the warm air from the other room would rush in! % he air in the warm room would rise and the cold air from the other room would rush in! c% he air in the cold room would rise and the warm air from the other room would rush in! !% he air wouldn"t move because it is indoors and there is no fan!
). What t#pe of weather instrument is this$ a% #ind gauge % $nemometer c% #ind vane !% %ompass
hort 2nswer: Make sure #ou answer in enou0h !etail 1. 3escrie the !irection 4from the water to the t he lan! or from the lan! to the water% the win! will 0o in this picture in the !a#time. 51
E6plain wh# this happens. 5&
&. 3raw a picture of what what the outsi!e of a 0lass of col! col! water woul! look like on a hot !a#. 51 E6plain wh# this happens. 5&
=ill in the ;lanks: Each lank nee!s one wor! from the wor! list. There are more wor!s than #ou nee!. Each lank is worth 1 mark. thermometer precipitation cooler anemometer ps#chrometer win!
soli! arometer rain 0au0e 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!
&. 'ain is a liuid form of ____________________& and snow is a _____________________ form! ____________________&& air pressure is measured with a '. 'ain is measured with a ____________________ ___________________& and and wind speed is measured with an ____________________! ____________________!
). #ithout ____________________ there would be no weather! *. #ind moves in circles due to the spin of the earth& this is called the ____________________ effect!
True 5 =alse: >ick either T for true or = for false. Worth 1 mark each. 1. The climate in
&. The water that forms precipitation was a clou! an! efore that it was humi!it# in the air.
'. The an0le that the sun-s ra#s hit the earth is calle! the an0le of insolation.
). The tilt of the earth an! the earth rotatin0 aroun! the sun are the reasons that we ha(e seasons.
*. The onl# thin0 clou!s are ma!e of is soli! or li@ui! water.