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Meteorology is the study of the earth's atmosphere - in other words, weather!
8 quizzes and 80 trivia questions.
1.
The Sky Above You
  The Sky Above You   great trivia quiz  
Photo Match
 10 Qns
Brings Bad Weather
Can you match these photos to the weather conditions they indicate? Remember you can click on them if you want a closer look.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, rossian, Dec 03 23
Very Easy
rossian editor
Dec 03 23
540 plays
2.
  So You Want To Be a Meteorologist?   great trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
A good broadcast meteorologist will want to use terms that will make the forecast more entertaining. Can you correctly match these catchy phrases?
Very Easy, 10 Qns, ponycargirl, Aug 25 20
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7
Very Easy
ponycargirl editor
Aug 25 20
1187 plays
3.
Look UpMeteorology
  Look Up...Meteorology!    
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
The study of weather is an interesting science known as meteorology. Just look up information about this field in your encyclopedia, at the library, or online. Then go outside and...look up!
Easier, 10 Qns, dcpddc478, Aug 26 20
Recommended for grades: 5,6,7
Easier
dcpddc478
Aug 26 20
988 plays
4.
  Rainbows   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'm sure every one of you have seen a beautiful rainbow way up in the sky. Do you know the order of the colors and a few other facts about rainbows?
Easier, 10 Qns, vtechbeaver, Aug 25 20
Recommended for grades: 7,8,9
Easier
vtechbeaver
Aug 25 20
6765 plays
5.
  Weather for Kids    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Weather is interesting to everyone-in many ways, it shapes how we spend our days. See how many of these weather questions you can answer!
Easier, 10 Qns, austinnene, Jan 05 16
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10
Easier
austinnene
911 plays
6.
  Name That Wind    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
When the TV weather report says there will be fresh breezes tomorrow, they are predicting a specific range of wind speed (29-38 kph, 9-24 mph or 17-21 knots). Match what you will see out your window with the term used to describe the wind speed.
Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, May 21 16
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Average
looney_tunes editor
575 plays
7.
  The Greenhouse Effect    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a quiz on the greenhouse effect. Hope you enjoy it.
Average, 10 Qns, SFA_52, Apr 02 07
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Average
SFA_52
2453 plays
8.
  What is Weather?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is all about different weather terms. How much do you actually know about weather and climate?
Average, 10 Qns, baseball2k8, Aug 30 20
Recommended for grades: 8,9,10
Average
baseball2k8
Aug 30 20
2534 plays

Meteorology for Kids Trivia Questions

1. In a tornado, what direction does the wind blow?

From Quiz
Weather for Kids

Answer: All directions

In a tornado, winds blow in a spiral, which is similar to circle, so they blow in all directions. Winds inside tornadoes have been recorded at over 300 miles per hour!

2. Rain, hail, and snow are all types of this. What am I talking about?

From Quiz What is Weather?

Answer: Precipitation

Precipitation is any form of water that comes from clouds and goes to the Earth's surface. However, not all clouds produce precipitation.

3. Greenhouses are used to help plants grow, generally in which season?

From Quiz The Greenhouse Effect

Answer: Winter

Yes, they're meant for providing a warm space for plants in general to grow when it's too cold for them outside, like in winter. They're designed to draw light from the sun inside and keep heat energy in.

4. In what movie is there a song called "Somewhere Over the Rainbow?"

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: The Wizard of Oz

"The Wizard of Oz" is a book and movie about a girl named Dorothy who goes to a land over the rainbow and has to find her way home.

5. In a thunderstorm, which comes first-lightning or thunder?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: Lightning

Lightning creates thunder, so it must come first. When lightning occurs, it sends electrons through the air, making air molecules vibrate. The vibrations cause sound, and as the sound moves, it bounces off things in its way-the ground, trees, buildings, etc. That's what makes the thunder sound we hear. Although thunder sounds scary, it isn't dangerous at all. Lightning, on the other hand, can be deadly.

6. What is the weather term used to describe when there is water vapor in the air?

From Quiz What is Weather?

Answer: Humidity

When it is humid, you sometimes feel sticky because of the water vapor in the air. The more water vapor, the more humid it is.

7. Which color is on the inside part of the rainbow's arch?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: violet

When listed from outside arch to inside arch, the order is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

8. What is a dew point?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: The temperature when water vapor in the air changes to liquid water

The air always has some water in it, in the form of a gas called "water vapor". When air temperatures cool down after sunset, things like the grass and cars cool down, too. When it all cools down enough, the water vapor in the air condenses; that means it turns into droplets of liquid water we call "dew". It settles on the things that have cooled off. If the temperature is below freezing, ice forms instead - and that's called frost. The temperature when dew forms is known as the dew point.

9. Which color is on the outside part of the rainbow's arch?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: red

The order of the colors of the rainbow spell "ROY G BIV" when listed from outside arch to inside arch.

10. How is dew formed?

From Quiz What is Weather?

Answer: There was too much water vapor in the air, so some condensed onto leaves and the ground.

If there is dew, then there was probably a lot of water vapor in the air when it occurred. The temperature that this condensation begins at is called the dew point.

11. Without the greenhouse effect, what would the average temperature on Earth be?

From Quiz The Greenhouse Effect

Answer: Below 0 degrees Celsius.

This is because we need the greenhouse gases to trap the heat inside to keep us warm, just like a normal greenhouse keeps traps heat inside to keep plants warm. The major greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane (as mentioned earlier in this quiz).

