Worksheets#15 Clouds, Precipitation and Weather Instruments
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.
a)
dust
b)
water
c)
cloud particles
d)
precipitation
2.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
3.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
4.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
5.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
6.
These clouds appear with fair, sunny weather, but indicate the weather could change in the next 24-48 hours.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
7.
These clouds indicate fair weather.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
8.
These clouds appear in blanket-like layers.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
9.
These clouds bring rainy or overcast weather.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
10.
These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightening, and sometimes hail.
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
11.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
12.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
13.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
14.
Which cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cirrus
d)
stratus
15.
Which of the following is an example of a cloud of vertical development?
a)
nimbostratus cloud
b)
cumulonimbus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
stratus cloud
16.
Which of the following is an example of a cloud of vertical development?
a)
nimbostratus cloud
b)
cumulonimbus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
stratus cloud
17.
Water leaving clouds such as rain, snow, sleet, hail is called .....?
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
d)
sublimation
18.
What forms when drops of liquid water fall all the way to the surface of the Earth?
a)
Rain
b)
Hail
c)
Snow
19.
What forms when water droplets become super chilled. The water droplets freeze the instant they strike an object such as a road or car.
a)
Hail
b)
Sleet
c)
Freezing Rain
20.
What forms when water vapor turns directly into ice without passing through a liquid state?
a)
Freezing Rain
b)
Snow
c)
Rain
21.
What forms as a mixture of snow and rain, in addition to raindrops that freeze on their way down from clouds?
a)
Sleet
b)
Hail
c)
Freezing Rain
22.
What forms when water that gets caught in strong upward moving winds.
a)
Rain
b)
Snow
c)
Hail
23.
Name this instrument.
a)
rain gauge
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
wind vane
24.
Name this instrument.
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
rain gauge
25.
Name this instrument.
a)
rain gauge
b)
thermometer
c)
barometer
d)
anemometer
26.
Name this instrument.
a)
rain gauge
b)
thermometer
c)
barometer
27.
Which instrument measures the air temperature?
a)
rain gauge
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
thermometer
28.
If someone wanted to know how much it rained, what instrument would they use?
a)
rain gauge
b)
barometer
c)
thermometer
d)
anenometer
29.
Which instrument is used to measure the speed of wind?
a)
rain gauge
b)
thermometer
c)
anenometer
d)
barometer
30.
Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?
a)
rain gauge
b)
barometer
c)
anenometer
d)
thermometer
31.
What weather instrument is pictured?
a)
Anemometer
b)
Wind Vane
c)
Barometer
d)
Hygrometer
32.
What weather factor does a wind vane measure?
a)
Air Pressure
b)
Air Temperature
c)
Wind Speed
d)
Wind Direction
33.
What instrument is shown in the picture?
a)
anemometer
b)
sling psychrometer
c)
thermometer
d)
barometer
34.
Which instrument measures humidity?
a)
sling psychrometer
b)
thermometer
c)
anemometer
d)
wind vane
35.
A(n) __________________ is used to photograph and track large-scale air movements.
a)
weather balloon
b)
weather satellite
c)
weather map
d)
sling psychrometer
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