🎯 Test Your Knowledge!​

1. Which country experienced record-breaking temperatures of 46 °C during the June 2025 heatwave?

2. What is the general term for a long-term, significant change in the Earth's average weather conditions, including global temperature and precipitation patterns?

3. Which type of cloud is characterized by a flat, uniform gray base and often produces light, continuous precipitation?

4. Which innovative L’Oréal tool uses AI to recommend tailored skincare and hair products?

5. Imagine a weather front where a cold air mass is advancing and displacing a warmer air mass. This often results in sudden, intense thunderstorms and a sharp drop in temperature. What type of front is being described?

6. During a severe thunderstorm, rotation within an updraft leads to the formation of a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud to the ground. What extreme weather event is being described?

7. A meteorologist is creating a forecast map and draws lines connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure. What are these lines called?

8. What instrument is primarily used to measure atmospheric pressure, which is crucial for forecasting weather systems?

9. What is the general term for a large body of air that has relatively uniform temperature and humidity characteristics?

10. Which layer of Earth's atmosphere contains most of the weather phenomena we experience, such as clouds, rain, and storms?

11. As of the end of June 2025, approximately how much had the S&P 500 index increased year‑to‑date?

12. A region experiences prolonged periods of heavy rainfall, strong winds, and low atmospheric pressure, rotating counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. What type of weather system is affecting this region?

13. What global wind pattern occurs between 0 and 30 degrees latitude, blowing from east to west and historically used by sailing ships?

14. What phenomenon refers to the warming of Earth's surface and atmosphere caused by gases trapping heat radiating from Earth, such as carbon dioxide and methane?

15. You observe high, thin, wispy clouds made of ice crystals, often indicating the approach of a warm front or fair weather. What type of cloud are you most likely seeing?

16. What is the layer of the atmosphere where temperature generally increases with altitude due to the absorption of ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer?

17. A coastal city experiences a dramatic daily temperature difference, with land heating up faster than the ocean during the day, causing air to rise over land and cooler air to flow in from the sea. What localized wind pattern is primarily responsible for this phenomenon?

18. Which type of front is formed when a cold air mass overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air entirely off the ground?

19. A meteorologist observes a narrow band of strong winds typically found at the top of the troposphere, which significantly influences the movement of weather systems across continents. What atmospheric phenomenon is being observed?

20. What is the process by which water vapor in the atmosphere changes into liquid water droplets or ice crystals, forming clouds?