Weather Quiz

The average weather conditions in an area of a long period of time.

• Temperature

• Climate

• Weather

The movement of water in to the air as water vapor and back to Earth's surface as precipitation.

• Water cycle
• movement

• Air cycle

The layer of air that surround Earth's surface.

• atmosphere
• clouds

• ocean

The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place.

• temperature
• climate
• weather

Forms when rain freezes as it falls.

• Hail
• Snow
• Sleet

Falls when the temperature in a cloud is below freezing.

• Hail
• Rain
• Snow

Any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth's Surface.

• condensation
• sublimation
• precipitation

Forms when drops of rain freeze and are carried higher into a cloud.

• Hail
• Fog
• Snow

Instrument that measure the amount of precipitation that has fallen in an area.

• Thermometer

• Wind Vane

• Rain Gauge

Instrument that measures air temperature

• Thermometer

• rain gauge

• Wind vane