Worksheets5th grade - weather review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
The basic cause of all weather is the MOON
True
False
Scientists who study the weather are called METEOROLOGISTS
True
False
The imaginary line running through the earth from North Pole to South Pole is the EQUATOR
True
False
The air that we live in receives most of its warmth from the SUN
True
False
Different seasons are caused by the TILT of the earth's axis
True
False
Winds are produced by TEMPERATURE differences on earth
True
False
Warm air is HEAVIER than cool air
True
False
The earth's surface spins at over 1,000,000 miles per hour
True
False
The amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature is the (a) of the air
The lowest possible temperature at which air is able to hold all of its water vapor is its
(a)
The process in which water vapor leaves the air and changes into liquid water is called
(a)
Air is saturated when the humidity of the air is (a) %
Water vapor that condenses to form liquid water on the ground is called _?
(a)
Water vapor that condenses and forms frozen water on the ground is called _?
(a)
Puffy, bulgy clouds belong to the __ family
cirrus
cumulus
stratus
nimbus
Layers of flat clouds belong to the __ family
stratus
cirrus
cumulus
nimbus
Wispy, curly clouds very high in the atmosphere belong to the __ family
cumulus
cirrus
stratus
nimbus
Sheets of clouds that often produce rain are __ clouds
cumulus
stratus
cirrus
nimbus
Clouds made of very small ice crystales are __ clouds
cumulus
stratus
cirrus
nimbus
THUNDERHEAD is another name for a __ cloud
nimbostratus
cumulonimbus
cirrocumulus
altocumulus
A term used to describe a cloud from which rain is falling is
nimbus
cumulus
cirrus
stratus
