Weather

What type of weather is characterized by a temperature that is pleasantly refreshing?

• chilly

• mist

• cool

• hot

Answer explanation

In autumn days become short and nights are cool.

What is the term used to describe weather that is extremely cold and below zero?

• blizzard

• heatwave

• boiling

• freezing

Answer explanation

The night was freezing cold, and the full moon was shining through the window.

What type of light rain is characterized by fine droplets that fall gently?

• drizzling

• flood

• hailstorm

• showers

What is the term used to describe weather that is uncomfortably cold?

• spicy

• thaw

• chilly

• windy

What is the term used to describe weather that is extremely hot?

• boiling

• melting

• starving

• chilly

Answer explanation

I was already feeling faint as we were wearing winter clothes and it was boiling hot weather.

What is a severe snowstorm with strong winds and poor visibility called?

• monsoon

• blizzard

• fog

• smog

What is the term used to describe a storm that produces small balls of ice?

• damp

• drought

• thunder

• hailstorm

Answer explanation

A mild hailstorm may simply tear some leaves, but a severe hailstorm will rip off all the leaves.

What is the term used to describe a long period of time with no rainfall?

• flood

• drought

• thaw

• thick

Answer explanation

For three years, their homeland, already ravaged by a decade-long civil war, has suffered a catastrophic drought.

What is the term used to describe an overflow of water that covers land that is usually dry?

• crowd

• mood

• flood

• fog

Answer explanation

Greece donated 500 tonnes of raisins to the people of Hamburg after the flood.

What is the term used to describe a prolonged period of hot weather?

• heatwave

• drought

• scorching

• blizzard

Answer explanation

Indeed, in the heatwave a few weeks back plenty of shops were selling twice the usual quantities of beer and several ran out.