Weather & Climate Trivia
From cirrus clouds to hurricanes, prove you know your cumulonimbus from your cumulus before the forecast turns on you.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
What instrument measures the temperature of the air?
Thermometer
What are the wispy, high clouds made mostly of ice crystals called?
Cirrus clouds
What type of solid precipitation forms when ice crystals in clouds cling together and fall to the ground?
Snow
After a tornado passes, what evidence do evaluators examine to assign it an EF rating?
Surveyed damage
During a storm, which reaches you first: the bright burst in the sky or the sound that follows?
Lightning flash