Weather Quiz

Weather Quiz
1. What is the name
of a scientist who
studies weather?
A METEOROLOGIST
2. What is the name of
a weather instrument
used to measure
atmospheric pressure?
A BAROMETER
3. A thermometer is a
device used to
measure what?
TEMPERATURE

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4. True or false? A
rainbow is a spectrum
of light that appears
when the Sun shines
onto water droplets in
the air.
TRUE
5. Stratus, cirrus,
cumulus and nimbus
are types of what?
6. Balls or irregular lumps of
ice that fall from clouds
(often during thunderstorms)
are known as what?
CLOUDS
HAIL STONES

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7. An avalanche features the rapid descent of
TRUE
8. True or false? The lowest recorded
temperature on Earth of 89.2 °C (−128.6 °F)
was recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica.
9. Blizzards feature low temperatures,
strong winds and heavy ……….
WIND
SNOW
SNOW
10. Breeze and gale are common terms used to
describe the speed of what?

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11. Earth’s
recent
temperature
rises which
have been
linked to
human
activity is
known as
global ….
12. True or false? The highest
recorded temperature on Earth of
57.8 °C (136 °F) was recorded in
Tirat Tsvi, Israel.
FALSE (Al 'Aziziyah, Libya)
WARMING
13. What is the driest desert
on Earth, the Sahara, the
Kalahari or the Atacama?
THE ATACAMA DESERT