Name ______
Kids Discover Weather Worksheet
1. What creates the events we call weather?
a. Earth’s rotationc. Ocean currents
b. Heat from the Sund. Winds
2. This keeps cloud formations in constant motion.
a. Earth’s rotationc. Ocean currents
b. Heat from the Sund. Winds
3. Cold air from the poles moves toward the equator while warm air…
a. follows the courses of the major ocean currents
b. moves from the equator toward the poles
c. rotates counterclockwise over areas of moist air
d. pushes against it, causing severe weather
Match the event with the location.
_____4. Coldest_____5. Driest month
_____6. Hottest
_____7. Snowiest month
_____8. Wettest month
_____9. Windiest average wind speed / A. Bagdad, CA went without rain for
767 days
B. Death Valley, CA 134o F.
C. Kukui Hawaii – 460 inches
D. Mount Washington New
Hampshire – 35.3 mph
E. Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska – –80o F.
F. Tamarack, CA – 390 inches
10. A warm air mass that catches up to a cold air mass will glide up andover the cold air because…
a. warm air is lighter than cold air.
b. warm air moves faster than cold air.
c. cold air near the ground pushes the warm front up.
d. the warm air mass rides on the jet stream at a higher altitude thanthe cold air.
11. Warm, wet areas like the Gulf of Mexico produce
a. cold, dry air masses.b. warm, humid air masses.
12. Cold dry areas like northern Canada produce…
a. cold, dry air masses.b. warm, humid air masses.
13. Air masses are called high pressure systems or highs because air in them is under…
a. high pressure.b. low pressure.
14. ______bring stable weather.
a. highsb. lows
15. ______may be bitter cold or warm and sunny depending on seasons.
a. highsb. lows
16. A warm front means a warm air mass has caught up with a cold air mass.
a. Trueb. False
17. A cold front means a cold air mass has caught up with a warm air mass.
a. Trueb. False
Place these events in the correct order.
_____ 18. As the warm front proceeds, thickening clouds called altostratusappear.
_____ 19. Eventually cold air will continue its move to the southeast, and
the warm front will continue is northerly path.
_____ 20. Not far behind them are rain-bearing nimbo-stratus clouds. Soon
it begins to rain for several hours.
_____ 21. Warm air is lighter than cold air. As the warm from advances, it
glides up and over the colder air.
_____ 22. Wispy cirrus clouds begin to format the very edge of the warm
front. / A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
23. Raindrops fall when…
a. snowflakes in the clouds melt.
b. tiny droplets become too heavy to stay in the air.
c. the sun heats clouds to a certain temperature.
d. clouds have become too large.
24. The main idea of the section “Keeping an Eye on the Weather” is…
a. people use many tools and methods to track and forecast the
weather.
b. weather satellites provide the most accurate data.
c. meteorology is a very exact science.
d. about 10,000 weather stations around the world collect data for the
World Meteorological Organization.
Kids Discover Weather Worksheet – Key I
1. What creates the events we call weather?
a. Earth’s rotationc. Ocean currents
b. Heat from the Sund. Winds
b. Heat from the Sun
2. This keeps cloud formations in constant motion.
a. Earth’s rotationc. Ocean currents
b. Heat from the Sund. Winds
d. Winds
3. Cold air from the poles moves toward the equator while warm air…
a. follows the courses of the major ocean currents
b. moves from the equator toward the poles
c. rotates counterclockwise over areas of moist air
d. pushes against it, causing severe weather
b. moves from the equator toward the poles
Match the event with the location.
_____4. Coldest_____5. Driest month
_____6. Hottest
_____7. Snowiest month
_____8. Wettest month
_____9. Windiest average wind speed / A. Bagdad, CA went without rain for 767 days
B. Death Valley, CA 134o F.
C. Kukui Hawaii – 460 inches
D. Mount Washington New Hampshire – 35.3 mph
E. Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska -80o F
F. Tamarack, CA 490 inches
E 4. Coldest
A 5. Driest month
B 6. Hottest
E 7. Snowiest month
C 8. Wettest month
D 9. Windiest average wind speed
10. A warm air mass that catches up to a cold air mass will glide up and over the cold air because…
a. warm air is lighter than cold air.
b. warm air moves faster than cold air.
c. cold air near the ground pushes the warm front up.
d. the warm air mass rides on the jet stream at a higher altitude than the cold air.
a. warm air is lighter than cold air.
11. Warm, wet areas like the Gulf of Mexico produce
a. cold, dry air masses.b. warm, humid air masses.
b. warm, humid air masses.
12. Cold dry areas like northern Canada produce…
a. cold, dry air masses.b. warm, humid air masses.
a. cold dry air masses.
13. Air masses are called high pressure systems or highs because air in them is under…
a. high pressure.b. low pressure.
a. high pressure.
14. ______bring stable weather.
a. highsb. lows
a. highs
15. ______may be bitter cold or warm and sunny depending on seasons.
a. highsb. lows
b. lows
16. A warm front means a warm air mass has caught up with a cold air mass.
a. Trueb. False
a. True
17. A cold front means a cold air mass has caught up with a warm air mass.
a. Trueb. False
a. True
Place these events in the correct order.
_____ 18. As the warm front proceeds, thickening clouds called altostratus appear._____ 19. Eventually cold air will continue its move to the southeast, and the warm front will continue is northerly path.
_____ 20. Not far behind them are rain-bearing nimbo-stratus clouds. Soon it begins to rain for several hours.
_____ 21. Warm air is lighter than cold air. As the warm from advances, it glides up and over the colder air.
_____ 22. Wispy cirrus clouds begin to format the very edge of the warm front. / A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
B18. As the warm front proceeds, thickening clouds called altostratus appear.
E19. Eventually cold air will continue its move to the southeast, and the warm front will contiue is northerly path.
C20. Not far behind them are rain-bearing nimbo-stratus clouds. Soon it begins to rain for several hours.
D21. Warm air is lighter than cold air. As the warm from advainces, it glides up and over the colder air.
A22. Wispy cirrus clouds begin to format the very edge of the warm front.
23. Raindrops fall when…
a. snowflakes in the clouds melt.
b. tiny droplets become too heavy to stay in the air.
c. the sun heats clouds to a certain temperature.
d. clouds have become too large.
b. tiny droplets become too heavy to stay in the air
24. The main idea of the section “Keeping an Eye on the Weather” is…
a. people use many tools and methods to track and forecast the weather.
b. weather satellites provide the most accurate data.
c. meteorology is a very exact science.
d. about 10,000 weather stations around the world collect data for the
World Meteorological Organization.
Kids Discover Weather Worksheet – Key II
1. b
2. d
3. b
4. E (6 choices)
5. A (6 choices)
6. B (6 choices)
7. E (6 choices)
8. C (6 choices)
9. D (6 choices)
10. a
11. b (2 choices)
12. a (2 choices)
13. a (2 choices)
14. a (2 choices)
15. b (2 choices)
16. a (2 choices)
17. a (2 choices)
18. B (5 choices)
19. E (5 choices)
20. C (5 choices)
21. D (5 choices)
22. A (5 choices)
23. b
24. a
Kids Discover Weather Worksheet
Scoring Guide
22-23 – 421 – 3.5
20 – 3
18-19 – 2.5
16-17 – 2
15 – 1.5
14 – 1
1-13 – .5
0 – 0
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