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Weather Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is weather?

a)

the daily conditions of the earth

b)

the daily conditions of the earth's atmosphere

c)

the daily conditions of the countries

d)

the daily conditions of the sun and moon

2.

What 4 things are needed to make weather?

a)

humidity, air pressure, water, snow

b)

wind, heat, rain, clouds

c)

sun, moon, stars, wind

d)

air pressure, heat, moisture, wind

3.

What types of information would we see when we check the weather report?

a)

rain, snow, hail, ice

b)

temperature, humidity, air pressure, precipitation

c)

heat, cold. humidity, temperature

d)

time, date, precipitation, rain

4.

What does a thermometer measure?

a)

humidity

b)

wind direction

c)

temperature

d)

wind speed

5.

What does an anemometer measure?

a)

temperature

b)

wind speed

c)

wind direction

d)

precipitation

6.

What does a barometer measure?

a)

wind direction

b)

humidity

c)

air pressure

d)

wind speed

7.

What does a wind vane measure?

a)

precipitation

b)

temperature

c)

wind speed

d)

wind direction

8.

What does a rain gauge measure?

a)

precipitation

b)

wind speed

c)

wind direction

d)

humidity

9.

What does a hygrometer measure?

a)

precipitation

b)

humidity

c)

air pressure

d)

wind speed

10.

What units are used for temperature?

a)

km/hr

b)

kilopascals

c)

degrees Celcius

d)

percentage

11.

What units are used for wind speed?

a)

N, E, S, W

b)

degrees Celcius

c)

mm and cm

d)

km/hr

12.

What units are used for air pressure?

a)

km/hr

b)

kilopascals

c)

degrees

d)

mm and cm

13.

What units are used for wind direction?

a)

N, E, S, W

b)

mm and cm

c)

degrees

d)

percentage

14.

What units are used for humidity?

a)

Celcius

b)

mm and cm

c)

km/hr

d)

percentage

15.

What units are used for precipitation?

a)

percentage

b)

km/hr

c)

mm and cm

d)

kilopascals

16.

What is weather?

a)

information taken over many years

b)

daily conditions

17.

What is climate?

a)

information taken over many years

b)

daily conditions

18.

What does cold air do?

a)

rises

b)

sinks

19.

What does warm air do?

a)

rises

b)

sinks

20.

Warm air is ... (choose two)

a)

light

b)

heavy

c)

less dense

d)

more dense

21.

Cold air is ... (choose two)

a)

light

b)

heavy

c)

less dense

d)

more dense

22.

Convection is cold air rising and warm air sinking which causes air to move.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The warmest areas are usually... (choose two)

a)

higher

b)

lower

c)

sunnier

d)

darker

24.

The coldest areas are usually... (choose two)

a)

higher

b)

lower

c)

sunnier

d)

darker

25.

Concrete areas would be warmer.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Grass areas are warmer.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Why might some places be warmer or colder?

a)

Warm air rises and cold air sinks

b)

Sun warms up surfaces and the air

c)

Some surfaces are too tough to be affected by heat or cold

d)

Some surfaces heat faster than other surfaces

28.

What is air pressure?

a)

Wind speed times wind wind direction.

b)

Humidity combined with wind speed circling the earth's atmosphere.

c)

The convection of air particles rising and sinking.

d)

The force of air molecules pushing on everything.

29.

Warm air has lower pressure while cold air has higher pressure.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What makes air pressure change? (choose 3)

a)

density of the clouds

b)

elevation above sea level

c)

temperature

d)

amount of moisture in the air

31.

What weather does low pressure bring? (Choose 2)

a)

Lousy skies (stormy, cloudy)

b)

Happy skies (sunny, clear)

c)

Heavier air

d)

Lighter air

32.

What weather does high pressure bring? (Choose 2)

a)

Lousy skies (stormy, cloudy)

b)

Happy skies (sunny, clear)

c)

Heavier air

d)

Lighter air

33.

What is wind?

a)

Wind is pressured air that always moves to release energy.

b)

Wind is condensed air that drops from the clouds.

c)

Wind is air that is moving from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.

d)

Wind is air that moves from low pressure areas to high pressure areas.

34.

Liquid heated to gas is...

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

accumulation

d)

evaporation

35.

Rain, snow, hail, or sleet is...

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

accumulation

d)

evaporation

36.

gas cooled to liquid is...

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

accumulation

d)

evaporation

37.

What are clouds made of?

a)

Rain, hail, ice, sleet

b)

High pressured humidity

c)

Water droplets or ice crystals and dust

d)

Evaporated water from lakes and oceans

38.

Stratus is...

a)

high

b)

puffy or piled

c)

rain or precipitation

d)

layer or blanket

39.

Cumulus is...

a)

puffy or piled

b)

high

c)

medium

d)

layer or blanket

40.

Alto is...

a)

puffy or piled

b)

layer or blanket

c)

middle

d)

high

41.

Cirrus is...

a)

rain

b)

high

c)

middle

d)

puffy

42.

Nimbus is...

a)

rain or precipitation

b)

blanket

c)

layer

d)

piled

43.

How do we classify clouds? (choose 2)

a)

by the speed they travel in

b)

by how much water they carry

c)

by how high they are in the sky

d)

by how they look

44.

What type of cloud am I? very large / vertical and puffy / thunderstorms

a)

Cumulus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Nimbus

45.

What type of cloud am I? very high / made of ice crystals / feathery

a)

Cumulonimbus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Stratus

46.

What type of cloud am I? puffy and piled / low in the sky / fair weather

a)

Stratus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Nimbostratus

47.

What type of cloud am I? grey / low in the sky / rainy / blanket

a)

Stratus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Nimbostratus

48.

What type of cloud am I? grey / low / like a blanket or layer

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulonimbus

c)

Nimbostratus

d)

Cirrus

49.

Who made this amazing quiz to help you study?

a)

the best mom ever

b)

my friend

c)

my sister

d)

my brother

50.

Who's the bestest mom in the whole entire world?

a)

Mary Poppins

b)

Susan Heffley

c)

Queen Elisabeth

d)

Rania Ayesh