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Grade 4 Atmosphere
Which of the following is tiny, partially melted ice pellets, not completely a solid or liquid?
  1. sleet
  2. rain
  3. squall
  4. snow
Grade 4 Atmosphere
How does a meteorologist begin to create a weather forecast?
  1. by going outside and observing the local weather
  2. by reading forecasts from a book
  3. by measuring temperature, precipitation, air pressure, and wind over a large area
  4. by checking sea breezes
Grade 4 Atmosphere
The closer a place is to the                , the warmer it usually is.
  1. equator
  2. elevation
Grade 4 Atmosphere
What does the Beaufort Scale help you determine?
  1. the wind speed
  2. the number of animals in your ecosystem
  3. how much rain fell
  4. all of the above
Grade 4 Atmosphere
Which is a puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom?
  1. Cirrus
  2. Cumulus
  3. Stratus
Grade 4 Atmosphere
Where does precipitation begin to form?
  1. in oceans
  2. in lakes
  3. under the ground
  4. in clouds
Grade 4 Atmosphere
What causes an increase in water in an environment?
  1. fire
  2. flood
  3. drought
  4. building roads
Grade 4 Atmosphere
Moisture in the air is called                .
  1. humidity
  2. temperature
Grade 4 Atmosphere
Which type of cloud looks like a blanket and can have light precipitation?
  1. cumulus
  2. cumulonimbus
  3. stratus
  4. cirrus
Grade 4 Atmosphere
When the border of a cold air mass and a warm air mass meet, it is called a                .
  1. air pressure
  2. front
  3. humidity
  4. air mass
Grade 4 Atmosphere
Weather scientists classify clouds by                                                    .
  1. Shape and color in the atmosphere
  2. shape, color, and smell in the atmosphere
  3. shape, color, and where they form in the atmosphere
  4. shape, odor, and smell in the atmosphere
Grade 4 Atmosphere
If it is autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, which season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
  1. Fall
  2. Spring
  3. Winter
  4. Summer
Grade 4 Atmosphere
This is a high altitude cloud with a feather-like shape that is made of ice crystals.
  1. Cirrus
  2. Cumulus
  3. Stratus
Grade 4 Atmosphere
What kind of front forms when a warm air mass catches up to a cold air mass?
  1. a warm front
  2. a cold front
  3. a rain front
  4. a hot front
Grade 4 Atmosphere
There are two main types of clouds.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Atmosphere
Which of the following characteristics describe warm air?
  1. It is forced upward by cooler air and exerts high pressure.
  2. It is forced upward by cooler air and exerts low pressure.
  3. It sinks and has high pressure.
  4. It sinks and has low pressure.
Grade 4 Atmosphere
The Northern Hemisphere is facing towards the Sun and the Sun's rays are direct. Which season is it?
  1. Summer
  2. Winter
  3. Spring
  4. Fall
Grade 4 Atmosphere
What term is used to describe how heat from the Sun is trapped in the atmosphere to warm the air?
  1. green effect
  2. air mass
  3. greenhouse effect
  4. air pressure
Grade 4 Atmosphere
An air mass that forms over tropical waters would be
  1. warm and moist.
  2. cold and moist.
  3. cold and dry.
  4. warm and dry.
Grade 4 Atmosphere
As you get higher in the atmosphere, the space between air particles
  1. decreases.
  2. doesn't change.
  3. increases.
  4. masses.
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