Weather Test
Name ____________________________________________
Matching
1. _____barometer
A. dark puffy clouds – predict storms
2.______ nimbus clouds
B. water vapor that has condensed
3.______ clouds
c. measure the air pressure
Multiple Choice
4. This measures humidity
a. pyschrommeter
b. climate
c. barometer
5. What the temperature and air is like for a short time
a. Climate
b. weather
c. pyschrommeter
b. weather
d. clouds
6. Average weather for a long time
a. climate
7. puffy clouds – predict good weather
a. nimbus clouds
b. stratus clouds
c. cumulus clouds
More matching
8. ______ high pressure
A. covers entire sky light rain
9. ______ stratus clouds
C. less water predicts good weather
10.
Measures how hot or cold the air is
a. barometer
b. thermometer
c. pyschrommeter
b. cirrus clouds
c. nimbus clouds
11. High clouds made of ice cystals
a. stratus clouds
12. Low air pressure predicts
a. good weather
b. bad weather
13. This measures wind speed
a. humidity
b. wind speed
c. air temperature
True or false
14. High pressure means less water on the air
a. true
b. false
15. clouds – water vapor that has condensed
a. true
b. false
16. barometer measures wind speed
a. true
b. false
17. puffy clouds that look like cotton balls are cumulus clouds
a. true
b. false
18. Dark nimbus clouds predict good weather
a. true
b. false
19. Average weather for a long period of time is climate
a. true
b. false
20. A barometer measures air pressure
a. true
b. false