Atmosphere and weather trivia

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• In a forecast, what decides whether the sky is called clear, partly cloudy or overcast?Atmosphere and weather
• Which temperature scale do Korean weather forecasts use for air temperature?Atmosphere and weather
• At what point in the day is the air temperature usually at its lowest?Atmosphere and weather
• What is a tropical cyclone called when it forms over the Atlantic or the north-east Pacific?Atmosphere and weather
• Which air pollutants dissolve into rain and make it acidic?Atmosphere and weather
• What is it called when a city centre runs hotter than the countryside around it?Atmosphere and weather
• Which air mass brings cold, dry weather to Korea in winter?Atmosphere and weather
• On a weather chart, what happens where the isobars are drawn close together?Atmosphere and weather
• Deserts show a large swing between daytime and night-time temperature.Atmosphere and weather
• What is a downpour called that suddenly bursts in summer and stops soon after?Atmosphere and weather
• On a clear, still winter dawn, what forms as white ice crystals on objects left outdoors?Atmosphere and weather
• Wind blows from where the air pressure is higher toward where it is lower.Atmosphere and weather
• In Korea, summer is generally more humid than winter.Atmosphere and weather
• Typhoons reach Korea most often in the middle of winter.Atmosphere and weather
• Near the centre of a high-pressure system the air sinks.Atmosphere and weather
• Thick fog shortens the distance you can see ahead.Atmosphere and weather
• The higher the humidity, the faster laundry dries.Atmosphere and weather
• Hail can fall in the middle of summer.Atmosphere and weather
• A 60 percent chance of rain means rain will fall over 60 percent of the area.Atmosphere and weather
• A cloud is invisible water vapour simply gathered in one place.Atmosphere and weather
• Which does not count as an element of weather?Atmosphere and weather
• What is the most important reason climate differs with latitude?Atmosphere and weather
• Which unit is chiefly used for air pressure on a weather map?Atmosphere and weather
• Which instrument measures air temperature?Atmosphere and weather
• What do we call cloud that forms close to the ground?Atmosphere and weather
• Which precipitation falls as clustered ice crystals?Atmosphere and weather
• What do we call a very strong storm that develops over tropical seas?Atmosphere and weather
• What weather is generally most likely near the center of a low-pressure system?Atmosphere and weather
• Which front forms when a mass of cold air pushes in beneath warm air as it moves?Atmosphere and weather
• As a rule, air pressure falls as altitude rises.Atmosphere and weather
• A front is the boundary where two air masses of different character meet.Atmosphere and weather
• Typhoons develop over warm tropical seas.Atmosphere and weather
• The ozone layer is most developed in the troposphere.Atmosphere and weather
• Carbon dioxide is a gas with nothing to do with the greenhouse effect.Atmosphere and weather
• Which is one of the greenhouse gases that contribute most to global warming?Atmosphere and weather
• The gas that makes up the largest share of the Earth's atmosphere is oxygen.Atmosphere and weather
• Rain is precipitation that falls from cloud in solid form.Atmosphere and weather
• Air temperature is measured with a thermometer.Atmosphere and weather
• A rainbow can appear when sunlight is refracted and reflected in water droplets in the air.Atmosphere and weather
• Weather means the average state of the atmosphere over a long period in one place.Atmosphere and weather