Name: ________________________

SOL 4.6: Weather

Test

Directions: Read each question and answer choice carefully. Choose the
best answer.
1. What tool is used to measure temperature?
a. Anemometer
b. Thermometer
c. Barometer
d. Rain gauge

2. Temperature is measure in units called ______________.

a. Cubic units
b. Inches
c. Degrees
d. Milligrams

3. What does a barometer measure?

a. Air pressure
b. Temperature
c. Humidity
d. Precipitation

4. What weather conditions are associated with low air pressure?

a. Sunny and cloudy
b. Cloudy and stormy
c. Sunny and clear
d. None of the above
5. What does an anemometer measure?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Temperature
Humidity
Air pressure
Wind

6. What tool measures precipitation?

a. Thermometer
b. Rain gauge
c. Barometer
d. Hygrometer

7. What does a Meteorologist do?

a. Teaches children about plants
b. Goes on trips to look at different rocks around the country
c. Delivers pizza
d. Forecasts the weather

8. What type of precipitation is described as water droplets and falls a lot

in the spring and summer?
a. Snow
b. Sleet
c. Hail
d. Rain
9. What temperature must water be in order to freeze?
a. 36 degrees F
b. 42 degrees F
c. 98 degrees F
d. 32 degrees F

10.
What type of precipitation is a ball of ice that undergoes a cycle
in which they fall from the sky then get pushed back up into the
clouds by a gust of wind to receive more layers of ice until they
become too heavy for wind to carry?
a. Sleet

b. Rain
c. Hail
d. Snow
11.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What is sleet?
Water droplets that freeze into ice before reaching the ground
A tool to measure precipitation
A long lasting snow storm with very intense winds and rainfall.
A high pressure air mass.

12.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What type of cloud produces severe thunderstorms?

Cumulus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Stratus

13.
What type of storm is also known as a typhoon in the Western
Pacific ocean?
a. Thunderstorm
b. Hurricane
c. Tornado
d. Blizzard
14.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What shape is a tornado?

Funnel
Square
Round
Rectangular

15.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What cloud is described as wispy?

Cumulonimbus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulus

Directions: Choose the best word to fill in the blank.

16.
A thermometer is used to measure
____________________________________.

17.

The two different temperature scales are degrees

______________________ and degrees ______________________.

18.

__________________________ clouds are white, fluffy, and appear on

sunny days.
19.

_________________________ clouds are associated with fog.

20.

The four types of precipitation are ______________________,

___________________, ________________________ and

_______________________.
21.
22.

Tornadoes are ranked using the ________________________ scale.

Hurricanes occur in the seasons of _____________________ and

__________________.
23.

The center of a hurricane is called the

__________________________.
24.

A thunderstorm is a storm with ____________________________ and

____________________________.
Short answer: Answer the question in the space provided below. For
questions #25 and #26, refer to the picture to the left to retrieve your
answers.

a. 2

b. 2

25. What does number 1 represent on a weather map?

26. What does number 2 represent on a weather map?

27. List 2 characteristics of a Cumulonimbus cloud.

28. What is the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning?

29. Describe the process of convection in relation to thunderstorm formation.

30. What is humidity? What tool do people use to measure humidity?