Weather Quiz B

Developed by: Bob

This Quiz is 10 questions about weather- an important thing in our lives. Taking Weather Quiz A before this one is suggested since this one is more difficult.

Question 1: Which description best describes weather?

	A report of sunny, cloudy, rain, cold, hot, etc.
	How a person feels/ mood they get from outdoor conditions.
	The condition of the atmosphere at a given time or place.

Question 2: What does the height of cumulus clouds depend on?

	Temperature and Dew Point (humidity)
	Only Temperature
	Pressure
	Only Dew Point
	How much energy from the sun is reaching the earth.

Question 3: What is Cyclogenesis?

	Cold and warm air interact to form a low pressure system.
	The water cycle in a different order.
	Cold and warm air interact to form a high pressure system.
	A pattern of relocation of the jet stream.

Question 4: Smog is known as what?

	Basically a mixture of smoke and fog.
	When a skunk can be smelled from a distance during a foggy night.
	Fog that has a unpleasant smell.

Question 5: Which of these clouds do not belong in this group?(according to height)

	Altostratus
	Altocumulus
	Cirrocumulus

Question 6: What is the tropopause?

	Basically it marks the end of the troposphere and beginning of the stratosphere.
	The height of the highest cloud in the near and surrounding skies.
	Basically the boundary of the earth's atmosphere and outer space.

Question 7: What is the dew point?

	The temperature at which air saturates at a given place.
	The temperature for rain to occur at a given place.
	The temperature for dew to form at a given place.
	The temperature for dew or frost (depending on season) to form at a given place.

Question 8: Correction from "Weather Quiz A" what maximum height are cirrus clouds CAPABLE OF REACHING?

	5.32 miles
	5+ miles
	4 miles
	4.44 miles
	5 miles

Question 9: Which of these cities receives the most snow each year?

	Green Bay, Wisconsin
	Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Marquette, Michigan
	Grand Rapids, Michigan
	Toronto, Canada

Question 10: The quantity of water vapor the air can hold increases with which one of these?

	Elevation
	Dew Point
	Amount of UV radiation
	Air Pressure
	Temperature

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