Weather and Climate

Question 1

True or False

Body temperature is 27°c

Answer 1

False

37°c is body temperature

Question 2

True or False

Boiling point is 100°c

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False

Freezing point is -5°c

Answer 3

False

Freezing point is 0°c

Question 4

What does nimbus mean?

Answer 4

Rain

Question 5

What does cirrus mean?

Answer 5

Curl

Question 6

What does cumulus mean?

Answer 6

Pile or heap

Question 7

What does stratus mean?

Answer 7

Sheet

Question 8

What does alto mean?

Answer 8

High

Question 9

The water cycle has 4 procejours what are they?

Answer 9

1. Evaporation
2. Water Vapour
3. Condensation
4. Precipitation

Question 10

What is weather?

Answer 10

The state of the atmosphere that includes

Temperature, Wind, Cloud Cover, Rainfall in a short period of time

Question 11

I looked at the sky and I saw big, dark clouds what is that cloud called?

Answer 11

Cumulonimbus

Question 12

What is precipitation?Give three examples

Answer 12

Precipitation is any moisture that falls from the sky
Examples:
– Snow 
– Rain
– Hail

Question 13

What is climate?

Answer 13

The weather pattern in a particular place over a long period of time

Question 14

What are the two currents

Answer 14

– The warm Mozambique current

– The cold Beguela current

Question 15

What measures air pressure?

Answer 15

Barometer

Question 16

What measures humidity?

Answer 16

Hygrometer

Question 17

True or False

A thermometer measures wind speed

Answer 17

False

Measures temperature

Question 18

True or False

Wind vane measures wind speed

Answer 18

False

Measures wind direction

Question 19

True or False

A Stevenson Screen stores weather charts

Answer 19

False