SC - Grade 4 Weather Test
  • 1. What tool is used to measure how hot or cold the air is?
A) hygrometer
B) rain gauge
C) thermometer
D) barometer
  • 2. What tool is used to measure the wind speed?
A) anemometer
B) barometer
C) satellite
D) hygrometer
  • 3. What tool is used to measure air pressure?
A) hygrometer
B) anemometer
C) barometer
D) thermometer
  • 4. What tool is used to measure the amount of humidity in the air?
A) barometer
B) thermometer
C) hygrometer
D) anemometer
  • 5. What tool is used to help predict the weather?
A) satellites
B) thermometer
C) rain gauge
D) hygrometer
  • 6. what tool is used to measure the amount of rainfall?
A) hygometer
B) rain gauge
C) thermometer
D) satellite
  • 7. Which clouds are low and gray?
A) stratus
B) cirrus
C) nimbus
D) cumulus
  • 8. Which clouds are puffy?
A) cumulus
B) cirrus
C) nimbus
D) stratus
  • 9. Which clouds would you see on a nice, sunny day?
A) cirrus
B) cumulus
C) stratus
D) nimbus
  • 10. If someone says it is foggy out, you know you can see
A) cumulus clouds
B) nimbus clouds
C) stratus clouds
D) cirrus clouds
  • 11. Which clouds are very high in the sky and look like thin, narrow bands?
A) cirrus
B) stratus
C) nimbus
D) cumulus
  • 12. What controls the flow of water on earth?
A) precipitation
B) condensation
C) water cycle
D) carbon cycle
  • 13. Another name for hail, sleet, and snow is:
A) precipitation
B) water cycle
C) evaporation
D) condensation
  • 14. A person who predicts the weather is called a
A) meteorologist
B) news person
C) biologist
D) weather predicter
  • 15. Weather is determined by all of these EXCEPT:
A) moisture
B) cloudiness
C) time
D) temperature
  • 16. When water vapor _____________ it forms precipitation.
A) condenses
B) cools
C) evaporates
D) warms
  • 17. All of these cause air pollution EXCEPT:
A) forest fires
B) steam from water
C) factory smoke
D) car exhaust
  • 18. Storms that cause extreme damage are called:
A) violent storms
B) air pollution
C) wind storms
D) atmosphere
  • 19. A great winter storm usually with snow and strong winds is called a
A) tornado
B) thunderstorm
C) hurricane
D) blizzard
  • 20. What begins as a tropical storm over warm tropical waters?
A) hurricane
B) tornado
C) thunderstorm
D) blizzard
  • 21. What is a form of precipitation that falls as a liquid?
A) hail
B) sleet
C) snow
D) rain
  • 22. Which of these is NOT a solution to air pollution?
A) drive vehicles less often
B) Make factories illegal
C) cut emissions from cars
D) clean up factory smoke
  • 23. Which storm causes lots of ice and snow?
A) hurricane
B) tornado
C) thunderstorm
D) blizzard
  • 24. What is the name of the group that is trying to cut emissions from cars to help reduce air pollution?
A) EPA
B) CBS
C) APE
D) MDA
  • 25. When water changes to water vapor it, __________.
A) cools
B) condenses
C) warms
D) evaporates
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