Grade 5 · Science · Unit 8 of 9
Weather and the Water Cycle
What makes the weather change
What your child practises
How the Sun, air, water and land interact to cause daily weather, the water cycle, tools for measuring weather, and why long-term forecasting is hard.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Earth and space science · daily weather, the water cycle and weather prediction
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What gives Earth most of the energy that drives weather?
- the Moon
- the stars
- the Sun
the Sun
Hint: The Sun heats the air, land and water.
Question 2
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all types of…
- precipitation
- condensation
- evaporation
precipitation
Hint: Precipitation falls from clouds.
Question 3
A wind vane shows…
- how much rain fell
- the direction the wind comes from
- how fast it blows
the direction the wind comes from
Hint: The arrow points into the wind.
Question 4
Which tool measures temperature?
- thermometer
- barometer
- rain gauge
thermometer
Hint: A thermometer tells how hot or cold it is.
Question 5
Warm air tends to…
- rise
- stay in one spot
- sink
rise
Hint: Warm air is lighter than cold air.
Question 6
Why can a town beside a big lake have milder weather than a town far inland?
- water never moves
- air has no weight
- land and water heat and cool differently
land and water heat and cool differently
Hint: Different surfaces warm at different speeds.