The Weather Quiz for

Friday September 05 , 2008

DESCRIPTION: The Weather Quiz is composed of weather-related questionsthat have been randomly selected from the SCO quiz question master list. The test is targeted at elementary school students, but may provide some challenge to people of all ages (we were even stumped on a few). The quiz is updated daily with a new list of questions; however, you may see some questions repeated from day to day (give us time to add more questions to the master list).

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Respond to each of the questions below by pressing the button next to the answer you think best answers the question above. These questions are not intended to be trick questions.

2) Make sure to answer ALL questions in order for your score to be used in the calculation of test averages.

3) Press the "Grade" button at the bottom to see how your score stacks up against your classmates.

1) Why don't hurricaines occur all year long?

    winds are not strong enough in the winter
    in the winter, there is not sufficient shear in the atmosphere
    convection does not occur in the winter
    the water temperatures are not warm enough to foster the growth of the storms

2) The range between the daily maximum temperature and the daily minimum temperature is usually greater if the air is:

    very dry
    very humid
    neither dry nor humid

3) Very powerful cyclonic storms that form over warm tropical waters are called

    hurricanes
    cyclones
    typhoons
    all of the above

4) Which cloud often has an anvil-shaped top?

    cumulonimbus
    cirrus
    cumulus
    stratus

5) The region in the U.S. with the greatest annual frequency of hail is:

    Florida
    Mississippi Valley
    Pacific Northwest
    western Great Plains

6) The Coriolis force is strongest when the wind speed is ___________ and the latitude is ___________.

    high,low
    high,high
    low,high
    low,low

7) On approximately what date is Earth farthest from the Sun?

    January 3
    March 3
    July 3
    September 3

8) What is the driving force of weather on earth?

    wind
    sun
    air pressure
    rain

9) A lunar halo is caused by the moon shining through what type of clouds?

    cirrus
    cumulus
    cumulonimbus
    cirrostratus

10) What is a radiosonde?

    a thermometer that gives readings in Fahrenheit and Centigrade simultaneously
    a box filled with instruments that takes measurements from the air
    an instrument that is attached to ocean buoys that records sea surface temperatures
    a parachute


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