1. What type of precipitation do you usually see in the winter?
    A.  Rain
    B.  Hail
    C.  Sleet
    D.  Snow

answer: Well, this will depend upon where you live.  For most (like myself), snow (D) would be the correct answer.  However, those of you from Florida and other sunnier parts of the U.S. and world may have rain (A) for the correct answer.
 

2. What type of precipitation do you usually see in the summer?
    A. Rain
    B. Hail
    C. Sleet
    D. Snow

answer: Unless you live in an unusual climate, A is the only possible correct response
 

3. Wind Chill is usually determined by which two weather measurements?
    A.  Temperature and precipitation
    B.  Wind speed and precipitation
    C.  Wind speed and temperature
    D.  Air temperature and relative humidity

answer: Wind speed and temperature (C) are the determining factors for the way Wind Chill Temperature is calculated in the United States.

4. Heat Index is usually determined by which two weather measurements?
    A.  Air temperature and wind speed
    B.  Air temperature and relative humidity
    C.  Intensity of the sun and air temperature
    D.  Wind speed and precipitation

answer: B is the correct response

5. Where can you see or hear about weather information?
    A. On TV
    B. On the radio
    C. On the Internet
    D. All of the above

answer: D

6. What are good places on the Internet for finding out about the weather?
    A. The Weather Channel
    B. USA Today
    C. CNN
    D. All of the above

answer: D

7. Usually, if the wind is blowing really hard in the winter
    A) it feels warmer outside
    B) it feels colder outside
    C) it doesn't feel any different outside
    D) it feels warmer inside

answer: B Hence the basis for wind chill factor

8. If there are lots of clouds in the sky, that means it will:
    A) always rain
    B) always snow
    C) sometimes rain
    D) never snow

answer: A This is a concept that most young students should understand ... that cloudy days don't always mean precipitation.
 

9. Which city will have the most hours of sunlight (time between sunrise and sunset) on January 1st, 1999?
    A) Miami, Florida
    B) Chicago, Illinois
    C) Anchorage, Alaska
    D) New York City, New York

answer: A Since Miami is furthest south, during winter it will have more daylight than the other three cities.
 

10. Which city will have the most hours of sunlight (time between sunrise and sunset) on July 1st, 1999?
    A) Miami, Florida
    B) Chicago, Illinois
    C) Anchorage, Alaska
    D) New York City, New York

answer: D Since Anchorage is furthest north, during summer it will have more daylight than the other three cities.  The students can use the calculator (linked in the questions), but it is not necessary to use.

Matching: Draw a line connecting the type of precipitation with the words that best describe it: 
 

A) Rain	hard balls of ice; can be small like peas or big like baseballs
B) Snow	water, can be warm or cool, falls in summer
C) Hail	rain that freezes before falling
D) Sleet	white, fluffy, falls in winter in the North

 
answers: Rain - water, can be warm or cool, falls in summer
                Snow - white, fluffy, falls in winter in the North
                Hail - hard balls of ice; can be small like peas or big like baseballs
                Sleet - rain that freezes before falling

Calculation:: Given the information, find the wind chill.  Use either a wind chill chart or the wind chill calculator.
 

Temperature	Wind Speed	Wind Chill Factor Temperature
30o  Fahrenheit	25 miles per hour	1o  Fahrenheit
-10o Fahrenheit	10 miles per hour	-34o  Fahrenheit
0o Fahrenheit	20 miles per hour	-39o  Fahrenheit
-10o Fahrenheit	20 miles per hour	-53o Fahrenheit

NOTE: The above values are gathered from one table.  Others may have slightly different values.  For example the calculator returned values of 0, -32, -38, and -52 degrees Fahrenheit.