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LS-Science pg 68-71 (Meteorology)

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  • Q1
    Early scientists observed _________________ and their effects on weather
    stars
    all of these
    moon
    sun
    30s
  • Q2
    Greek philosopher and teacher who wrote a book about meteorology
    Homer
    Aristotle
    Socrates
    30s
  • Q3
    The book that Aristotle wrote
    Meteorologica
    The Iliad
    The Odyssey
    30s
  • Q4
    Italian astronomer and mathematician who developed the first thermometer
    Evangelista Torricelli
    Homer
    Galileo Galilei
    Aristotle
    30s
  • Q5
    Invented the first practical barometer that measured air pressure
    Aristotle
    Evangelista Torricelli
    Galileo Galilei
    Homer
    30s
  • Q6
    Because French and British lost ___________ ships in a violent storm, European nations and the United States set out to share weather data
    24
    39
    30
    12
    30s
  • Q7
    To help with this endeavor, in 1849, telegraph companies received weather equipment from
    the Weather Bureau
    The National Weather Service
    the Smithsonian Institution
    30s
  • Q8
    By 1860, more than _____________telegraph stations provided weather information
    500
    100
    250
    1,000
    30s
  • Q9
    In order to create weather forecasts from the data, the government created the
    Smithsonian Institution
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Weather Bureau
    30s
  • Q10
    Who was President when the Weather Bureau was creataed
    Woodrow Wilson
    Franklin Roosevelt
    Ulysses S Grant
    30s
  • Q11
    In the 1920s, battery powered radios were carried by ___________ to collect data of upper air
    balloons
    airplanes
    helicopters
    30s
  • Q12
    The National Weather Service still exists and is part of the
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Smithsonian Institution
    Weather Bureau
    30s
  • Q13
    Today, the NOAA uses ___________________ to collect data from space, air, oceans and the ground
    weather balloons
    Doppler radar
    weather satellites
    all of these
    30s
  • Q14
    Supercomputers in ________________ analyze the weather data collected
    Philadelphia
    New York City
    Boston
    Washington, D.C.
    30s

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