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Everyday Weather Phenomena: Practice Questions

5 multiple-choice questions marked as you go, and 5 written questions with worked solutions. All on Everyday Weather Phenomena.

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Question 1

1 mark

Which of the following is a tool used to measure how hot or cold the air is?

Question 2

1 mark

Which weather phenomenon is formed when water vapor in the air cools down and turns into tiny liquid water droplets, making them visible in the sky?

Question 3

1 mark

A meteorologist observes that the air pressure in an area is rapidly decreasing. Which of the following weather conditions is MOST likely to follow?

Question 4

1 mark

What weather tool is used to show the direction from which the wind is blowing?

Question 5

1 mark

During a weather report, the meteorologist mentions that the relative humidity in the city has reached \(95\%\). Which of the following conditions is a student most likely to experience under these circumstances?

Question 6

2 marks

What are two common types of weather you might experience in a day?

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Question 7

3 marks

Explain why rain falls from clouds.

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Question 8

5 marks

Explain the key difference between 'weather' and 'climate'.

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Question 9

3 marks

After a rainy day, you often see puddles on the ground. If it doesn't rain again, these puddles eventually disappear. What is the scientific name for the process that makes the water in the puddles disappear, and what causes it to happen?

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Question 10

4 marks

A thermometer is a tool used to measure temperature. Most common thermometers have a thin glass tube with a liquid inside, like mercury or coloured alcohol. Explain how a liquid-in-glass thermometer works to tell us how hot or cold it is, describing what happens to the liquid when the temperature changes.

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