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Rain gauge 5

Total questions: 5

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What unit do you measure rainfall in ?

a)

millilitres ml

b)

Liters L

c)

Inches "

d)

Millimetres mm

2.

What is the Beaufort Scale?

a)

A scale to show how much rain there is in a month

b)

A scale to describe wind speeds in words

c)

The symbols used on a weather map

3.

What is a weather vane?

a)

An instrument used for showing the direction of the wind.

b)

An instrument used for recording the strength of the wind.

c)

An instrument that records yearly rainfall.

4.

How do you work out the average rainfall?

a)

Add up all the rainfall in mm for each day then times that number by the number of days

b)

Add up all the rainfall in mm for each day then divided that number by the number of days

c)

Add up all the rainfall in mm for each day then take away that number by the number of days

5.

What is the average rainfall for this data, collected over 5 days.

2mm, 4mm, 6mm, 0mm, 8mm

(a)