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WorksheetsWeather, Climate, and the Water Cycle
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
`Which shows an example of weather?
a)
Yearly Average rainfall is 20%
b)
Arid year round
c)
Daily changes in temperature
d)
Average monthly rainfall
2.
Our class was collecting weather information and charting it. What would it be if we continued to record data for the next 30 years?
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
c)
Yearly average
3.
If you make a graph showing the average monthly temperatures in a region, would that be weather or climate?
a)
Climate
b)
Weather
c)
Neither
4.
A class made a data table showing data monthly for this year. Are they recording weather or climate?
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
5.
What is the effect of solar energy when it is absorbed by the ocean?
a)
Cloud formation caused by condensation
b)
It gets hot
c)
Precipitation
d)
The water evaporates and goes into the atmosphere
6.
What would decrease because of more evaporation of water from the ocean?
a)
Drought conditions
b)
Rain
c)
Climate data
d)
Cloud formation
7.
If a student watched a show that told them that East Texas is an area with typically high humidity and an average rainfall of 16 in. a year, what did the student learn?
a)
Regional Weather
b)
Regional Climate Data
c)
Regional News
8.
Weather or Climate?
It's raining outside.
It's raining outside.
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
9.
Weather or Climate? The temperatures are normally warmer than in most places.
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
10.
Weather or Climate?
It's hot outside.
It's hot outside.
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
11.
Weather or Climate?
This area is rainy year round.
This area is rainy year round.
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
12.
What is water that flows downhill after a storm called?
a)
runoff
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
weathering
13.
What causes dark clouds to form in the sky?
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
runoff
14.
When solar energy heats the ocean surface, what happens?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
runoff
d)
clouds
15.
Which is caused by the sun?
a)
rainfall
b)
water flowing into the ocean
c)
cloud formation
d)
water evaporates
16.
BONUS: What is it called when water soaks into the ground?
a)
infiltration
b)
striation
c)
asperation
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