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Weather Practice

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On a summer day, a barometer reading shows an increase in air pressure. What type of weather should be expected?

a)

Clear and sunny

b)

Cloudy and rainy

c)

Rainy and windy

d)

Cloudy and cold

2.

What kind of weather is a high-pressure most likely to bring?

a)

Clear, sunny weather

b)

Hot, sunny weather

c)

Precipitation (rain and snow)

d)

Light breezes

3.

What kind of weather is a low-pressure most likely to bring?

a)

Clear weather

b)

Hot, sunny weather

c)

Precipitation (rain or snow)

d)

Light breezes

4.

Which tool is used to determine the direction the wind is blowing?

a)

Wind Vane

b)

Thermometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Barometer

e)

Satellite

5.

Which tool is pictured below?

a)

Wind Vane

b)

Thermometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Barometer

e)

Satellite

6.

Which tool is used to take the picture below?

a)

Wind Vane

b)

Thermometer

c)

Anemometer

d)

Barometer

e)

Satellite

7.

Jerry said it was 78 degrees outside.

Which weather instrument was Jerry using?

a)

barometer

b)

thermometer

c)

anemometer

d)

wind vane

8.

This thermometer shows a temperature of 50 degrees Farenheit

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The storm brought wind speeds of 25 miles per hour.

What weather tool was used to take this measurement?

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

thermometer

d)

rain gauge

10.
Which tool measures humidity or the amount of moisture in the air?
a)
wind vane
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
hygrometer
11.

If a scientist were trying to determine how fast the wind was moving in a hurricane, what tool would they use?

a)

hygrometer

b)

compass

c)

barometer

d)

anemometer

12.
What temperature is this in Fahrenheit?
a)
84 degrees
b)
85 degrees
c)
86 degrees
d)
30 degrees
13.
A violently rotating column of air called a _____ when it comes in contact with the ground.
a)
hurrican
b)
tornado
c)
trade wind
d)
local wind
14.
A _____ is a large, swirling, low-pressure system that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
a)
blizzard
b)
cold front
c)
tornado 
d)
hurricane
15.
What role do oceans play in hurricane formation?
a)
they provide cool, dense water
b)
warm water supplies energy to hurricanes
c)
warm ocean water slows hurricane formation
d)
cold ocean water supplies energy to hurricanes
16.

Puffy low level cloud type?

a)

cumulus

b)

stratus

c)

evaporation

d)

cirrus

17.

Air current that affects weather in North America

a)

Hemisphere

b)

anemometer

c)

jet stream

d)

gulf sream

18.

Thin, feathery cloud type (made of ice crystals)

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

19.

water that falls as rain, sleet, snow or hail

a)

evaporation

b)

precipitation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

20.

layered low level cloud type that indicates a chance of rain

a)

stratus

b)

cirrus

c)

alto

d)

nimbus

21.

which symbol is used to represent a warm front

a)
b)
c)
22.

which represents a cold front on a weather map

a)
b)
c)