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Weather

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the weather tool in this picture.

a)

wind sock

b)

weather vane

c)

anemometer

d)

barometer

e)

I do not know

2.

Name the weather instrument in this picture.

a)

wind sock

b)

weather vane

c)

anemometer

d)

barometer

e)

I do not know

3.

Name the weather instrument in this picture.

a)

wind sock

b)

weather vane

c)

anemometer

d)

barometer

e)

I do not know

4.

What type of weather is associated with a High Pressure System?

a)

Sunny

b)

Cloudy

c)

Rain

d)

Windy

e)

I do not know

5.

What type of weather is associated with a Low Pressure System?

a)

Sunny

b)

Cloudy

c)

Dry

d)

Windy

e)

I do not know

6.

What type of weather is headed for Des Moines?

a)

Stormy

b)

Clear

c)

Dry

d)

Snow

e)

I do not know

7.

What will happen in Des Moines once the front headed toward it passes by?

a)

temperatures will increase

b)

temperatures will decrease

c)

I do not know

8.

What is the weather like in Dallas right now?

a)

Sunny

b)

Fair

c)

Rain

d)

Dry

e)

I do not know

9.

Identify this front.

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

e)

I do not know

10.

Identify this front.

a)

warm front

b)

cold front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

e)

I do not know

11.

Identify this front.

a)

warm

b)

cold

c)

stationary

d)

occluded

e)

I do not know

12.

Identify this front.

a)

warm

b)

cold

c)

stationary

d)

occluded

e)

I do not know

13.

What atmospheric condition does this weather instrument measure?

a)

temperature

b)

humidity

c)

air pressure

d)

wind speed

e)

I do not know

14.

A low or falling (needle moves to the left) reading on a barometer indicates

a)

dry weather

b)

stormy weather

c)

hot weather

d)

fair weather

e)

I do not know

15.

Which type of cloud brings steady rain?

a)

nimbus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

cumulus

d)

nimbostratus

e)

I do not know

16.

The process shown here is

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

precipitation

e)

I do not know

17.

What type of weather front brings thunderstorms?

a)

warm

b)

cold

c)

stationary

d)

occluded

e)

I do not know

18.

What happens to air pressure as altitude increases?

a)

increases

b)

does not change

c)

decreases

d)

stays the same

e)

I do not know

19.

Heating air or water molecules makes the molecules -

a)

stand still

b)

sink

c)

move slower

d)

move faster

e)

I do not know

20.

When a cold air mass moves underneath a warm air mass, causing the warm air to rise, we call that a -

a)

cold front

b)

warm front

c)

stationary front

d)

occluded front

e)

I do not know

21.

Weather balloons allow meteorologists to measure weather conditions in -

a)

the troposphere and stratosphere

b)

outer space

c)

the troposphere

d)

the troposphere and stratosphere

e)

I do not know

22.

What type of storm is associated with cumulonimbus clouds and can pick up objects?

a)

hurricane

b)

snowstorm

c)

tornado

d)

thunderstorm

e)

I do not know

23.

To be classified as a hurricane, a storm must have winds of at least -

a)

75 miles per hour

b)

50 miles per hour

c)

85 miles per hour

d)

65 miles per hour

e)

I do not know

24.

This picture shows the shirts in the sun drying due to the process of -

a)

condensation

b)

precipitation

c)

transpiration

d)

evaporation

e)

I do not know

25.

Large tropical storms with high winds are called -

a)

hurricanes

b)

tornadoes

c)

thunderstorms

d)

blizzards

e)

I do not know

26.

A funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down from a storm cloud to touch Earth's surface and creates destruction is called a -

a)

hurricane

b)

tornado

c)

thunderstorm

d)

blizzard

e)

I do not know

27.

The three major types of clouds are -

a)

cirrus, stratus, nimbostratus

b)

cumulonimbus, altostratus, nimbostratus

c)

stratus, altocumulus, cumulus

d)

cirrus, stratus, cumulus

e)

I do not know

28.

Tornadoes form from what type of cloud?

a)

stratus

b)

cumulonimbus

c)

cirrus

d)

cumulus

e)

I do not know

29.

Carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere is known as -

a)

The Greenhouse Effect

b)

pollution

c)

smog

d)

the ozone layer

e)

I do not know

30.

A storm that originates over warm water and is associated with winds of at least 74 miles per hour is identified as a -

a)

tornado

b)

hurricane

c)

thunderstorm

d)

snowstorm

e)

I do not know

31.

Wind gets its energy from -

a)

the ocean

b)

the land

c)

the sun

d)

the moon

e)

I do not know

32.

The following picture of dew is an example of the process of -

a)

transpiration

b)

precipitation

c)

evaporation

d)

condensation

e)

I do not know

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