3rd Grade Thematic Weather Unit Pre/Post Assessment

A scientist who studies and predicts weather is a ___________.

• meteorologist

• weather guru

• natural hazard

• palentologist

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is ______________.

• measure

• precipitation

• pattern

• data

______ is what is happening outside with the air and sky, including precipitation, temperature, and wind.

• visualize

• weather

• seasons

• range

A ____________ is a way of organizing numbers that can help you see patterns.

• graph

• measure

• pattern

• visualize

____________ is the typical weather in a place over a long period of time.

• weather

• climate

• data

• precipitation

Observations or measurements that are recorded in an investigation are called ______________.

• patterns

• measures

• numbers

• data

Based on these graphs, in which month is it both rainy and cold?

• February

• March

• December

• January

A ___________________ is severe weather or another natural event that can cause damage.

• heavy rain

• natural hazard

• thunder snow

• season

To__________________ is to use a tool to find out information such as how heavy, how big, how fast, or how hot or how cold something is.

• thermometer

• temperature

• measure

• visualize

A _______________ is something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• pattern

• weather

• storm

• hazard