Quiz  /  What’s the Weather Today? Fact or Fiction

  • 1. 
    Weather involves atmospheric phenomena like temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind, and cloud cover.

  • true
  • false

  • 2. 
    Weather is the state of the atmosphere across space and time.

  • true
  • false

  • 3. 
    Weather is synonymous with climate.

  • true
  • false

  • 4. 
    Weather occurs in the troposphere.

  • true
  • false

  • 5. 
    Weather is only affected by events in the troposphere.

  • true
  • false

  • 6. 
    Weather is most changeable in the mid-latitude belts of the westerly winds.

  • true
  • false

  • 7. 
    In tropical regions, weather varies little from day to day or from month to month.

  • true
  • false

  • 8. 
    Weather influences human settlement patterns.

  • true
  • false

  • 9. 
    Weather satellites were developed in the 1940s to track weather patterns during World War II.

  • true
  • false

  • 10. 
    Weather satellites permit the monitoring of precipitation, clouds, and tropospheric winds.

  • true
  • false
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