What is weather?

- The measure of the transparency of the atmosphere

- Cumulus clouds
- The measure of earth’s atmosphere at a certain place in a certain time
- Stratus clouds

How is air pressure measured

- Barometer
- Thermometer
- Wind vane
- Sling Psychrometer

What is humidity

- Any form of water that falls from the sky to the ground.
- A measure of the transparency of the atmosphere
- The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain time and place.
- The amount of water vapor in the air.

Which type of precipitation is formed when water freezes in layers around a small nucleus of ice during
thunderstorms?

- Rain
- Snow
- Sleet
- Hail

What is the horizontal or parallel movement of air that is caused as air moves from areas of high
pressure to areas of low pressure.

- Air pressure
- Relative humidity
- Visibility
- Wind

True or false

Modern radiosondes measure or calculate the following variables: altitude, pressure, temperature,
relative humidity, speed, cosmic ray readings at high altitude and geographical position.- F

Many rain gauges measure precipitation in meters- f

When the falling hail strikes the foil and it creates dimples for the observer to measure after the storm- -
t

One type of hygrometer, called a sling psychrometer used a sheaf of hair, which increases in length as
relative humidity increases- f
Meteorologists first used liquid-in-glass thermometers in the late 1800s- T

- The application of science and technology to predict the condition of the environment for the
given location and time. Weather forecasting
- How many hours is the validity period for short range forecast. 48-72 hours
- It covers a time span from a fortnight to a season of the year. Long range forecast
- Medium range forecast covers the time span from 3 days to? 3 weeks
- it determines change of atmospheric weather of a specific location. Short range forecast