WorksheetsRecording of Weather
Total questions: 74
Worksheet time: 42mins
If you are collecting weather data, what instrument would you use to determine the amount of rain that had fallen over the past few days?
Barometer
Hygrometer
Wind vane
Rain gauge
If you are collecting weather data, what instrument would you use to determine the amount of rain that had fallen over the past few days?
Barometer
Hygrometer
Wind vane
Rain gauge
This tool reads the pressure in the air...
Thermometer
Barometer
Rain Gauge
Anemometer
What temperature is this in Fahrenheit?
82 degrees
31 degrees
86 degrees
30 degrees
What are the units used for recording temperature? Select all that apply.
Liters
Degrees Celsius
Meters
Degrees Fahrenheit
The weather just made a forecast of 82 degrees, with 2 inches of rain. What two tools will you need to check his prediction?
rain gauge, anemometer
rain gauge, thermometer
radar, thermometer
barometer, rain gauge
What is this instrument?
wind sock
Barometer
Anemometer
wind vane
Wind wane is used to measure.....
wind direction
wind speed
If your teacher asks you to measure the speed of the wind, which instrument will you use?
Wind wane
Anemometer
thermometer
I am a barometer. I measure..?
Humidity
Pressure
Rainfall
A person who studies earth's atmosphere and weather, and produces forecasts are called?
Scientist
Meteorologist
Physicist
Pathologist
I am a rain gauge. I help to measure ...............................
wind
Rainfall
clouds
humidity
This device measures wind speed. What is it called?
An Animometer
An Animemometer
An Anminalistometer
An Anemometer
What are the 3 main types of clouds? Check all that apply!
Cumulus
Stratus
Nimbus
Cirrus
Airus
Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton:
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Nimbostratus
Clouds that form in flat layers and covers the sky:
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels:
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
A cloud at ground level is called:
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Fog
These large clouds produce thunderstorms with rain and lightning:
Cumulus
Nimbostratus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Dark, flat clouds that bring rain or snow:
Cumulus
Cirrus
Nimbostratus
Cirrocumulus
Nimbus like in "cumulonimbus" and "nimbostratus" means:
Rain
Sunlight
Clear Skies
Snowstorm
Which types of clouds are medium level clouds? Check all that apply.
Fog
Cirrus
Altocumulus
Altostratus
What are the clouds shown here that are nicknamed "mackerel sky" and tell us a storm is on the way?
Cumulus
Cirrocumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
What are these clouds pictured here?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
What are these clouds pictured here?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Cirrocumulus
What type of clouds are shown here in this picture?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cirrus
Nimbostratus
What are the clouds shown here?
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Which clouds are "fair weather" clouds, meaning they are associated with good weather? Check all that apply
Cirrus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
Nimbostratus
- The following are the elements of weather.
Temperature
Humidity
rainfall
all of the above
The average of mean temperatures for twelve months give us the mean annual temperature.
True
False
Hygrometer measures rainfall.
True
False
The horizontal movement of air is called ____________.
wind
air
What is the actual amount of water vapour present in air called?
Relative humidity
Absolute humidity
Lines joining places have similar temperature at a particular time is called________________________.
Isohyets
Isotherms
Lines joining places have similar temperature at a particular time is called________________________.
Isohyets
Isotherms
Lines joining places have similar atmospheric pressure at a particular time is called________________________.
Isobars
Isotherms
Lines joining places have similar rainfall at a particular time is called________________________.
isobars
isohyets
Mercury expands when heated and contracts when cooled.
true
false
The thermometer measure __________________.
Atmospheric pressure
Temperature
Low pressure is an indication of __________ weather.
clear and sunny weather
stormy weather
(a) is the state of the atmosphere at a particular place at any given point in time
The (a) department is in charge of observing weather conditions & recording them.
Scientists who study the weather are called (a)
Indian Meteorological Department's head quarters is at (a)
(a) is the average condition of the atmosphere of a large area, over a long period of 35 years or more.
(a) is the degree of hotness or coldness of air over a place.
(a) is the degree of hotness or coldness of air over a place.
Temperature of a place does NOT depend on this factor.
Latitude
Altitude
Distance from mountains
Ocean Currents
Check all possible answers:
There are many forms of precipitation
Rain
Sleet
Smog
Snow
If pressure goes up, then temperature goes ____
up
down
remains the same
none of the above
If temperature is low, the humidity levels will be
low
high
unaffected
none of the above
Horizontal movement of air is called (a)
Difference in ______ generates winds
temperature
humidity
atmospheric pressure
relative humidity
Lines on maps connecting places with same amount of rainfall are called ____
Isotherms
Isobars
Isohyets
Isohels
Lines on maps connecting places with same temperatures are called ____
Isotherms
isobars
Isohyets
Isohels
Lines on the maps connecting places with same duration of sunshine are called (a)
