Weather quiz

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• It causes it to boil

• It causes it to sink

• It causes it to rain

• It causes it to evaporate

All of the following tools are useful in measuring local weather conditions EXCEPT –

• thermometers

• rain gauges

• Windsocks

• Telescopes

Climate is what the weather is like over a long period of time in an area.

• False

• True

This form of precipitation falls from clouds when water droplets are heavy.

• hail
• rain
• sleet
• snow

What is the source of energy that makes the water cycle work?

• electricity
• the sun
• wind
• thunder

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

__________________ is when rainwater flows downhill toward a body of water.

• runoff

• percolation

• accumulation

• transpiration

Evaporation happens when the sun ___________ water and turns it into vapor.

• cools
• heats up
• freezes
• lights up

What is the process that occurs

when water changes from a liquid

to a gas?

• Evaporation

• Water vapor

• Heating

• Precipitation

What happens when water condenses from its vapor state to its liquid state?

• rain forms

• clouds form

• ice melts

• rivers and lakes flood