Science Review Quiz

The atmosphere keeps the earth from being too hot or too cold.

(a)  

• True
• False

A rain gauge is used to measure the amount of rain that falls.

• True

• False

A cycle that moves water from the earth to the sky and back to the earth again is called the weather cycle

• True

• False

Cumulus clouds are fluffy and can form thunderclouds.

• True

• False

Water that is frozen into tiny pellets that fall from the sky is rain.

• True

• False

A long period of time with very little precipitation is a______.

• blizzard

• drought

• hurricane

A funnel-shaped cloud of swirling winds that reaches the ground is a______.

• drought

• flood

• tornado

A snowstorm with strong winds is a ______.

• blizzard

• hurricane

• thunderstorm

The climate zone that is not too hot or too cold and has four seasons is the _________ zone.

• polar

• temperate

• tropical

The climate zone that is almost always cold and has a summer and winter is the ____________ zone.

• polar

• temperate

• tropical