EGYPTIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Elementary Science Department
TERM 2 GRADE 3
Name:
Date:
Homework sheet D (9-3)
I.
Match each term in column B with its meaning in column A.
Column A
Column B
______ 1. The air around Earth.
A. oxygen
______ 2. A gas that people need to live.
B. atmosphere
______ 3. What is happening in the atmosphere
C. anemometer
at a certain place and time.
______ 4. The measure of how hot or cold something is.
D. weather
______ 5. Used to measure wind speed.
E. temperature
II. Fill the bubble sheet by shading the correct letter:
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_______ 1. A radio announcer tells you it’s sunny day and the temperature is 25˚C. What is
the announcer describing?
A. the sea
C. the water cycle
B. the ocean
D. the weather.
_______ 2. Joudy sees white, wispy clouds high in the sky. Which type of cloud is Joudy
seeing?
A. cirrus
C. rain
B. cumulus
D. stratus
_______ 3. What does an anemometer measure?
A. wind speed
C. cloud height
B. temperature
D. rainfall amount
_______ 4. Which of the following can be used to predict weather?
A. map
C. rain gauge
B. microscope
D. weather satellite
_______ 5. What is the type of cloud shown?
III.
A.Cirrus
C. stratus
B. cumulus
D. Fog
Write the answer to each question:
1. Linda collected weather data for three days. She recorded the data in a table. Use the table
to answer questions A and B.
Data
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Temperature
20
15
10
Prepicipitaion
None
None
Rain
A. which day was the coolest? _________________
B. Suppose Linda had also wanted to record the types of clouds she saw. What type of clouds
would Linda have recorded on Day 3? Why?
Type of clouds: _______________________
Because_____________________________________________________________________________________.
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2. Draw and label the clouds described in the table below
Cloud’s name
Drawing
I am a cloud that causes
so much rain and I look
___________________________
like sheets or layers.
I am the highest cloud in
the sky and I look like
_____________________________
wisps of hair.
I am found in the middle
and I am the puffiest
_____________________________
cloud in the sky.
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