Mullen Elementary Grade 5: Weather

Grade 5 Weather Quiz
Created by H. Pond

  

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

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1) A measures how cold or hot something is.

2) Weather data is collected by .

3) is produced by changes in air pressure.

4) Cirrus, cumulus and stratus are the three main types of .

5) A great winter storm usually with snow and strong wind is called a .

6) A begins as a tropical storm over warm tropical waters.

7) Rain, sleet and snow are forms of .

8) Thermometers show the temperature in units called .

9) The warms the earth with it's energy in the form of and heat.

10) The is an imaginary line that circles the center of the Earth.

11) A is an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.

12) is a form of precipitation that falls as ice crystals formed into flakes.

13) is a form of precipitation that falls as a liquid.