Download 3 Week # 2 Grade: 5 Date: Weekend Worksheet # 1 (Chapter: 7)

Nawabegh Al-Riyadh International School
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Quarter: 3
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Subject: Science
Grade: 5
Weekend Worksheet # 1
(Chapter: 7)
Week # 2
Note: Bring the solved worksheet on Sunday, 31st January 2016
Q1. Choose the correct answer.
1. The solar energy that reaches a plant is called __________.
a. temperature
b. insolation
c. light waves
2. Which has the same meaning as “air pressure”?
a. atmospheric pressure
b. weight
c. air force
3. What causes global winds?
a. ocean tides
b. uneven heating of Earth’s surface
c. contrasting temperatures between night and day
4. Which type of severe weather has heavy snowfall and 35-mile-per-hour winds?
a. tornado
b. blizzard
c. cyclone
5. What does an anemometer measure?
a. humidity
b. wind speed
c. air quality
6. Which statement describes how clouds form?
a. Water vapor in the atmosphere freezes and then thaws at lower altitudes.
b. Water vapor in the atmosphere condenses around tiny particles of dust.
c. Snow from the surface of Earth hangs in the air.
7. Because of their shape when seen from the ground, tornadoes are sometimes called
____________.
a. V clouds
b. tube clouds
c. funnel clouds
8. In which layer of Earth’s atmosphere does weather occur?
a. troposphere
b. stratosphere
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c. mesosphere
9. What is an equator?
a. a place where light from the Sun is reflected back into space.
b. an imaginary line that runs around Earth’s middle.
c. a band that holds two halves of Earth together.
10. Which is not a variable that affects air pressure?
a. temperature
b. volume
c. visibility
11. Where are trade winds located?
a. near the North Pole
b. on both sides of the equator
c. near the South Pole
12. Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?
a. thermometer
b. barometer
c. wind sock
13. Low-pressure systems usually bring which kind of weather?
a. warm and stormy
b. cool and rainy
c. cool and dry
14. Global winds _______.
a. blow over long distances
b. heat Earth unequally c. move air in a loop
15. Which instrument measures the direction of blowing winds?
a. weather vane
b. thermometer
c. barometer
Q2. What is the name of the tall cloud that forms just before the onset of a
thunderstorm?
__________________________
Q3. Write a word, or words, that describe each sentence.
1. the amount of water vapor in the air ___________________
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2. the atmospheric layer of gases that is closest to Earth’s surface __________________
3. What the troposphere is like at any given place and time? __________________
4. the force put on a given area by the weight of the air above it
_______________________
5. a wind that blows steadily in a predictable direction over long distances
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Q4. Define the following.
1. air mass
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2. front
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3. weather map
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4. barometer
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5. thunderstorm
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