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Water Cycle and Precipitation Test

This document contains a weather unit test with multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank, and true/false questions about the water cycle, types of clouds, weather instruments, and weather phenomena like tornadoes and hurricanes. It tests knowledge of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection in the water cycle. Clouds types include cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus and cumulus clouds. Instruments identified are a wind vane, thermometer, and rain gauge. Meteorologists are defined as people who forecast the weather.

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Water Cycle and Precipitation Test

This document contains a weather unit test with multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank, and true/false questions about the water cycle, types of clouds, weather instruments, and weather phenomena like tornadoes and hurricanes. It tests knowledge of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection in the water cycle. Clouds types include cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus and cumulus clouds. Instruments identified are a wind vane, thermometer, and rain gauge. Meteorologists are defined as people who forecast the weather.

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Name_______________________________ Date_________________

Weather Unit Test


Part 1: Multiple Choice
Directions: Read each question and circle the correct answer. (1 Point each)

1. This part of the water cycle happens when water vapor in the air gets cold
and changes back into liquid, forming clouds.
1. Evaporation
2. Condensation
3. Precipitation
4. Collection
b. In this part of the water cycle, water gathers in places such as rivers,
lakes, and oceans.
a. Condensation
b. Evaporation
c. Collection
d. Precipitation
a. Which stage of the water cycle involves water falling in the form of rain,
snow, sleet, or hail?
a. Precipitation
b. Collection
c. Evaporation
d. Condensation
b. During which stage of the water cycle does water vapor or steam leave
the rivers, lakes, or oceans and go into the air?
a. Collection
b. Precipitation
c. Condensation
d. Evaporation
Part 2: Matching
Directions: Match the words to their correct definitions. (1 Point each)

1. Water falling drops from vapor A. Sleet


condensed in the atmosphere. _F__ B. Precipitation
2. A mixture of snow and rain as C. Condensation
well as raindrops that freeze on their way down. _A__ D. Hail
3. Precipitation of small ice particles. _D__ E. Snow
3. Forms when water vapor turns directly into F. Rain
ice without ever passing through a liquid state. _E__

Part 3: Fill In the Blank


Directions: Complete the sentences below. (1 Point each)

1. The high, thin cloud sometimes referred to as “mare’s tail” is the


_____________. (Cirrus Clouds)
2. The large, puffy, gray clouds that rarely produce rain are ____________.
(Stratocumulus Clouds)
3. Thunderclouds that produce rain, hail, and tornadoes are heavy and
dense and called ___________. (Cumulonimbus Clouds)
4. Large, puffy, and white clouds, often seen on days of good weather are
_______. (Cumulus Clouds)
5. An instrument that determines the direction from which the wind is blowing
is called a _________. (wind vane)
6. An instrument that measures the air temperature is called a __________.
(thermometer)
7. The instrument that measures the amount of rain that has fallen over a
specific period of time is called a ________. (rain gauge)
8. A person with specialized education who uses scientific principles to
explain what the weather will be like in an hour, tomorrow, or next week is
called a___________. (meteorologist)

Part 4: True or False


Directions: Decide whether each question is true or false.( 1 point each)

1. The eye of the storm is the center and the calmest point.________ (True)
2. A long lasting snow storm is called a tornado. ______ (False)
3. Tornadoes do not typically cause destruction. _______(False)
4. Three types of extreme weather include tornadoes, hurricanes, and
blizzards._____ (True)

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