Learning the Weather and Climate

In this quiz, you will learn about the weather and the climate. You will learn about different terms related to the weather and the climate along with all this you will also get to know about the earth’s weather and climate.

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Weather is the condition of the atmosphere affected by what?

Temperature

Atmospheric Pressure

Wind and Water

All of the above

What is the Coriolis effect?

The bending of air and water currents

When sharp boundaries exist between cold and warm temperatures

When warm air rises in an updraft

What causes the pressure and temperature difference between 2 air masses?

Weather

Wind

Climate

Jet stream

The dew point is when cooling increases humidity to 100 percent and further cooling results in what?

Atmospheric pressure

Condensation

Precipitation

When warm, moist air forms over an ocean with winds of at least 74 mph, what system forms?

Hurricane

Tornado

Thunderstorm

Warm air rising in an updraft and cold air/rain falling in a downdraft causes what?

Tornado

Hurricane

Thunderstorm

A cloud that is low to the ground and associated with precipitation is called what?

Cirrus

Stratus

Cumulus

What kind of air mass is cold and forms over the Canadian plains?

Continental Polar

Tropical

Arctic

What is the coldest biome on Earth?

Desert

Tundra

Taiga

What is the system called when cold air moves in and warm air push upward?

Cold front

Warm front

High pressure

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Learning the Weather and Climate
Questions: 10
Contributed by:
Maths Magic