WorksheetsWeather and Climate
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.
a)
cold
b)
light
c)
heavy
d)
hot
2.
Does evaporation happen before or after condensation?
a)
before
b)
after
c)
during
3.
Which weather tool measures temperature?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
anememeter
4.
This weather tool measures wind speed and direction
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
5.
What part of the illustration shows Evaporation?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
6.
Several months during the year that have similar temperatures
a)
Season
b)
climate
c)
weather
d)
Summer
7.
An instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall
a)
barometer
b)
thermometer
c)
rain guage
d)
wind sock
8.
An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is
a)
barometer
b)
thermometer
c)
wind sock
d)
rain guage
9.
Rain, snow sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky
a)
humidity
b)
liquid
c)
precipitation
d)
weather
10.
Any form of water that falls from clouds is called ___________.
a)
dew
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
d)
precipitation
11.
Scientist who study weather and try to predict it are called ___________.
a)
weatherologists
b)
astronomers
c)
climateologists
d)
meteorologists
12.
This weather tool measures wind speed and direction
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
13.
Which weather tool measures temperature?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
psychrometer
d)
anememeter
14.
why floods happen
a)
hail
b)
sewer
c)
snow
d)
heavy rain
15.
What occurs when water flows or collects over land that is usually dry.
a)
dam
b)
flood
c)
floodway
d)
levee
16.
What is a wall along the banks of a river or other body of water that serves to keep water behind it?
a)
flood
b)
floodway
c)
levee
d)
reserboir
17.
What is piled along the banks of a rising river to keep water out of buildings?
a)
sandbags
b)
trees
c)
rocks
18.
What do we call long periods of unusually hot, dry weather?
a)
Draw
b)
Drop
c)
Drawings
d)
Drought
19.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
20.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
21.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
22.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
23.
What is evaporation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
24.
What is condensation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
25.
What is precipitation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
26.
Which of these is not an example of precipitation?
a)
rain
b)
clouds
c)
sleet
d)
snow
27.
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
a)
snow
b)
air
c)
clouds
d)
vapor
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