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2nd Blue-Science Test Unit 7: All About Weather

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is weather?
a)
moving air around us
b)
what the air outside is like
c)
a group of tiny drops
2.
What is wind?
a)
moving air around us
b)
what the air outside is like
c)
a group of tiny drops
3.
What is water, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the sky?
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
4.
What is it called when the gas cools and changes back to tiny drops of water?
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
5.
What is the process of the sun's heat making water turn into a gas?
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
condensation
6.
What is the way water moves from Earth's surface into the air and back again called?
a)
weather pattern
b)
water cycle
c)
weather watch
7.
What is a weather change that repeats over and over?
a)
weather pattern
b)
water cycle
c)
weather watch
8.
Which storm is best described by heavy rain and strong winds?
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
c)
thunderstorm
9.
Which storm is best described by having a cone shape and very strong winds?
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
c)
thunderstorm
10.

What gets more energy from the sun and heats faster?

a)

water

b)

air

c)

land/soil

11.

What do we call the moving air that surrounds us?

a)

clouds

b)

rain

c)

wind

12.

Water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again through which process?

a)

precipitation

b)

wind cycle

c)

water cycle

13.

What is a weather change that repeats over and over called?

a)

water cycle

b)

weather pattern

c)

weather report

14.

Which would you most likely observe during a hurricane?

a)

heavy rain and wind

b)

heavy snow and strong winds

c)

a spinning cloud with a cone shape

15.

Which tool can you use to tell how hot or cold the air is outside?

a)

thermometer

b)

rain gauge

c)

weather vane

16.

What makes one season different from another?

a)

the weather

b)

the amount of rain

c)

the amount of hail

d)

the amount of clouds

17.
Stratus cloud
a)
white and puffy and usually mean sunny weather
b)
gray and flat and may bring rain or snow
c)
high in the sky and usually mean sunny weather
d)
are thunderstorm clouds and are tall and puffy
18.
Cumulonimbus cloud
a)
white and puffy and usually mean sunny weather
b)
gray and flat and may bring rain or snow
c)
high in the sky and usually mean sunny weather
d)
are thunderstorm clouds and are tall and puffy
19.
Cirrus cloud
a)
white and puffy and usually mean sunny weather
b)
gray and flat and may bring rain or snow
c)
high in the sky and usually mean sunny weather
d)
are thunderstorm clouds and are tall and puffy
20.
Cumulus cloud
a)
white and puffy and usually mean sunny weather
b)
gray and flat and may bring rain or snow
c)
high in the sky and usually mean sunny weather
d)
are thunderstorm clouds and are tall and puffy
21.
Which tool can you use to measure how the sun warms Earth?
a)
rain gauge
b)
thermometer
c)
weather vane
22.
How can you best compare the temperature of the air and the temperature of a lake?
a)
feel each one with your hand
b)
guess the temperature
c)
measure each with a thermometer
23.
What is the cycle called?
a)
the water cycle
b)
weather cycle
c)
precipitation cycle
24.
What is a rain gauge?
a)
a tool that measures the direction of the wind
b)
a tool that measures the amount of precipitation that falls.
c)
a tool that measure the speed of the wind.
25.
How does a rain gauge measure precipitation?
a)

it collects precipitation and the marks show how many inches of precipitation fell.

b)

it spins around and collects water

c)

it collects precipitation and the marks show how cold or hot the precipitation was.

26.

Which season is the hottest?

a)

spring

b)

winter

c)

summer

d)

fall

27.
Which kind of severe weather does this picture show?
a)
a hurricane
b)
a thunderstorm
c)
a tornado
28.
Which describes a thunderstorm?
a)

a spinning cloud with a cone shape

b)

a flash of electricity in the sky

c)

a large storm with rain, thunder, and lightning