The SCO Weather Quiz

The SCO Weather Quiz for
Wednesday May 16 , 2012

DESCRIPTION: The SCO Weather Quiz is composed of weather-related questionsthat have been randomly selected from the SCO quiz question master list. The test is targeted at elementary school students, but may provide some challenge to people of all ages (we were even stumped on a few). The quiz is updated daily with a new list of questions; however, you may see some questions repeated from day to day (give us time to add more questions to the master list).
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Respond to each of the questions below by pressing the button next to the answer you think best answers the question above. These questions are not intended to be trick questions.
2) Make sure to answer ALL questions in order for your score to be used in the calculation of test averages.
3) Press the "Grade" button at the bottom to see how your score stacks up against your classmates.

1) The scale used to measure wind speeds by visible signs is known as the _______ scale.

Beaufort
Richter
Palmer
Bergeron

2) The region in the U.S. with the greatest annual frequency of hail is:

Florida
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Northwest
western Great Plains

3) The range between the daily maximum temperature and the daily minimum temperature is usually greater if the air is:

very dry
very humid
neither dry nor humid

4) In an average year, which of the following types of weather phenomena results in the most deaths in the United States?

hurricanes
lightning
tornadoes
floods

5) Why do hurricanes generally not continue onto land?

tropical storms need warm water to operate
tropical storms need smooth surfaces, such as the ocean, to operate
the pressure over land masses is not low enough for hurricanes
all of the above

6) Which of the following is not a way of producing clouds?

lifting air over a mountain
lifting air along a weather front
warming the surface of the earth
subsidence

7) The horse latitudes are the result of:

the polar front jet stream
the intertropical convergence zone
the subtropical high
the subpolar lows
the polar high

8) From the ground, how are the layers of the atmosphere ordered?

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere
Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere
Thermosphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Troposphere
Mesosphere, Troposphere, Stratosphere, and Thermosphere

9) On approximately what date is Earth closest to the Sun?

January 3
March 3
July 3
September 3

10) During which months does the Southeastern US see the greatest number of tornadoes?

January-March
March-May
May-July
July-September

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The SCO Weather Quiz for Wednesday May 16 , 2012

The SCO Weather Quiz for
Wednesday May 16 , 2012