Grade 5 · Science · Unit 12 of 14
Weather Watchers
Instruments, clouds and records
What your child practises
Children use instruments to measure temperature, wind, precipitation and cloud cover, classify clouds and record weather data.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: Earth and Space Science: Weather · weather instruments, measuring and recording weather, and classifying clouds
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
You see a clear blue sky with almost no clouds. What is the cloud cover?
- the same as an overcast sky
- very low
- very high
- impossible to say
very low
Hint: Count how much of the sky has clouds.
Question 2
Which cloud is thin, wispy and very high in the sky?
- fog
- cirrus
- stratus
- cumulus
cirrus
Hint: These clouds are made of tiny ice crystals.
Question 3
Which wind speed would be a gentle breeze?
- 300 km/h
- 10 km/h
- 200 km/h
- 120 km/h
10 km/h
Hint: A gentle breeze barely moves tree branches.
Question 4
A cloud does not fit stratus, cumulus or cirrus. How could you record it?
- do not record it
- as cumulus
- as stratus
- as “other”
as “other”
Hint: Weather watchers use a group for clouds that do not match.
Question 5
What does a rain gauge measure?
- how warm the air is
- how much rain has fallen
- how fast the wind blows
- which way the wind blows
how much rain has fallen
Hint: It collects water in a container with a scale.
Question 6
Which wind speed is a very strong storm wind?
- 5 km/h
- 0 km/h
- 100 km/h
- 10 km/h
100 km/h
Hint: Such winds can knock down trees.