1. Review Session 5th Grade
Weather Unit
Review Session
5th Grade
Created by C. Jarrett

2. Are you ready to begin?
Yes No

3. The Climate is the average of weather conditions in an area through all seasons over a period of time.
True
False

4. True
The Climate is the average of weather conditions in an area through all seasons over a period of time.

5. Would you expect the size of the temperate zone to increase, decrease, or stay the same if the Earth went through another Ice Age?
Increase
Decrease
Stay the Same

6. DECREASE IN SIZE
The temperate zone would reduce in size. Ice and snow would cover more of Earth’s surface, enlarging the polar zone.

7. It is more difficult to measure and predict local weather than it is to predict weather in a large area.
True
False

8. TRUE
Most weather forecasts are for large areas. Why is it sometimes more difficult to predict local weather conditions?
Local weather is determined by many factors, including bodies of water, buildings, and pavements. Also, it is difficult to measure all the weather factors in the various small locales.

9. When you are at the beach after you have been swimming, water evaporates into the air drying your swimming suit.
True
False

10. TRUE
When you are at the beach after you have been swimming, water evaporates into the air drying your swimming suit.

11. Which cycle represents the water cycle?
A B C. A B C

12. Water Cycle
This clearly shows evaporation, condensation and precipitation.

13. Can human activities affect local and global climates?
Yes No
Not Sure

14. Yes How can human activities affect local and global climates?
Human activities such as building cities, burning fossil fuels can cause temperature to increase, causing a heat island. Increasing carbon dioxide also causes temperature to increase. Because prevailing winds heated air and pollutants easily move over the globe, affecting the entire planet.

15. The Climate may remain fairly stable because of _______ that blow constantly from the same direction and do not change much from year to year.
Sea Breezes
Local Winds
Prevailing Winds
Gale Winds

16. Prevailing Winds
The Climate may remain fairly stable because of Prevailing Winds that blow constantly form the same direction and do not change much from year to year.

17. In the United States weather systems generally move from West to East.
True
False

18. TRUE
In the United States weather systems generally move from West to East.

19. According to this map which location had the greatest rainfall in the past week?
Birdsville
Tennant Creek
Townsville
Charleville

20. Townsville
Townsville received between mm

21. What is responsible for the weather on earth?
The Sun
The Moon
The Clouds
The Stars

22. The sun is responsible for all weather on the planet Earth.

23. During the day the wind blows toward the land from the water
During the day the wind blows toward the land from the water. During the evening the wind blows toward the sea from the land.
True
False

24. True During the day the wind blows toward the land from the water.
During the evening the wind blows toward the sea from the land.

25. Knowing whether the barometer is rising or falling can help predict the weather.
True
False

26. True
Experience has taught us that low pressure is often correlated with weather that involves clouds, precipitation, and/or wind ("bad" weather), and that high pressure is often correlated with clear skies and stagnant air ("fair" weather). By making use of observations of changes in air pressure and their correlated weather patterns, we can use a barometer to predict weather.

27. Scientists use changes in ____
Scientists use changes in ____?___, which is a change in the weight of air, to predict rain.
Clouds
Humidity
Temperature
Air pressure 0%

28. Scientists use changes in air pressure, which is a change in the weight of air, to predict rain.
Racing Game Slide

29. Temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction are observed or measured by __________.
Humidifiers
Astronomers
Neurosurgeons
Weather forecasters

30. Weather Forecasters
Temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction are observed or measured by weather forecasters.

31. Cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus are all types of _____.
Precipitation
Rocks
Vegetables
Clouds

32. Types of Clouds
Cirrus, stratus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus are all types of clouds.
cirrus
stratus
cumulonimbus
cumulus

33. Sometimes weather may be quite different one year as a result of short-term conditions such as ______. 5
El Nino
Microclimate
Hurricanes
Cloud Bursts

34. El Niño.
Sometimes weather may be quite different one year as a result of short-term conditions such as El Niño.

35. When the humidity is high enough, the droplets in clouds come together, and gravity pulls them down as _________.
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Precipitation
Shooting stars

36. Precipitation
When the humidity is high enough, the droplets in clouds come together, and gravity pills them down as precipitation.

37. Usually, rain or snow can be predicted if the surrounding _____ drops.
Temperature
Air pressure
Clouds
Winds

38. Air Pressure
Usually, rain or snow can be predicted of the surrounding air pressure drops.

39. On a sunny hot day water will evaporate, turning into a gas.
True
False

40. TRUE
On a sunny hot day water will evaporate, turning into a gas.

41. The water cycle begins when the sun heats the oceans, causing evaporation of water.
True
False

42. TRUE
The water cycle begins when the sun heats the oceans, causing evaporation of water.

43. Almost all weather occurs in the _____ layer of the air, or the atmosphere.
Lowest
Middle
Upper
Stratosphere

44. Lowest
Almost all weather occurs in the lowest layer of the air, or the atmosphere.

45. Local winds can change because of a new building or parking lot being built in an area. But a large change in climate usually takes a long time.
True
False

46. TRUE
Local winds can change because of a new building or parking lot being built in an area. But a large change in climate usually takes a long time.

47. The invisible water vapor is pushed upward into the air and cools, turning back into liquid drops of water. This process, called ______, causes clouds to form.
Transpiration
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation

48. Condensation
The invisible water vapor is pushed upward into the air and cools, turning back into liquid drops of water. This process, called condensation, causes clouds to form.

