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WorksheetsWeather Unit 4th Grade
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an instrument used to measure wind speed?
a)
Anemometer
b)
Rain Gauge
c)
Thermometer
d)
Wind Vane
2.
Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels
a)
Cumulus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
3.
Overall weather in an area over a long period of time
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
temperature
4.
A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs
a)
Cloud
b)
Wind
c)
Front
5.
A front where cold air moves in under a warm air mass.
a)
cold front
b)
warm front
6.
The change from a gas to a liquid
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
7.
Cumulus clouds that grow large and heavy with water, brings heavy rain
a)
Stratus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Cumulonimbus
8.
Fluffy, white clouds, usually with flat bottoms, that look like rounded piles of cotton
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
9.
The change of a liquid to a gas
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Runoff
d)
Precipitation
10.
Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
a)
Sleet
b)
Rain
c)
Hail
d)
Snow
11.
A tropical storm that has winds of about 119 kilometers per hour or higher.
a)
Tornado
b)
Hurricane
c)
Thunderstorm
d)
Heavy Rain
12.
Gas that makes up more than 3/4 of air or 78%
a)
Oxygen
b)
Carbon Dioxide
c)
Nitrogen
13.
Gas that makes up 21% of air
a)
Oxygen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Argon
14.
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Runoff
15.
Precipitation in a liquid form
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Snow
d)
Hail
16.
Part of the water cycle where an excess of water runs down and does not sink into the soil and eventually makes it to the rivers, lakes, and oceans.
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
17.
Clear ice pellets precipitation, forms when rain falls through layer of freezing air
a)
sleet
b)
snow
c)
rain
d)
hail
18.
Precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
a)
Sleet
b)
Hail
c)
Snow
d)
Rain
19.
Warm air and cold air masses push into each other but neither move; causes light wind, clouds, rain that can last for several days; represented on a weather map by blue triangles and red semicircles
a)
Warm front
b)
Stationary front
c)
Cold front
20.
Layered clouds that cover much of the sky and are dull gray.
a)
Stratus
b)
Cumulus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Cumulonimbus
21.
A measure of how hot or cold something is.
a)
Wind speed
b)
Wind Direction
c)
Air Pressure
d)
Temperature
22.
The measure of the force with which air molecules push on a surface
a)
Wind speed
b)
Temperature
c)
Air Pressure
d)
Wind Direction
23.
An instrument used to measure temperature
a)
Thermometer
b)
Barometer
c)
Hydrometer
d)
Anemometer
24.
A strong storm with a lot of rain, thunder, and lightning
a)
Thunderstorm
b)
Hurricane
c)
Tornado
d)
Heavy Rain
25.
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that may be visible as a funnel-shaped cloud
a)
Thunderstorm
b)
Hurricane
c)
Heavy Rain
d)
Tornado
26.
The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
a)
Warm front
b)
Precipitation
c)
Water Cycle
27.
Water in the form of a gas
a)
rain
b)
sleet
c)
water vapor
28.
Measures wind direction
a)
wind vane
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
29.
The direction from which the wind is blowing
a)
Wind Direction
b)
Wind Speed
30.
The speed of the motion of the air on a unit of time
a)
Wind Speed
b)
Wind Direction
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