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