Weather Unit Quiz

What are clouds made of?

• fluffy balls of cotton

• marshmallows

• smoke

• billions of tiny water droplets

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

What is precipitation?

• falling water, such as rain or snow

• clouds

• thunder and lightning

• water turning into water vapor

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

Why do scientists study clouds?

• They are fun to watch

• They tell us the temperature

• They give us the speed of the wind

• They help us predict the weather

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

A scientist who studies the weather is called a

• weatherologist

• meteorologist

• weather predictor

• weather forecaster

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CCSS.RF.2.3C

CCSS.RF.2.4

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

Water in the form of a gas is called

• a liquid

• precipitation

• water vapor

• condensation

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

When water changes from a liquid to a gas, we call it

• evaporation

• disappearing

• condensation

• precipitation

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

When water vapor changes from a gas to a liquid, cools, and forms clouds, it is called

• cloud formation

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

Water droplets that fall as rain, snow, sleet, or hail are called

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• bad weather

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

The never-ending movement of water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation is called

• weather

• climate

• the water cycle

• a storm

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

Fair weather clouds that are white and puffy

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5