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Clouds Assessment Study Guide

This document is a weather and clouds study guide containing 27 multiple choice and true/false questions about weather instruments, the water cycle, cloud types, weather measurements, and meteorology terms. It tests knowledge about topics like how wind speed, temperature, and precipitation are measured; the names of weather instruments; the water cycle phases; cloud coverage levels; and the definition of key terms like weather and meteorologist. The study guide provides images of cloud types to identify and questions about tools and concepts important to understanding weather and forecasting.

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Clouds Assessment Study Guide

This document is a weather and clouds study guide containing 27 multiple choice and true/false questions about weather instruments, the water cycle, cloud types, weather measurements, and meteorology terms. It tests knowledge about topics like how wind speed, temperature, and precipitation are measured; the names of weather instruments; the water cycle phases; cloud coverage levels; and the definition of key terms like weather and meteorologist. The study guide provides images of cloud types to identify and questions about tools and concepts important to understanding weather and forecasting.

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Bethany Clark
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WEATHER / CLOUDS STUDY GUIDE

1. Wind speed is measured using a ____________________________________.


2. What is the name of the cycle that includes evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff?
________________ _________________
3. What type of cloud is shown below? __________________________________

4. The sky today has almost no clouds or mostly no clouds. What type of cloud cover is there?
______________________________________________
5. _____________________ ______________ is the observation of the relative amount of coverage in
the sky from different types of clouds.
6. Precipitation is measured using a ____________________ _____________________.
7. True/False: Meteorologists collect data from many tools to tell about the weather today and use
computer models to predict future weather.
8. Clouds form during which phase of the water cycle? ___________________________________
9. Temperature can be measured using which two units? _________________________________ and
______________
10. Rain gauges measure precipitation in what unit? ____________________
11. A wind vane tells where the wind ________________________________.
12. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

13. _______________________________ is the state of the atmosphere, including its temperature, wind
speed, and direction, air pressure, moisture, amount of rain or snow, and other factors.
14. True/ False: A meteorologist ALWAYS predicts the weather correctly.
15. _____________ clouds are the highest clouds in the sky. They are white, wispy, and feather-like.
16. About half of the sky today is covered in clouds. What type of cloud coverage is occurring?
_____________________________________________
17. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

18. Fog is this type of cloud when it is close to the ground. __________________________
19. Wind direction is determined using a ________________________.
20. What type of cloud is shown below? __________________________________

21. Temperature is measured using a ______________________________.


22. Rain gauges are best set up _____________________________________________________________.
23. A scientist who studies and predicts the weather is called a __________________________________.
24. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

25. Which type of cloud spreads out over a large area and looks like a blanket? ______________________
26. Which type of cloud is the only cloud that can produce hail, thunder, or lightening? _________________
27. Name the following weather instrument: _________________________

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