WorksheetsThink Central Grade 5: How Do We Measure Weather?
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What do meteorologists study?
a)
the effect meteors and asteroids have on the Earth
b)
what the atmosphere is like at any given time and place
c)
rain and sleet and snow
d)
the water cycle
2.
What does a wind vane measure?
a)
the speed of wind
b)
the direction of wind
c)
the intensity of wind
d)
All of the above
3.
What does an anenometer measure?
a)
measures wind speed
b)
measures wind direction
c)
measures wind intensity
d)
None of the above
4.
___________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.
a)
precipitaion
b)
perspiration
c)
humidity
d)
condensation
5.
Which can hold more water vapor?
a)
warmer air
b)
cooler air
c)
neither
d)
both
6.
How are clouds classified?
a)
according to their shape
b)
by how high above Earth they are
c)
both answers are correct
7.
Stratus clouds are...
a)
low gray clouds that signal rain.
b)
clouds that look like cotton puffs.
c)
Both answers are correct.
d)
Neither answer is correct.
8.
Cumulus clouds are...
a)
low, gray clouds that signal rain.
b)
clouds that look like cotton puffs.
c)
Both answers are correct.
d)
Neither answer is correct.
9.
Snow forms....
a)
after sleet has formed.
b)
when water vapor turns directly into a solid.
c)
when rain gets so cold it freezes.
d)
None of the above.
10.
________forms when raindrops are blown high into a cloud where they freeze before they fall to Earth.
a)
Sleet
b)
Snow
c)
Hail
d)
All of the above
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