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Weather-Clouds, Tools, Water Cycle

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the job of a meteorologist? Their job is to study and ______________.

a)

tell about animals

b)

draw constellations

c)

predict the weather

d)

write about history

2.

The process in which water changes from a liquid into a gas is called _________.

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

runoff

d)

condensation

3.

The process in which water changes from a gas into a liquid is called __________.

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

d)

runoff

4.

Water that is in the form of a gas is called ________________.

a)

water condensation

b)

stratus

c)

water vapor

d)

rain gauge

5.

How are clouds formed? They form when _______________.

a)

A. water vapor cools down and changes back to a liquid.

b)

B. liquid changes to a gas.

c)

C. the rain starts falling out of the sky.

d)

D. the sun heats up the liquid water.

6.

What kind of weather would you expect to have if the sky is filled with cirrus clouds

a)

A. hot temperatures

b)

B. rainy weather

c)

C. thunderstorm

d)

D. fair weather

7.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
8.
Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
9.

What type of weather do cumulus clouds bring?

a)

sunny

b)

thunderstorms

c)

slow, steady rain

d)

hurricanes

10.

When you see the sky filled with clouds that don’t let much sun shine through they are called stratus. What type of weather do they bring?

a)

slow, steady rain

b)

snow

c)

fair weather

d)

tornadoes

11.
What does this tool measure?
a)
Wind speed
b)
Wind direction
c)
Air pressure
d)
Temperature
12.
What is the name of this tool?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Rain Gauge
d)
Thermometer
13.
What is the name of this tool?
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Rain Gauge
d)
Thermometer
14.
This weather instrument is an...
a)
wind vane
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
15.
The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph northeast wind and a high temperature of 52 degrees. What three instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction?
a)
anemometer, wind vane, thermometer
b)
barometer, hygrometer, wind vane
c)
thermometer, satellite image, hygrometer
d)
wind vane, satellite image, barometer
16.

What weather tool measures the amount of precipitation that falls to the Earth?

a)

Thermometer

b)

Anemometer

c)

Rain Gauge

d)

Weather Vane

17.

What weather tool measures the amount of precipitation that falls to the Earth?

a)

Thermometer

b)

Anemometer

c)

Rain Gauge

d)

Weather Vane

18.

Clouds can not form without:

a)

the moon

b)

water

c)

plants

d)

cool air

19.
What instrument measures wind direction?
a)
wind vane
b)
hydrometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
barometer 
20.
What type of cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
cumulonimbus
d)
stratus
21.
What type of cloud is this?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
cumulonimbus
d)
stratus
22.
Which gas in our atmosphere is most abundant?
a)
Argon
b)
Oxygen
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
23.

What are the three main types of clouds?

a)

cirrus, cotton clouds, stratus

b)

cirrus, fog, stratus

c)

cirrus, cumulus, stratus

24.

The weather tool that measures the amount of rain that has fallen is a ___________.

a)

anemometer

b)

wind vane

c)

rain gauge

25.

Measures wind speed

a)

Thermometer

b)

Barometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Rain gauge

26.

Water changing from liquid to gas (vapor) when heat energy is applied to it like from the sun.

a)

Transpiration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Precipitation

27.

The process in which water moves through the earth and the atmosphere

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Water cycle

28.

Measures air pressure

a)

Anemometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Barometer

d)

Wind sock

29.

Water vapor cools and changes from a gas to a liquid. This process forms clouds.

a)

Condensation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

30.

Choose all the forms of precipitation.

a)

Rain

b)

Mud

c)

Sleet

d)

Snow

e)

Hail

31.

Measures the amount of rainfall in an area

a)

Thermometer

b)

Rain gauge

c)

Barometer

d)

Anemometer

32.

What provides energy in the water cycle?

a)

Moon tides

b)

the sun

c)

the gravitational pull on the north pole

d)

elephants

33.

When a plant releases water through its leaves it is called

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

transpiration

d)

evaporation

34.

Water that flows back to the ocean is called

a)

transpiration

b)

evaporation

c)

run-off

d)

rain

35.

How much of the Earth's surface is water?

a)

55%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

95%

36.

For condensation to occur, the warm water vapor must

a)

cool

b)

get hotter

c)

melt

d)

evaporate

37.

measures the temperature of the air

a)

thermometer

b)

barometer

c)

anemometer

d)

rain gauge

38.

Shows wind direction

a)

thermometer

b)

anemometer

c)

weather vane

d)

rain gauge

39.

the study of weather

a)

biology

b)

cardiology

c)

astronomy

d)

meteorology

40.

White, feathery clouds that are high in the sky

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

41.

White puffy clouds that look like cauliflowers

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

d)

stratonimbus

42.

Low clouds that look like gray blankets in the sky.

a)

cumulus

b)

stratus

c)

cirrus

d)

cumulonimbus

43.

puffy clouds that grow heavy and turn gray that bring thunderstorms

a)

cumulus

b)

cirrus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

nimbostratus

44.

Which weather instrument is used to measure humidity?

a)

Anemometer

b)

Baromometer

c)

Hygrometer

d)

Rain Gauge

45.

The amount of precipitation is measured with a —

a)

barometer

b)

rain gauge

c)

hygrometer

d)

anemometer

46.
Temperature is measured with — 
a)
an anemometer 
b)
a thermometer 
c)
a barometer
d)
a psychrometer 
47.

Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky and may indicate rain are called___________clouds.

a)

cumulonimbus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

d)

cirrus

48.

Thunderstorms form within__________.

a)

cirrus clouds

b)

stratus clouds

c)

cumulus clouds

d)

large cumulonimbus clouds

49.

Which water cycle stage represents where water vapor changes into a liquid (water droplets)?

a)

evaporation

b)

surface run-off

c)

precipitation

d)

condensation

50.

Fog is a __________ cloud near the ground.

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cirrus

d)

nimbus

51.

What tool is used to determine wind speed?

a)

hygrometer

b)

barometer

c)

wind vane

d)

anemometer

52.

Which type of cloud would MOST LIKELY produce a thunderstorm that comes with a cold front?

a)

cumulonimbus

b)

cirrus

c)

cumulus

d)

nimbostratus

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