12. Stepping away from science for a moment, according to the Bible, for which person did God place a rainbow in the sky as a promise to never flood the world ever again?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: Noah

This story is found in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Noah took two of every animal onto a giant boat called an ark, and when he got off the ark, there was a rainbow in the sky.

13. What is a waterspout?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: A tornado over water

Waterspouts are tornadoes - usually very weak tornadoes - that form over a body of water. Once in a while waterspouts can move off the water onto the shore, but they usually fall apart quickly after this happens. Still, if you see a waterspout, get away from it, because they can be dangerous!

14. What provides energy to the Earth?

From Quiz What is Weather?

Answer: The sun

Energy from the sun to Earth is provided by electromagnetic waves. Radiation is the direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

15. What is rumored to be at the end of the rainbow?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: A pot of gold

A lot of people have tried to get to the end of the rainbow to find this pot of gold, but no one has ever been successful in finding it.

16. Sometimes in the night sky, the Aurora Borealis puts on a colorful shimmery show. What is the everyday name for the Aurora Borealis?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: The Northern Lights

Aurora was, in ancient Rome, the goddess of the dawn. Her name comes from the Latin language, and refers to light (dawn = sunrise). Both Latin and Greek had the word "boreal", which meant "north". Combined, the two mean "north light". The Northern Lights can be seen at night in areas north of the equator when electrons and protons from the sun are blown toward earth by strong winds. They look like shimmering curtains of pale shades of green, pink, red, purple, and sometimes yellow and even blue. There are also "Southern Lights"-"Aurora Australis". They happen south of the equator.

17. Which rays does the Earth release after turning the rays from the sun into heat energy?

From Quiz The Greenhouse Effect

Answer: Infrared rays

When sunrays reach the Earth, the Earth's surface is warmed up and gives off its own rays, this time in the form of heat energy. The infrared rays escape into space, but some of them are reflected back to Earth by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

18. What is the children's Public Television show with the word rainbow in the title about?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: Reading

The show is called "Reading Rainbow" and each episode is about a different book. I used to love this show when I was little.

19. What feature of each snowflake is traditionally thought to be different from every other snowflake?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: The pattern of its crystals

It has long been thought that each snowflake has a unique crystalline pattern. Lately science has raised some doubts about this belief, but even scientists agree that it would be virtually impossible to find two that are identical.

20. In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

From Quiz What is Weather?

Answer: Troposphere

Tropo- means "turning" or "changing". Weather changes all the time! We live in the troposphere. The troposphere extends from 0 to 12 km above the Earth.

21. When the greenhouse effect becomes stronger, more and more heat will be trapped on the Earth, increasing the average temperature here. What is this called?

From Quiz The Greenhouse Effect

Answer: Global warming

Antarctica has had chunks of ice break off it before. Some scientists think global warming has caused this. So, now you know what it does, and can do, try to make sure there are enough trees to suck up all that extra carbon dioxide, and stop running through the gardens at school, kids!

22. What usually happens right before a rainbow shows up in the sky?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: It rains lightly

Usually rainbows show up when it rains lightly while the sun is still shining.

23. What is it called when pellets of ice, sometimes as large as baseballs, fall from the sky?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: Hail

Hail is made inside thunderclouds-not all thunderclouds, though. Two things are needed for hail to form: Strong updrafts inside the cloud (an updraft is when wind blows upwards, away from the earth) and freezing temperatures in the upper part of the cloud. Hail starts out as rain that gets caught in the updrafts and blown into the freezing part of the cloud, freezes into ice, begins to fall to earth, gets wet again, gets caught again in the updraft, and goes back to the freezing part of the cloud. This time a new thin layer of rain freezes onto the ice. Each time the ice gets caught in the updraft and returns to the frozen part of the cloud, a little more water freezes onto it and it gets bigger and heavier. Eventually the ice-now called a hailstone-gets too heavy for the updraft to blow it back into the top of the cloud, and it falls to earth. Hailstones can be very dangerous if they are large, and they can damage cars, houses and heads even if they are just a couple of inches in diameter.

24. What is the most common gas in dry air on Earth?

From Quiz What is Weather?

Answer: Nitrogen

The four main gases in dry air are nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. Oxygen is the second-most common gas in dry air.

25. What's the name of the lower atmosphere that contains the greenhouse gases?

From Quiz The Greenhouse Effect

Answer: Troposphere

This troposphere, which is about ten kilometres thick, also contains oxygen for us to breathe in addition to the greenhouse gases.

26. What are the big tall clouds called that are often found in thunderstorms?

From Quiz Weather for Kids

Answer: Cumulonimbus

Cumulonimbus clouds can be a sign of stormy weather approaching - not only thunderstorms, but also tornadoes, hail and even snow. Cirrus clouds are very high clouds formed mostly of ice. Stratus clouds kind of cover the sky with gray, and can sometimes produce light rain, but usually not severe storms. Mammatus clouds are a sign of unstable weather; they are often associated with storms that produce tornadoes.

27. Which little magical man is always trying to find something at the end of a rainbow?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: A leprechaun

The story of the leprechaun started in Ireland, and the story goes that he is searching for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The spokesguy for the cereal Lucky Charms is a leprechaun.

28. What shape of clear block can you use to help make a rainbow on a wall indoors?

From Quiz Rainbows

Answer: prism

If you shine a light just right through a clear glass or plastic prism, it will project a beautiful rainbow on the wall.

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