Grade 4 Science: Weather 2

A body of air that has the same general temperature and air pressure is called _____.
1. an air mass
2. a high pressure area
3. a low pressure area
4. a front
Sudden and violent floods are called _____.
1. super floods
2. hurricanes
3. flash floods
4. caboodles
What forms when a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass?
1. a cold front
2. a low pressure area
3. a warm front
4. a high pressure area
High pressure areas usually bring _____.
1. dry and clear weather
2. winds and cloudy weather
3. cold and rainy weather
4. tornadoes
To be called a hurricane, the storm must have winds of at least how many M.P.H.?
1. 80
2. 100
3. 47
4. 74
Clouds that are like flat blankets that seem to cover the sky are _____ clouds.
1. cirrus
2. cumulus
3. stratus
4. cumulonimbus
Puffy clouds that look like cauliflower are _____ clouds.
1. cotton
2. cirrus
3. cumulus
4. stratus
A funnel-shaped storm of spinning wind is called a(n) _____.
1. el nino
2. tornado
3. thunderstorm
4. hurricane
A person who makes predictions about the weather is called a(n) ______.
1. oceanographer
2. weather forecaster
3. TV star
4. scientist
Large, violent storms that form over warm ocean waters are called _____.
1. hurricanes
2. el nino
3. thunderstorms
4. tornadoes
Storms that produce heavy rain, lightning and thunder are called ______.
1. el nino
2. flash floods
3. tornadoes
4. thunderstorms
What forms when two different air masses meet?
1. a tornado
2. a front
3. a flash flood
4. a low pressure area
Low-pressure areas usually bring what kind of weather?
1. windy and cloudy
2. none of these
3. dry and clear
4. sunny and windy
What forms when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass?
1. a cold front
2. a warm front
3. a hurricane
4. none of these
Clouds that look like commas or wisps are called _____.
1. thunderheads
2. stratus
3. cirrus
4. cumulus
Objects which are used to take pictures of clouds and collect other weather information are called _____.
1. fronts
2. weather satellites
3. rockets
4. weather forecaster
The three main categories of clouds are _____.
1. cirrus, stratus and cumulus
2. stratus, cumulus and troposhpere
3. stratus, cirrus and oasis
4. stratus, cumulus and fluffy

Grade 4 Science: Weather 2

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2002 Linda Marshall; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

A body of air that has the same general temperature and air pressure is called _____.

Sudden and violent floods are called _____.

What forms when a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass?

High pressure areas usually bring _____.

To be called a hurricane, the storm must have winds of at least how many M.P.H.?

Clouds that are like flat blankets that seem to cover the sky are _____ clouds.

Puffy clouds that look like cauliflower are _____ clouds.

A funnel-shaped storm of spinning wind is called a(n) _____.

A person who makes predictions about the weather is called a(n) ______.

Large, violent storms that form over warm ocean waters are called _____.

Storms that produce heavy rain, lightning and thunder are called ______.

What forms when two different air masses meet?

Low-pressure areas usually bring what kind of weather?

What forms when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass?

Clouds that look like commas or wisps are called _____.

Objects which are used to take pictures of clouds and collect other weather information are called _____.

The three main categories of clouds are _____.

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2002 Linda Marshall; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.