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Weather and Water Cycle

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What's number 1?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Collection

d)

Evaporation

2.

What's number 2?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Collection

3.

What's number 3?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Collection

4.

What's the weather like today?

a)

Today it's sunny

b)

Today it's hot

c)

Today it's rainy

d)

Today it's windy

5.

What's the weather like today?

a)

Today it's windy

b)

Today it's hot

c)

Today it's rainy

d)

Today it's sunny

6.

The water cycle is

a)

the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth as precipitation

b)

any form of water that falls from the clouds to Earth's surface

c)

when precipitation falls to Earth and collects in rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans

d)

what you use Google Draw to create a picture.

7.

Evaporation is

a)

A type of water vapor

b)

the change of state from a gas to a liquid

c)

the change of state from a liquid to a gas

d)

the change of state from a gas to a solid

8.

Precipitation is

a)

condensation

b)

only rainfall

c)

all the changes of states of matter

d)

any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface

9.

Collection is

a)

condensation

b)

when precipitation falls to Earth and collects in rivers, streams, lakes and oceans

c)

the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth as precipitation

d)

when water collects in a cloud

10.

Water becomes a solid at

a)

0 degrees F or 32 C

b)

32 degrees F or 0 C

c)

212 degrees F or 100 C

d)

100 degrees F or 212 C

11.

Water becomes a gas at

a)

0 degrees F or 32 C

b)

212 degrees F or 100 C

c)

100 degrees F or 212 C

d)

32 degrees F or 0 C

12.

Which is NOT a state of water

a)

solid

b)

liquid

c)

clear

d)

gas

13.

What is falling drops of liquid water?

a)

rain

b)

sleet

c)

snow

d)

hail

14.

What forms when drops of rain freeze and strong winds carry them higher into a cloud?

a)

rain

b)

sleet

c)

hail

d)

snow

15.

What forms when rain freezes as it falls

a)

rain

b)

sleet

c)

hail

d)

snow

16.

What falls when the temperature in a cloud is below freezing?

a)

rain

b)

sleet

c)

hail

d)

snow

17.

Climate is

a)

layers of gray clouds

b)

violent storms

c)

the usual weather conditions in an area over time

d)

Conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place

18.

Weather is

a)

Conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place

b)

the usual weather conditions in an area over time

c)

layers of gray clouds

d)

violent storms

19.

What type of cloud is fluffy like cotton and usually does not produce precipitation?

a)

stratus

b)

stratonimbus

c)

cumulous

d)

cumlonimbus

20.

An anemometer measures

a)

speed of wind

b)

air pressure

c)

temperature of air

d)

amount of precipitation that has fallen in an area

21.

A barometer measures

a)

amount of precipitation that has fallen

b)

speed of wind

c)

air pressure

d)

temperature of air

22.

A thermometer measures

a)

air pressure

b)

amount of precipitation that has fallen

c)

when precipition fall to Earth and collects in rivers, streams, lakes and oceans

d)

temperature of the air

23.

A rain gauge measures

a)

the temperature of the rain

b)

the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth as precipitation

c)

the amount of precipitation that falls in an area

d)

direction of the rain

24.

What is this symbol?

a)

Cold Front

b)

Hot Front

c)

Freezing Front

d)

Warm Front

25.

What is this symbol?

a)

cold front

b)

freezing front

c)

warm front

d)

hot front

26.

Identify the following process.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Condensation

d)

Evaporation

27.

Identify the following process.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Transpiration

c)

Evaporation

d)

Condensation

28.

Thermometers measure

a)

Precipitation

b)

Temperature

c)

Wind Speed

d)

Wind Direction

29.

Rain gauge measures _______.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Wind Speed

c)

Wind Direction

d)

Temperature

30.

________ is the measure of how hot or cold the air is.

a)

Precipitation

b)

Temperature

c)

Weather

d)

Relative Humidity

31.

_________ is the measure of the amount of rain, sleet, snow, or hail over a period of time.

a)

Cloud Cover

b)

Relative Humidity

c)

Precipitation

d)

Weather

32.

________ is the measurement of the direction from which the wind is blowing.

a)

Cloud Cover

b)

Relative Humidity

c)

Temperatu

d)

Wind Direction

33.

_________ is a measure of the relative amount of water vapor present in the air at a given time.

a)

Humidity

b)

Cloud Cover

c)

Temperature

d)

Precipitation

34.

________ is an observation of the relative amount of the sky that is obscured by clouds of different types.

a)

Relative Humidity

b)

Precipitation

c)

Weather

d)

Cloud Cover

35.

Forms of precipitation are

a)

only sleet and snow

b)

rain, sleet, snow, and hail

c)

only dew, mists, and rain

36.

When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

37.

When water flows back into the ocean it is called

a)

run-off

b)

transpiration

c)

precipitation

38.

After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to Earth in different forms...

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

39.

The ________________ is the driving force of the Earth's weather

a)

moon

b)

stars

c)

sun

40.

When drops of water fall down from the sky...

a)

evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

41.

Precipitation occurs because

a)

the droplets evaporate in the air

b)

the droplets are too light for the air to hold

c)

the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold

42.

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets...

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

43.

The water cycle has not start or end

a)

true

b)

false

44.

When tiny droplets of water form in the air it is called

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

45.

When water turns into a gas...

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation