Science Grade 2 Vocab review - Weather and Seasons
1/30/2019 9:51:38 AM
10 questions extracted from Mobymax (Science, Grade 2), to help you review some basic vocabulary about weather and seasons. To learn more about this topic, get a Mobymax learning account (by going to http://contuhoc.com/mobymax).
- moving air
- hot air
- cold air
- air with rain
An anemometer is __________.
- a tool used to predict if rain is coming
- a tool used to measure the temperature of rain
- a tool used to measure wind direction
- a tool used to measure wind speed
The definition of a meteorologist is __________.
- a person who studies the weather
- a person who follows storms
- a person who makes videos about weather
- none of the above
- clouds that begin to melt
- water that turns into clouds
- when the energy from the Sun turns water into water vapor
- water that falls from the sky and collects in rivers, lakes, and oceans
Condensation is __________.
- when water turns into big snowballs as it travels into the sky
- when water cools down and turns into wind
- when water vapor gets cold in the sky and changes into tiny droplets of water and ice
- when water collects in the ocean
Precipitation is __________.
- when water travels up to the sky because of the Sun's energy
- water that fails from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet
- when water vapor turns into clouds in the sky
- very strong wind
What is a drought?
- a long period of time with no rain
- a small hurricane
- a big storm
- a long period of time of rain
What is the definition of a flood?
- a large storm that forms over warm ocean waters
- when houses are blown over by strong wind
- when there is not enough rain in a given place
- when too much water falls on a given place
- a storm that starts over a warm ocean and brings strong winds
- a storm that starts over a warm ocean and brings heavy rain
- a long period of time with no rain
- a storm with a funnel shaped cloud and strong winds that moves along a narrow path
- a long period of time without rain
- a storm that brings heavy rain and strong winds
- a strong storm that creates thick fog
- a very strong storm that causes heavy snow