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Weather Make Up Test
1. Zuri is a meteorologist. She is using a barometer. What feature of weather is
Zuri studying with a barometer?
A. humidity
B. wind speed
C. temperature
D. air pressure
2. What is a cloud?
A. haze caused by pollution
B. a solid structure that generates heat
C. condensed and suspended water droplets or ice crystals
D. smoke that results from the interaction of water vapor and sunlight
3. For a tropical storm to be called a hurricane, the storm must have strong, sustained winds. What is the minimum wind speed a storm must have to be classified as a hurricane?
4. Meteorology is the scientific study of what?
5. The picture below shows all three methods of energy transfer.
Which of these correctly identifies the three methods of energy transfer?
A. 1: convection 2: radiation 3: conduction
B. 1: radiation 2: conduction 3: convection
C. 1: conduction 2: convection 3: radiation
D. 1: radiation 2: convection 3: conduction

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6. A metal spoon that has a temperature of 78° F is placed into a bowl of soup that has a temperature of
84° F. Which of these correctly describes what will happen?
7. Cloudy nights are often warmer than clear nights. Which explains why cloudy nights tend to be warmer than clear nights?
8. Which of the following is an example of conduction?
A. Warm air in the atmosphere rises.
B. Solar energy warms rock on Earth’s surface.
C. Cool ocean water sinks below warm ocean water.
D. Magma warms rock with which it comes in contact.
9. What is fog?
10. The prefix cirro can be applied to different cloud types. What does this prefix mean?
11. The table below lists different cloud shapes and their properties.
Cloud Shapes and Properties
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 thin, gray sheets thick and fluffy white and feathery
Which cloud shape is described in the third column of the table?
12. Certain places in the United States occasionally experience weather events caused by violently rotating columns of air stretching from a cloud to the ground. What are such weather events called?
13. Near Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Hurricane Opal caused a rapid rise in water levels along the coast, and water reached 24 ft. This caused extensive flooding and destruction. What is such an event called?

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15. What results when air surrounding a bolt of lightning rapidly expands?
16. The following image shows four different cloud types.
Which of the clouds shown is a cirrus cloud?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
17. Leanne created the following diagram to show the process that warms the air above a lake. She decided to label each step with the energy transfer that is happening.
Which step should Leanne label conduction?
A. step 1 C. Step 3
B. step 2 D. Step 4

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18. The picture below shows the four parts of the water cycle labeled A, B, C, and D.
If rain (C) is falling as part of a thunderstorm, which type of clouds are shown?