Quiz about Earth Science Test

Question 1

What are the conditions in the air outside at a certain time and place called?

Accepted Answer

weather

Answer

cloudy

Answer

temperature

Question 2

What is a thermometer?

Accepted Answer

It measures air temperature.

Answer

It measures wind speed.

Answer

It measures air pressure.

Question 3

What does a wind vane show?

Accepted Answer

wind direction

Answer

wind speed

Answer

air pressure

Question 4

What does a barometer measure?

Accepted Answer

air pressure

Answer

wind speed

Answer

rainfall

Question 5

What does a rain gauge measure?

Accepted Answer

rainfall

Answer

air pressure

Answer

temperature

Question 6

What does an anemometer measure?

Accepted Answer

wind speed

Answer

air pressure

Answer

temperature

Question 7

How many seasons are there?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

5

Answer

2

Answer

3

Question 8

What is wind?

Accepted Answer

moving air

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water such as rain and snow

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how hot or cold the air is

Question 9

What is precipitation?

Accepted Answer

water such as rain and snow

Answer

clouds

Answer

how hot or cold the air is

Question 10

What is air pressure?

Accepted Answer

force with which air pushes on Earth

Answer

how hot or cold the air is

Answer

water such as rain and snow

Question 11

What is a front?

Accepted Answer

It is a place where two very large masses of air meet.

Answer

It is a pattern that repeats year after year.

Answer

It is the condition of the air at a certain time and place.

Question 12

Which order of the season is correct?

Accepted Answer

winter, spring, summer, and fall

Answer

winter, summer, fall, and spring

Answer

winter, fall, spring, and summer

Question 13

A cold front bring what kind of air tempertures?

Accepted Answer

colder

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warmer

Answer

wetter

Question 14

Why do scientists measure changes in the weather?

Accepted Answer

To predict what kind of weather might happen next

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To guess what kind of weather might happen next

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To test their measuring skills

Question 15

What are patterns of weather that change throughout the year?

Accepted Answer

seasons

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weeks

Answer

months

Question 16

What is the general pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time?

Accepted Answer

climate

Answer

weather

Answer

seasons

Question 17

What reduces the impact of flooding?

Accepted Answer

levee

Answer

weather map

Answer

lightning rod

Question 18

What directs electricity safely to the ground?

Accepted Answer

lightning rod

Answer

weather maps

Answer

levee

Question 19

What should you do if you hear thunder?

Accepted Answer

go indoors and stay away from windows

Answer

nothing

Answer

go outside and play in water

Question 20

Thunderstorms and hurricanes are hazardous because ______.

Accepted Answer

they cause flooding.

Answer

they can't be predicted

Answer

they make little wind

Earth Science Test

20 questions

What are the conditions in the air outside at a certain time and place called?

What is a thermometer?

What does a wind vane show?

What does a barometer measure?

What does a rain gauge measure?

What does an anemometer measure?

How many seasons are there?

What is wind?

What is precipitation?

What is air pressure?

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