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What is Weather? Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about different weather terms. How much do you actually know about weather and climate?

A multiple-choice quiz by baseball2k8. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
baseball2k8

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
276,528

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2535

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

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

Precipitation

Evaporation

Condensation

Percolation

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Question 2 of 10

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

Raining

Humidity

Warm

Snowing

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Question 3 of 10

3. The mesosphere extends from around 50 to 90 km above the Earth.

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. How is dew formed? Hint

It rained during the night.

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

Elves painted dew onto the Earth's surface.

It got there from a flood.

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Question 5 of 10

5. What provides energy to the Earth? Hint

The trees

The clouds

The sun

The moon

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following is a reason why you get colder as you go higher up in the atmosphere? Hint

You don't get colder.

The winds are stronger.

The clouds are cold.

You are moving away from a heat source (the Earth's surface).

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur? Hint

Thermosphere

Stratopsphere

Troposphere

Mesosphere

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Question 8 of 10

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

Nitrogen

Neon

Oxygen

Hydrogen

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Question 9 of 10

9. The thermosphere is divided into two sections. They are called the ionosphere and exosphere.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Stratus clouds are always thin and wispy and fade as they spread.

True

False

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

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.

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

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.

3. The mesosphere extends from around 50 to 90 km above the Earth.

Answer: False

The mesosphere extends from 50 to 80 km. The thermosphere is the layer of the atmosphere above 80 km, so that's the layer where it would extend to 90 km.

4. How is dew formed?

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.

5. What provides energy to the Earth?

Answer: The sun

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

6. Which of the following is a reason why you get colder as you go higher up in the atmosphere?

Answer: You are moving away from a heat source (the Earth's surface).

Another word for heat source is conductor. A conductor gives energy to objects. For example a stove top is a conductor to a pot with water because it makes the water boil inside the pot by transferring heat to it. The Earth's surface acts as a conductor and passes on the sun's energy that it absorbs to us as warmth.

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

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.

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

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.

9. The thermosphere is divided into two sections. They are called the ionosphere and exosphere.

Answer: True

The lower layer of the two sections is the ionosphere which begins about 80 kilometers above the Earth's surface and extends to about 400 kilometers. Exo means "outer" which is why the higher level of the two is called the exosphere.

10. Stratus clouds are always thin and wispy and fade as they spread.

Answer: False

Stratus clouds form in layers that are flat layers. Stratus clouds usually spread along the whole sky. As they get thicker they may produce precipitation. However, they are then called nimbostratus clouds. Cirrus clouds are wispy.

Source: Author baseball2k8

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