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What is Weather?

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Science for Kids : What is Weather?

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


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


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


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


4. How is dew formed?
    It got there from a flood.
    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.


5. What provides energy to the Earth?
    The sun
    The moon
    The clouds
    The trees


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


7. In what layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
    Troposphere
    Mesosphere
    Stratopsphere
    Thermosphere


8. What is the most common gas in dry air on Earth?
    Nitrogen
    Neon
    Oxygen
    Hydrogen


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


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


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