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Weather and Climate

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Weather refers to the conditions of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular ____________. 
a)
 Location
b)
Time
c)
Place
d)
 Time and Place
2.
Two major factors used to identify climate are?
a)
longitude and latitude
b)
temperature and precipitation
c)
lattitude and temperature
d)
layers in the atmosphere
3.
This is the symbol for a... 
a)
Cold Front
b)
Warm Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Occluded Front 
4.
This is the symbol for a... 
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Stationary Front
c)
Warm Front
d)
Cold Front 
5.
Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Warm Front
6.
Identify the type of front that is shown in the image.
a)
Occluded Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Stationary Front
d)
Warm Front
7.
Located at the leading edge of a temperature drop off. Bring heavy thunderstorms, rain, and hail. Cool, fair weather is likely to follow.  
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front
c)
Occluded Front
d)
Stationary Front 
8.
Located at the leading edge of a warm air mass. Brings gentle rain or light snow, followed by warmer, milder weather.  
a)
Warm Front
b)
Cold Front 
c)
Occluded Front 
d)
Stationary Front 
9.
What is going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.
a)
Weather
b)
Climate
10.
the amount of water vapor in the air
a)
warm front
b)
precipitation
c)
humidity
d)
air pressure
11.
An instrument used to measure how hot or cold something is
a)
barometer
b)
thermometer
c)
wind sock
d)
rain guage
12.
Average weather conditions of a region year after year
a)
weather
b)
season
c)
cold front
d)
climate
13.

Which best describes climate?

a)

Summers are usually hot and dry.

b)

It rained last week.

c)

Yesterday it was cold and windy.

14.
What is the name of the job that tells the weather?
a)
meteorologist
b)
weather man
c)
weather person
15.

Regions closest to ________________ tend to have warmer year-round climates.

a)

Forest Fires

b)

South Pole

c)

North Pole

d)

the Equator

16.

Sources of information is called

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Data

c)

Investigation

17.

In our classroom, we measure temperature in _________

a)

Fahrenheit

b)

Celsius

18.

The symbol for high pressure is

a)

b)

c)

d)

19.

Rain that occurs on a certain day of the week is describing

a)

season

b)

climate

c)

weather

20.

Which describes WEATHER data?

a)

Less than 3 inches of rain annually

b)

50% humidity at 4pm today

c)

Monsoon rains during the summer

21.

Cities closer to water most likely will be

a)

more dry

b)

hotter

c)

more humid

22.

Low pressure has

a)

Cool, wet air

b)

Hot, dry air

c)

Sunny with no clouds

23.

If it only rains one month out of the year, the climate would be

a)

mostly wet.

b)

neither wet or dry.

c)

mostly dry.

24.

Which best describes climate?

a)

It rained this week.

b)

Summers are usually hot and dry.

c)

Yesterday it was cold and windy.

25.

High pressure has

a)

cool, wet air.

b)

hot, dry air.

c)

lots of dark clouds.

26.

What are the three main types of clouds? (Select all three answers)

a)

precipitation

b)

cirrus

c)

evaporation

d)

cumulus

e)

stratus

27.

Which cloud is the lowest in the sky?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

28.

Which cloud looks puffy like cotton balls?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

29.

Which cloud is thin and feathery?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

30.

Which cloud covers the whole sky and looks like a blanket?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

stratus

31.

Which shows a cirrus cloud?

a)
b)
c)
32.

Which shows a cumulus cloud?

a)
b)
c)
33.

Which shows a stratus cloud?

a)
b)
c)
34.

Which is true about clouds?

a)

Precipitation causes clouds.

b)

Condensation causes clouds.

c)

Clouds are made of cotton.

35.

What are clouds made of?

a)

water droplets, ice crystals, and dust

b)

water droplets and rocks

c)

only water droplets

36.
Name this tool. 
a)
Barometer
b)
Hygrometer
c)
Thermometer
d)
Ruler
37.
What tool is used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen? 
a)
Rain Gauge
b)
Barometer
c)
Wind Vane
d)
Precipitation
38.
What tool is used to measure wind speed? 
a)
Wind Vane
b)
Anemometer
c)
Thermometer
d)
Barometer
39.
What does a barometer measure? 
a)
measures high and low pressure in the air
b)
measures humidity in the air
c)
measures speed of the wind 
d)
measures the amount of rain that has fallen
40.
This weather instrument is an...
a)
wind vane
b)
anemometer
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
41.
What is the name of a person who forescast weather?
a)
weather man
b)
geologist
c)
meteorlogist
d)
scientist

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