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Weather/Water Unit Study

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

a)

sun

b)

wind

c)

rain

d)

oceans

2.

What are clouds made of?

a)

dry air

b)

water

3.

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

a)

The moon T

b)

The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

c)

The sun

d)

he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

4.

What are formed when water vapor condenses?

a)

Clouds

b)

Mountains

c)

Transpiration

d)

Valleys

5.

Water in its gas form is called ____________________,

a)

water vapor

b)

precipitation

c)

ice

d)

air

6.

Which of the following is an example of precipitation?

a)

sleet

b)

hail

c)

snow

d)

all of the above

7.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
8.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
9.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
10.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
11.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
12.
a)
Warm Front
b)
High Air Pressure
c)
Cold Front
d)
High Temperatures
13.
a)
Low Clouds
b)
Low Temperatures
c)
Light Wind
d)
Low Air Pressure
14.
a)
High Air Pressure
b)
High Temperatures
c)
Heavy Rain
d)
Hail
15.
a)
High Pressure
b)
Warm Front
c)
Cold Front
d)
Mountains
16.
High Pressure is associated with this type of weather...
a)
Cloudy/Overcast Weather
b)
Cold Weather
c)
Warm Weather
d)
Fair Weather
17.
Low Pressure is associated with this type of weather...
a)
Cloudy/Overcast Weather
b)
Cold Weather
c)
Warm Weather
d)
Fair Weather
18.
Our weather generally moves in this direction...
a)
West to East
b)
East to West
c)
North to South
d)
South to North
19.
A cold front moving into an area can bring this type of weather...
a)
Warmer Temperatures, Clear Skies
b)
Colder Temperatures, Clear Skies
c)
Warmer Temperatures, Clouds
d)
Colder Temperatures, Clouds, and Precipitation
20.
A warm front moving into an area can bring this type of weather...
a)
Warmer Temperatures, Clear Skies
b)
Colder Temperatures, Clear Skies
c)
Warmer Temperatures, Clouds, and steady precipitation
d)
Colder Temperatures, Clouds, and Precipitation
21.
Which weather tool measures air pressure?
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
22.
This weather tool measures wind speed and direction
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
anemometer
d)
psychrometer
23.
Which type of cloud is most often observed during a thunderstorm?
a)
cirrus
b)
stratus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
24.
The amount of water vapor present in the air is called ________________.
a)
weather
b)
humidity
c)
air mass
d)
dew point
25.
What type of weather do cirrus clouds usually bring?
a)
hot weather
b)
fair weather
c)
stormy weather
d)
cold weather
26.
The picture represents the symbol for a _______________________Front.
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Occluded
d)
Stationary
27.
What kind of weather instrument measures air temperature
a)
wind vane
b)
rain gauge
c)
anemometer
d)
thermometer
28.
What weather instrument measures air pressure?
a)
barometer
b)
thermometer
c)
rain gauge
d)
wind vane
29.
What kind of weather instrument is used to measure wind speed?
a)
barometer
b)
anemometer
c)
thermometer
d)
rain gauge
30.
What kind of weather instrument measures wind direction?
a)
wind vane
b)
rain gauge 
c)
thermometer
d)
barometer
31.
What kind of weather instrument is used to measure the amount of rain that has fallen over a specific time period?
a)
wind vane
b)
barometer
c)
wind vane
d)
rain gauge
32.
These instruments indicate conditions in the atmosphere over a large area of Earth's surface.
a)
wind vane
b)
weather map
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
33.
This instrument measures the amount of water vapor or humidity.
a)
hygrometer
b)
thermometer
c)
wind vane 
d)
weather map
34.

The temperature is currently 3°.

a)

climate

b)

weather

35.

We average 200 inches of snow each year.

a)

climate

b)

weather

36.

There are only cirrus clouds in the sky today.

a)

climate

b)

weather

37.

There is a hurricane affecting the Gulf Coast.

a)

climate

b)

weather

38.

I need a warm jacket for the winter.

a)

climate

b)

weather

39.

The amount of precipitation measured over the course of a year.

a)

climate

b)

weather

40.

Characteristics of a Cirrus cloud..

a)

Thin clouds that look like feathers, high in the sky

b)

High in the sky, look like cotton balls bunched together

c)

usually mean rain

d)

Flat on bottom

41.

Characteristics of a Stratus cloud are..

a)

high clouds, look like tiny cotton balls

b)

low, puffy, gray clouds

c)

low level clouds, usually bring rain, form in layers

d)

flat on bottom, fair weather

42.

What is fog?

a)

clouds that form high in the sky

b)

clouds that form close to the ground

c)

clouds that form around the sun

d)

clouds that produce snow

43.

What is a cloud?

a)

a puffy pillow birds use to sleep on

b)

puffs of air that shade us from the sun

c)

dew that rises from plants

d)

tiny droplets of water

44.

How do clouds help meteorologists?

a)

they let them know how hot it is going to be

b)

they tell them how cold it is going to be

c)

they help them predict the weather

d)

they don't help them at all

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