WorksheetsWeather and Water Cycle
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What weather instrument is used for measuring AIR TEMPERATURE?
a)
Rain Gauge
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Thermometer
d)
Anemometer
2.
What weather instrument is used for measuring WIND SPEED?
a)
anemometer
b)
thermometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
hygrometer
3.
What weather instrument is used for measuring RAIN FALL?
a)
anemometer
b)
wind vane
c)
rain gauge
d)
hygrometer
4.
What weather instrument is used for measuring HUMIDITY?
a)
hygrometer
b)
anemometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
thermometer
5.
________________ clouds are made of tiny chunks of ice. They are thin and wispy clouds that sit high up in the sky.
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulus
d)
Cumulonimbus
6.
______________ clouds are dark gray. These clouds signal that a thunderstorm is coming.
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
cumulonimbus
d)
stratus
7.
_______________ clouds are white, puffy clouds that look like giant cotton balls in the sky, means good weather.
a)
cumulus
b)
stratus
c)
cirrus
d)
cumulonimbus
8.
_______________ clouds sit low in the sky, and cover the sky like a gray blanket or sheet.
a)
cirrus
b)
cumulus
c)
stratus
d)
cumulonimbus
9.
The ___________ _____________ is the constant movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back to Earth's surface.
a)
Water Vapor
b)
Water Cycle
c)
Air Mass
d)
Cold Front
10.
The border between a warm air mass and cold air mass is called _____________.
a)
weather map
b)
front
c)
high pressure
d)
thunderstorm
11.
What is happening at #2?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
run off
12.
What is happening at #3?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
13.
What is happening at #2
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
run off
d)
evaporation
14.
What is the study of weather?
a)
air mass
b)
meterology
c)
climate
d)
weather
15.
What is the pattern of weather over time?
a)
weather
b)
climate
16.
What is a large body of air with same temperature and humidity?
a)
water vaport
b)
air mass
c)
weather
d)
current
17.
What is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time?
a)
weather
b)
climate
18.
What temperature does water boil?
a)
32 degrees
b)
100 degrees
19.
What temperature does water freeze?
a)
100 degrees
b)
32 degrees
20.
What forms when water vapor cools and condenses on dust particles in the air?
a)
precipitation
b)
rain shadow
c)
clouds
d)
water vapor
21.
Which word means water vapor that has condensed into small droplets near ground level?
a)
fog
b)
sleet
c)
hail
d)
snow
22.
What kind of weather is likely to occur if a warm air mass moves over a cold air mass.
a)
hail
b)
snow
c)
steady rain
d)
thunderstorm
23.
Which type of precipitation occurs when water vapor turns directly into ice?
a)
hail
b)
sleet
c)
snow
d)
rain
24.
What does a rising barometer often tell about the weather?
a)
colder air and low chance of rain
b)
warmer air and low chance of rain
25.
What happens to water vapor as it rises higher and higher in the air?
a)
The vapor cools and then condenses to form clouds
b)
The vapor cools and then evaporates to form clouds
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