Q1 science - Unit Assessment (weather)

1. How can you tell the difference between a stratus and a stratonimbus cloud?

• A stratus cloud is small and a stratonimbus cloud is very tall.
• A stratonimbus cloud has a lighter color.
• A stratonimbus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, and causes rain.
• A stratus cloud only covers part of the sky, and a stratonimbus cloud covers the whole sky.

3. Where do clouds come from?

• Clouds come from outer space, when drops of water start to fall.
• Clouds are made when water from Earth's surface evaporates and rises into the air.
• Clouds are made when all living things breath out of their lungs.
• Cloud come from dust on the Earth's surface. Wind and air pressure push it into the sky.

Which word matches this definition? Year-to-year variation of the atmosphere's condition over a large area.

• Climate
• Air pressure
• Precipitation
• Weather

2. Stratonimbus storms usually cause rain all day long because ______.

• the clouds are very wide so they spend a long time over one area.
• there is no hail in stratonimbus storms.
• they turn into cumulus clouds.
• they turn into stratus clouds.

Which word matches this definition? An instrument used to measure how hot or cold the air is.

• Wind vane
• Anemometer
• Thermometer
• Rain gauge

4. If you ever got to touch a cloud, it would feel:

• soft
• wet
• sticky
• hot

Pretend you are sitting in the red canoe. The arrow shows which way the wind is blowing. Read the following statement and decide if it is true of false. The wind will blow the clouds away, so you will stay dry from the rain.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Pretend you are playing in the water at this beach. The arrow shows which way the wind is blowing. Read the following statement and decide if it is true of false. The wind is blowing the clouds to you, but those are cumulus clouds, so it shouldn't rain.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which word matches this definition? Day-to-day changes in the atmosphere’s conditions

• Climate
• Air pressure
• Precipitation
• Weather

Pretend you are planning to have a picnic with giraffes, and you see these clouds in the sky. Read the following statement and decide if it is true of false. Those clouds will bring rain all day, so you should cancel the picnic.

• TRUE
• FALSE