WorksheetsWeather and the Water Cycle Unit 7
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What do the letters H and L show on a weather map?
Regions of high temperature and low temperature
Regions of high air pressure and low air pressure
Regions of high precipitation and low precipitation
Regions of high mountains and low valleys
Using a thermometer, a student recorded the temperature at noon each day for four days.
Which statement is true about the temperature for those 4 days?
The temperature remained the same for all four days.
The temperature decreased each day from Monday to Thursday.
The temperature increased each day from Monday to Thursday.
The temperature increased on Tuesday but decreased on Wednesday.
On a sunny cloudless day, a student measured the air temperature each hour using a thermometer.
Based on the information in the chart and your knowledge of weather, what do you predict the temperature will be at noon?
15oC
19oC
23oC
28oC
Observe the wind vane and the compass rose.
Which direction would the wind be blowing from?
North
South
East
West
Which of the following will most likely occur after a cold front has passed through an area?
The weather will get colder and rainy.
The weather will get warmer and rainy.
The weather will get colder and the skies will be clear.
The weather will get warmer and the skies will be clear.
The illustration shows how water moves from place to place on Earth. Which source of energy causes most of this movement?
Sunlight
Heat inside Earth
Wind
Electricity from lightning
Which set of steps, in the order listed, could move water from the ocean, to the atmosphere, and then back to the ocean again?
Precipitation -> condensation -> evaporation
Evaporation -> precipitation -> evaporation
Evaporation -> condensation -> precipitation
Condensation -> evaporation -> condensation
Which is an example of precipitation?
Rain falling near the ocean
Snow falling on a tall mountain
Hail falling on the plains
All of the other answer choices
These people are using umbrellas because rain is falling. What part of the water cycle is rain?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Percolation
Describe how the sun affects the water cycle?
it causes precipitation
it causes evaporation
it causes condensation
none of the above
