Weather Diagnostic ( Answer True or false )
1. A barometer is used to measure precipitation._____
2. The hygrometer measures the amount of dust in the air.______
3. Thunder is heard before the flash of lightning is seen.________
4. Jet streams are high-altitude belts of high speed winds_____
5. Hurricanes form over land._____
6. The boundary between air masses is called a front._____
7. Weather balloons carry instruments high into the hydrosphere._____
8. Weather usually moves from east to west in Canada._____
9. Evaporation occurs when liquid water turns into water vapour._____
10. A scientist who specializes weather is called a paleontologist_____
11. A barometer reading usually rises sharply before a storm._____
12. Fog is a cloud at ground level._____
13. wind vane measures the speed of the wind_____
14. All life on Earth exists in the ionosphere._____
15. Winds blow clockwise in high pressure areas north of the equator_____
16. Weather predictions such as “ red sky at night” are weather proverbs._____
17. Weather conditions are caused by the Sun, air, water and earth______
18. Dew is water vapour dropping from thunderstorms_____
19. Water heats up and cools down faster than land_____
20. Computers are extremely helpful today in weather forecasting._____