- 1. Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are parts of what?
A) The water cycle.
B) The precipitation cycle.
C) The air cycle.
D) The vapor cycle.
- 2. Mark notices a puddle of water on his way home from school. The next day the puddle is gone. What most likely happened to the puddle of water?
A) It turned into gas.
B) It melted.
C) It turned into water
D) It all soaked into the ground.
- 3. Water vapor cools and forms visible droplets of water in which stage of the water cycle?
A) precipitation
B) run-off
C) condensation
D) evaporation
- 4. What causes the precipitation stage of the water cycle?
A) water is heated causing it to change into water vapor
B) small water droplets are heated causing it to snow
C) water vapor is cooled forming larger, more visible droplets
D) water seeps into the ground or runs off into larger bodies of water
- 5. Rain that returns to lakes or oceans is referred to as_________.
A) Precipitation
B) Runoff
C) Evaporation
D) Condensation
- 6. When liquid water evaporates into the air it becomes a gas known as _________.
A) ion gas
B) Water vapor
C) liquid snow
D) Dew
- 7. When precipitation occurs in below freezing temperatures the result is __________.
A) Snow
B) Hail
C) all of the rest
D) Sleet
- 8. What makes the water cycle possible?
A) heat from the sun
B) heat from the greenhouse gases
C) tides in the ocean
D) moon rays
- 9. What is a place where water is stored after a rain?
A) ocean
B) lake
C) all of the rest
D) puddle
- 10. We have the same amount of water on the earth as we did a million years ago?
A) true
B) false
- 11. Instrument that measures wind speed
A) thermometer
B) rain gauge
C) wind vane
D) anemometer
- 12. Instrument that measures air temperature
A) wind vane
B) rain gauge
C) thermometer
D) anemometer
- 13. Instrument that shows wind direction
A) rain gauge
B) thermometer
C) anemometer
D) wind vane
- 14. Instrument that measures precipitation
A) wind vane
B) rain gauge
C) anemometer
D) thermometer
- 15. Name the following instrument:
A) thermometer
B) wind vane
C) anemometer
D) rain gauge
- 16. Name the following instrument:
A) rain gauge
B) thermometer
C) wind vane
D) anemometer
- 17. Name the following instrument:
A) thermometer
B) wind vane
C) anemometer
D) rain gauge
- 18. Name the following instrument:
A) anemometer
B) rain gauge
C) thermometer
D) wind vane
- 19. Hurricanes need cold water to form?
A) false
B) true
- 20. The middle of a hurricane is called the;
A) center circle
B) bottom
C) eye
D) wall
- 21. What is not caused by a hurricane?
A) snow storms
B) floods
C) water damage
D) broken trees
- 22. What slows down a hurricane?
A) snow
B) the fune effect
C) landfall or cold weather
D) hot weather
- 23. How do most people get hurt or killed during a hurricane?
A) drowning
B) hit by wind blown objects
C) struck by lighting
D) falling objects
- 24. Where is the calmest part of a hurricane
A) front center
B) outer wall
C) inner wall
D) eye
- 25. What is the best way to protect yourself from a hurricane?
A) go further inland
B) go to higher land
C) go to the smallest room of your house
D) go into a shelter
- 26. A tornado has weaker winds than a hurricane.
A) false
B) true
- 27. Tornadoes are smaller is size than hurricanes.
A) true
B) false
- 28. Tornados last longer than hurricanes.
A) false
B) true
- 29. You are outside and the wind is blowing, their is heavy rain,and lighting is flashing. You notice a the tides are really high and they are hitting the houses on the beach. What is probably happening?
A) a tornado
B) snow storm
C) hurricane
D) thunder storm
- 30. A large storm is heading in you direction from the ocean. It has been in the news for a week. What type of storm could this be?
A) tornado
B) snow storm
C) hurricane
D) thunder storm
- 31. Winds blowing from the south will usually bring what type of weather to South Carolina?
A) cold and wet
B) cold
C) hot and wet
D) dry
- 32. Meteorologists have been tracking a storm as it moved across the southeast Atlantic Ocean. Radars indicated the storm had winds moving faster than 119 miles per hour. A warning was issued that it would reach landfall in 24 hrs. When the storm made landfall it brought dangerous winds, torrential rains, and flooding. What type of storm was it?
A) thunder storm
B) tsunami
C) tornado
D) hurricane
- 33. Dan wants to know the temperature for everyday of the month in his hometown. Which of the following instruments should Dan use to collect his data?
A) thermometer
B) wind vane
C) rain gauge
D) anemometer
- 34. Sally is in a boat and swimming in a lake. She hears thunder. What is the safest thing for Sally to do?
A) Dry off and stand by the water
B) go tell a game warden
C) go to the nearest landing and seek shelter
D) Stay in the water
- 35. Which process is shown in the picture?
A) a hurricane
B) precipitation
C) evaporation
D) condensation
- 36. A cloud that covers most of the sky?
A) stratus
B) cirrus
C) cumulus
D) bedlinin
- 37. A cloud that is puffy and white ?
A) cirrus
B) stratus
C) cumulus
D) cotton ball
- 38. A cloud made of ice crystals and is located high in the sky?
A) stratus
B) cumulus
C) cirrus
D) ruby
- 39. A cloud high in the sky and is thin and wispy ?
A) cumulus
B) stratus
C) atmos
D) cirrus
- 40. A cloud low in the sky?
A) hanging
B) cumulus
C) stratus
D) cirrus
- 41. A cloud grayish in color that is low in the sky?
A) seal
B) stratus
C) cirrus
D) cumulus
- 42. Cloud with great picnic weather ?
A) cirrus
B) greous
C) cumulus
D) stratus
- 43. A cloud with drizzle of rain or snow ?
A) cirrus
B) drous
C) cumulus
D) stratus
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