49. During the day the wind blows toward the sea from the land
During the day the wind blows toward the sea from the land. During the evening the wind blows toward the land from the water. toward the sea from the land.
True
False

50. False During the day the wind blows toward the land from the water.
During the evening the wind blows toward the sea from the land.

51. Wind energy is the energy used to convert a liquid puddle to gas.
True
False

52. Solar energy is the energy used to convert a liquid puddle to gas.
FALSE
Solar energy is the energy used to convert a liquid puddle to gas.

53. The uneven heating and cooling rates of ___?____ are what create wind.
Soil
Water and Ice
Soil and Water
Ice

54. The uneven heating and cooling rates of soil and water
Water and Soil
The uneven heating and cooling rates of soil and water
are what create wind.

55. For a puddle to evaporate the temperature needs to be _____, the humidity _____ often with no clouds in the sky.
Cold, High
Cold, Low
Warm, Low
Warm, High

56. Warm & Low
For a puddle to evaporate the temperature needs to be warm, the humidity low often with no clouds in the sky.

57. When a water droplet inside a cloud becomes too big for the cloud to hold evaporation occurs.
True
False

58. False
When a water droplet inside a cloud becomes too big for the cloud to hold precipitation occurs (It rains or snows).

59. The sun warms ____ more quickly than _____
The sun warms ____ more quickly than _____. That is why the beach sand can be hot and the water still feels cool.
Warms soil more quickly than water.
Warms water more quickly than soil.
Warms water and soil equally

60. The sun warms soil more quickly than water
The sun warms soil more quickly than water. That is why the beach sand can be hot and the water still feels cool.

61. A bar graph comparing temperature to latitude would help you understand the relationship between latitude and temperature in various cities in the world.
True
False

62. TRUE
A bar graph comparing temperature to latitude would help you understand the relationship between latitude and temperature in various cities in the world.

63. When trying to identify types of clouds it is important to notice how _________.....
high in the sky the clouds are located as well as the shape of the clouds.
bright the whites are in the clouds as well as the size of the clouds.
high in the sky the clouds are located as well as the color of the clouds.

64. When trying to identify types of clouds it is important to notice how high in the sky the clouds are located as well as the shape of the clouds.

65. Geologists study weather
Geologists study weather. They are the experts that inform us of upcoming weather events and give interesting information on weather.
True
False

66. FALSE
Meteorologists study weather. They are the experts that inform us of upcoming weather events and give interesting information on weather.

67. When climbing up a mountain, the _____ you climb the ____ the temperature becomes.
Higher , hotter
Higher , cooler
Faster, hotter
Faster, cooler

68. When climbing up a mountain, the higher you climb the cooler the temperature becomes.

69. Cumulus clouds usually signal fair weather, but can turn into thunderclouds.
True
False

70. TRUE
Cumulus clouds usually signal fair weather, but can turn into thunderclouds.

71. Hawaii is warm every day of the year because of the _______.
Volcanic activity
Tropical latitude
Arctic temperatures

72. tropical latitude
Hawaii is warm every day of the year because of the tropical latitude.

73. When a high pressure system follows rain you would expect…
sky to clear and have sunshine
thunderstorms
tornadoes
cloud cover with no rain

74. Sky to clear and have sunshine.
When a high pressure system follows rain you would expect the sky to clear and have sunshine.

75. Clouds form when moist air meets _______.
warmer clouds
cooler clouds
hot air
cooler rain

76. cooler clouds
Clouds form when moist air meets cooler clouds.

77. This excess of carbon dioxide absorbs some of the heat given off by the Earth, increasing the atmosphere’s _______.
Greenhouse effect
Ozone Layer
Cloudiness
Temperature

78. Greenhouse Effect
This excess of carbon dioxide absorbs some of the heat given off by the Earth, increasing the atmosphere’s greenhouse effect.

79. The water cycle begins when the sun heats the oceans, causing __________ of water.
Transpiration
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation

80. Evaporation
The water cycle begins when the sun heats the oceans, causing evaporation of water.

81. _______ holds less heat, so expect colder temperatures at the top of a high mountain.
Heavier Air
Thinner Air
Thicker Water
Thinner Water

82. Thinner Air
Thinner air holds less heat, so expect colder temperatures at the top of a high mountain.

83. Warm air touching a can of cold soda causes ________ which leaves water droplets on the outside of the can.
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration

84. Condensation
Warm air touching a can of cold soda causes condensation which leaves water droplets on the outside of the can.

85. A large lake near a city could affect the daily average temperature by making the area warmer in the winter. This is because _____ and will help keep the temperature warmer.
water stays warmer longer than soil
Soil stays warmer longer than water
Not sure

86. water stays warmer longer than soil
A large lake near a city could affect the daily average temperature by making the area warmer in the winter. This is because water stays warmer longer than soil and will help keep the temperature warmer.

87. When determining the average daily temperature for an area
When determining the average daily temperature for an area. You collect data for several days. Then you ___________.
add the numbers together and divide by the number of days you collected the data.
add the numbers together and multiply by the number of days you collected the data.
multiply the numbers together and divide by the number of days you collected the data.

88. add the numbers together and divide
When determining the average daily temperature for an area. You collect data for several days. Then you add the numbers together and divide by the number of days you collected the data.

89. Global warming which can cause the polar ice caps to melt, is believed to be happening because of too much oxygen.
True
False

90. FALSE
Global warming which can cause the polar ice caps to melt, is believed to be happening because of too much carbon dioxide.

91. Temperature will likely rise if there is rain/cloud cover and the winds increase.
True
False

92. FALSE
Temperature will likely drop if there is rain/cloud cover and the winds increase.