8 weather trivia questions, from easy to hard. Tap a question to see the answer. They're real questions from Rubicon, where you type the answer yourself and an AI judge reads what you meant.
This set covers Clouds, Precipitation & Sky Optics, Storms & Extreme Weather, Weather Instruments and Wind & Air Circulation.
It indicates clear skies and pleasant weather arriving from the west for the coming day.
Winds push surface water away, allowing deep, icy ocean water to rise to the surface.
The Saffir-Simpson scale ranks a hurricane based on its sustained wind speed.
An anemometer measures wind speed, often using spinning cups or small propellers to track airflow.
Descending inland air compresses under higher atmospheric pressure at lower altitudes, which naturally heats and dries it.
Surrounding atmospheric pressure pushing down on the exposed liquid in the dish held the mercury column up inside the tube.
A fogbow has an angular radius of approximately 42 degrees, virtually the same circular size as a standard primary rainbow.
It registers mechanical vibrations on a sensor plate, translating higher momentum into stronger electrical pulses.
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