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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 boot room and has no windows, just a door to
the hallway, where would you find the coldest temperature in the winter?
a) Near the ceiling in the middle of the room
b) In a closet near the back of the room
c) Under a desk at the front of the room
d) Near the floor by the door

2. Where would you find the warmest temperature outside in the summer?
a) In the sun over dark asphalt (road)
b) In the sun over the water
c) In the shade over light coloured sand
d) In the shade over the grass

3. If you have one room that is warm and the room beside it is cold and you open the door
between them so the air can move, how would the air move?
a) The air in the cold room would sink and the warm air from the other room would rush in.
b) The air in the warm room would rise and the cold air from the other room would rush in.
c) The air in the cold room would rise and the warm air from the other room would rush in.
d) The air wouldnt move because it is indoors and there is no fan.

4. What type of weather instrument is this?

a) Wind gauge
b) Anemometer
c) Wind vane
d) Compass

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5.

and

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are both types of:

a) barometers
b) anemometers
c) psychrometers
d) thermometers

6. What type of cloud is like a blanket over the sky and is made of water droplets?
a) cumulus
b) cirrus
c) syprus
d) stratus

7. What type of cloud is wispy like feathers and is made of ice crystals?
a) citrus
b) stratus
c) cirrus
d) cumulus

8. The weather in a certain area, averaged over a long period of time, is called its:
a) climate
b) weather
c) local winds
d) forecast

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Short Answer: Make sure you answer in enough detail

1. Describe the direction (from the water to the land or from the land to the water) the wind will
go in this picture in the daytime. /1

Explain why this happens. /2

2. Draw a picture of what the outside of a glass of cold water would look like on a hot day. /1
Explain why this happens. /2

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3. How should you dress if it -25C and there is blowing snow? /2

4. Describe the Jet Stream. Be sure to include its direction and an approximate speed. /2

5. What kind of temperatures will a south wind bring to Lethbridge? /1

Explain your answer. /1

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Fill in the Blanks: Each blank needs one word from the word list. There are more words than you
need. Each blank is worth 1 mark.

thermometer
precipitation
cooler
anemometer
psychrometer
wind

solid
barometer
rain gauge
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.
2. Rain is a liquid form of ____________________, and snow is a _____________________ form.
3. Rain is measured with a ____________________, air pressure is measured with a
___________________, and wind speed is measured with an ____________________.
4. Without ____________________ there would be no weather.
5. Wind moves in circles due to the spin of the earth, this is called the ____________________
effect.

True / False: Pick either T for true or F for false. Worth 1 mark each.
1. The climate in Lethbridge is the same as the climate in Vancouver because they are both in
Canada.
T
F
2. The water that forms precipitation was a cloud and before that it was humidity in the air.
T
F
3. The angle that the suns rays hit the earth is called the angle of insolation.
T
F
4. The tilt of the earth and the earth rotating around the sun are the reasons that we have
seasons.
T
F
5. The only thing clouds are made of is solid or liquid water.
T
F

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Mark the correct temperature on each thermometer. Worth 1 mark each.

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Draw a picture to show one way that humans can affect climate. /1 Bonus