This quiz will assess your knowledge of weather instruments and weather fronts. Please don't forget to supply your name and school initials
Rainfall
Atmospheric pressure
Wind speed
Temperature
Satellites can't measure at night
Satellites can't measure pressure, humidity, and other factors through different areas of the atmosphere.
Satellites measure everything, they could stop the radiosondes
Rapidly moving air speeds evaporation
A wet thermometer will show the percent moisture present in the air.
Moister air will have less evaporation than drier air.
Both (a) and (c)
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
True
False
The degree to which the sock flies straight
The number of flaps per minute
The direction in which the sock points
Dividing its circumference by the number of times it rotates every hour
True
False
True
False
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Cirrus
Altocumulus
Cold air is trapped above warm air
Warm air and cold air don't mix
Warm air rises slowly and gradually as cold air moves in slowly
Rapidly moving cold air forces warm moist air upwards quickly
A warm front overtakes a cold front
A cold front overtakes a warm front
Two warm air masses trap a cold air mass between them
The adiabatic cooling rate is greater than 6.5deg C/km.
True
False