WONDER #2783: What Does an Okta Measure?

Question 1 of 3

To measure oktas of cloud cover, meteorologists divide the sky into _______ equal pieces.

  1. ten
  2. fifteen
  3. four
  4. eight

Question 2 of 3

Why might meteorologists report a measurement of nine oktas?

  1. There is complete cloud cover.
  2. Conditions are too foggy for them to see the sky well enough to measure cloud cover.
  3. The cloud cover will change so much during the day that there’s no point in making a prediction.
  4. There’s not a single cloud in the sky.

Question 3 of 3

What aspect(s) of the weather can clouds affect, according to this Wonder?

  1. Temperature
  2. Precipitation
  3. Time of sunrise
  4. Both a and b

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