Weather Quiz 1 Stratus cirrus cumulus and nimbus

Weather Quiz

• 1. Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what? • 2. Which country experiences the most tornadoes? • 3. Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds and heavy _______?

• 4. Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed of what? • 5. True or false? The highest recorded temperature on Earth was recorded in Andalucía.

• 6. What is the name of a scientist who studies the weather? • 7. Which is the driest desert on Earth, the Sahara, the Kalahari or the Atacama?

• 8. True or false? The lowest recorded temperature on Earth was lower than -90 degrees centigrade. • 9. Balls of ice that fall from clouds (often during thunderstorms) are known as what?

• 10. An avalanche features the rapid descent of _______? • 11. True of false? The most rainfall ever recorded in one year is more than 30 metres.

• 12. What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure? • 13. What is an anemometer used to measure? • 14. Which American city is known as “the windy city”? A) New York B) Boston C) Chicago

• 15. The area of central USA that features many tornadoes is known as Tornado _______? A) Land B) Alley C) Zone • 16. True or false? You see lightning and hear thunder.

• • • • 1. Clouds 2. USA 3. Snow 4. Wind 5. False (Al 'Aziziyah, Libya) 6. A meteorologist 7. The Atacama Desert 8. False! It was -89. 2ºc (in the Antarctic) 9. Hailstones 10. Snow 11. False! It was 25. 4 metres (in India) 12. A barometer 13. Wind speed 14. Chicago 15. Alley 16. True