METEOROLOGY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are two properties of Earth's atmosphere that change with altitude? - Correct
Answers -Air temperature and air pressure.
Why does the water cycle happen? - Correct Answers -Because of three processes:
evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
What causes evaporation to happen? - Correct Answers -Heat from the sun.
When does condensation occur? - Correct Answers -When air with water vapor in it
cools.
What four atmospheric factors affect weather? - Correct Answers -Heat energy, air
pressure, winds and moisture.
How is weather data collected? - Correct Answers -Through weather satellites, radar
and weather stations.
When does precipitation occur? - Correct Answers -When the water droplets in clouds
become too heavy and fall to the ground.
How can global winds and the jet stream affect weather? - Correct Answers -They can
steer weather systems in certain directions.
What does each type of front bring? - Correct Answers -A different type of weather.
What does the Coriolis effect do to global low-altitude winds in the Northern
Hemisphere? The Southern Hemisphere? - Correct Answers -In the Northern
Hemisphere, the winds curve to the right. In the Southern Hemisphere the winds curve
to the left.
ANSWERS
What are two properties of Earth's atmosphere that change with altitude? - Correct
Answers -Air temperature and air pressure.
Why does the water cycle happen? - Correct Answers -Because of three processes:
evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
What causes evaporation to happen? - Correct Answers -Heat from the sun.
When does condensation occur? - Correct Answers -When air with water vapor in it
cools.
What four atmospheric factors affect weather? - Correct Answers -Heat energy, air
pressure, winds and moisture.
How is weather data collected? - Correct Answers -Through weather satellites, radar
and weather stations.
When does precipitation occur? - Correct Answers -When the water droplets in clouds
become too heavy and fall to the ground.
How can global winds and the jet stream affect weather? - Correct Answers -They can
steer weather systems in certain directions.
What does each type of front bring? - Correct Answers -A different type of weather.
What does the Coriolis effect do to global low-altitude winds in the Northern
Hemisphere? The Southern Hemisphere? - Correct Answers -In the Northern
Hemisphere, the winds curve to the right. In the Southern Hemisphere the winds curve
to the left.