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Weather and Climate

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a thermometer measure?

a)

wind speed

b)

temperature

c)

amount of precipitation

d)

air pressure

2.

Which tool is used to measure precipitation?

a)

thermometer

b)

compass

c)

wind vane

d)

rain gauge

3.

Which instrument measures how fast winds are moving?

a)

anemometer

b)

weather satellite

c)

wind vane

d)

weather balloon

4.

What is a meteorologist?

a)

A type of cloud.

b)

A weather instrument.

c)

A person who likes weather.

d)

A scientist who studies weather.

5.
Why do scientists measure changes in weather?
a)
To change the weather.
b)
To know exactly how much precipitation there will be tomorrow.
c)
To determine when the summer will start.
d)
To make predictions about what weather might happen next.
6.

The graph shows the rainfall in Florida. Which season gets the most rain?

a)

Winter

b)

Spring

c)

Summer

d)

Fall

7.

Average weather conditions for a region year after year.

a)

a. Climate

b)

b. Weather

c)

c. Pattern

d)

d. Prediction

8.

How do you determine the climate of a new place?

a)

Record weather conditions over years to look for patterns

b)

Walk outside to see what the climate is like

c)

Record weather conditions for a week to look for patterns

d)

Make a random prediction about the climate.

9.

The table shows how much snow falls in Central Park each year. Which two months have more than 150 millimeters of snow?

a)

January and February

b)

September and October

c)

March and April

d)

November and December

10.
Jim's town recieved 90 cm of snowfall last winter. What can you conclude from that data?
a)
Next year it is unlikely to snow there.
b)
A lot of rain probably fell in the spring.
c)
His town has a climate with cold winters.
11.
An instrument used to measure the amount of rainfall
a)
barometer
b)
thermometer
c)
rain guage
d)
wind sock
12.
Rain, snow sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky
a)
humidity
b)
liquid
c)
precipitation
d)
weather
13.
Which is the warmest climate zone?
a)
Arctic Zone
b)
Temperate Zone
c)
Tropical Zone
d)
Intermediate Zone
14.

Times of year when certain kinds of weather are common temperature.

a)

weather

b)

precipitation

c)

seasons

d)

climate

15.

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

a)

evidence

b)

pattern

c)

argument

d)

graph

16.

What temperature is shown on this thermometer?

a)

40º F

b)

50º F

c)

44º F

d)

42º F

17.

What is temperature?

a)

How hot or cold something is

b)

Thermometer

c)

That feeling when you get sick

d)

How close the Earth is to the sun

18.

Which is not a form of precipitation?

a)

Hail

b)

Snow

c)

Rain

d)

Lava

19.

Based on the forecast you should wear...

a)

Scarf

b)

Rain boots

c)

Jacket

d)

Sunglasses

20.

How can you describe the Polar climate region?

a)

Sunny all year

b)

Hot in the summer, Cold in the Winter

c)

Cold all year

d)

Hot in the winter, Cold in the summer

21.

True or False:

Humidity is how much water is in the atmosphere.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False:

Earth is tilted on an axis

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False:

We have winter when the Earth's hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The climate zone that is hot almost all the time is ______

a)

tropical

b)

polar

c)

temperate

25.

Which climate zone is yellow?

a)

Polar

b)

Tropical

c)

Temperate

26.

The climate zone that is on the equator.

a)

Polar

b)

Tropical

c)

Temperate

27.

information that supports an answer to a question, proof

a)

meteorologist

b)

evidence

c)

measure

d)

climate

28.

Which statements are descriptions of weather conditions? 

Select the two best answers.

a)

The sun sets at 7:29 pm today.

b)

It is mostly cloudy with thunderstorms.

c)

The wind is blowing 10mph to the SouthWest.

d)

It is hurricane season.

e)

It is August and is usually very warm

29.

Deserts are an environment with a high humidity.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Which measures precipitation?

a)
b)
c)
d)
31.

What information does a wind vane tell you?

a)

The speed of wind.

b)

The direction of wind.

c)

The temperature of wind.

d)

How cloudy it is outside.

32.

The climate and the weather of a region impact the kind of houses people live in and the clothes that they wear. True or False ?

a)

True

b)

False

33.
Which month has the highest average temperature?
a)
August
b)
July
c)
June
d)
May
34.

The coldest climate zone is the ________.

a)

Polar Zone

b)

Tropical Zone

c)

Temperate Zone

35.
The movement of air.
a)
Wind
b)
Temperature
c)
Rain
d)
A fan
36.

Measures wind direction

a)

Thermometer

b)

Anemometer

c)

Rain Gauge

d)

Weather Vane

37.

The weather forecast tomorrow says there will be a 15 mph northeast wind and a high temperature of 52 °F. What two instruments will a meteorologist use to make this prediction?

a)

anemometer and thermometer

b)

barometer and anemometer

c)

thermometer and hydrometer

d)

thermometer and barometer

38.

You and your best friend want to fly a kite. Before going outside, you check this tool to see if the weather is good for kites.

a)

thermometer

b)

barometer

c)

rain gauge

d)

anemometer

39.

Your local meteorologist announces that the humidity today is at 95%. What does this mean?

a)

The air pressure is very low

b)

There is a high chance of getting snow

c)

There is a great deal of moisture in the air

d)

The air is very dry

40.
What temperature is this in Fahrenheit?
a)
84 degrees
b)
85 degrees
c)
86 degrees
d)
30 degrees
41.

This thermometer shows a temperature of 50 degrees Farenheit

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Which movement of Earth causes day and night?

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Axial Tilt

d)

Orbit

43.

Because the Earth revolves around the Sun, we experience ____________?

a)

Rotation

b)

Seasons

c)

Axial Tilt

d)

Gravity