Weather Patterns

What tool should be used for measuring the wind?

• Rain guage
• thermometer
• weather vane

What is the weather like in this picture?

• snowy and cold
• sunny and hot
• windy and rainy

Which tool measures temperature?

• thermometer
• rain gauge
• weather vane

Which tool measures precipitation?

• thermometer
• wind vane
• rain gauge

What unit of measurement is shown on a rain gauge?

• cups
• inches
• yards

Which is true about the data on this chart?
Mon.       Tue.         Wed.       Thur.     Fri.
sunny     cloudy     rainfall     rainfall   sunny
                             2 in.         1in.

• It rained most on Wed.
• It rained most on Thur.
• The weather stayed the same all week.

Which of these sentences is true?

• Rainfall and snowfall are both precipitation
• You can measure precipitation with a wind vane.
• A rain gauge measures temperature.

Which part of the day is usually the coolest?

• afternoon
• noon
• night

What does a weather pattern show?

• no change in weather over time
• a weather change that happens once
• a weather change that happens over and over

In which step of the water cycle does water fall back to Earth?

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation