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Summative Assessment: Weather Unit

Second Grade

Short Answer: (Water Cycle)

1. What are the four stages of the water cycle?

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True and False: (Types of Precipitation)

Read the sentence and circle T for “True” and F for “False.”

T F 2. Rain is the most common type of precipitation.

T F 3. Sleet is a mixture of water and snow.

T F 4. Snow is created when it is cold in the clouds and freezing at the surface.

T F 5. As wind gets stronger, hail sizes increase.

Matching: (Clouds)
Read the description of the clouds and write the letter next to the description for the matching
cloud.

Word Bank:

A.Cumulous B. Cumulonimbus C. Cirrus D.Status

6. _____ a cloud that hangs low in the sky and often brings drizzles and snowflakes.

7. _____ a puffy white cloud that can bring hail and tornadoes.

8. _____ a huge cloud that can bring hail and tornadoes.

9. _____ a cloud made of trillions of ice crystals.

Multiple Choice: (Weather vs. Climate)

10. Which of the following is a type of weather?
A. Watery
B. Sunny
C. Slippery
D. Dark

11. What is temperature?

A. How fast the wind is moving
B. The direction of the wind
C. How hot or cold something is
D. Rain, Snow, Sleet and Hail

12. What is climate?

A. The weather conditions over a long period of time.
B. The conditions during a specific time or day.
C. How hot or cold something is.
D. How much rain falls.

13. Which of the following is a climate zone?

A. Polar
B. Desert
C. Safari
D. Tundra

14. What does a thermometer measure?

A. How much rain falls.
B. How fast the wind is moving.
C. How humid it is outside.
D. The temperature outside.

Essay: (Natural Disasters)

15. Pick one of the five natural disasters discussed during class (tsunamis, blizzards, tornadoes,
volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes).
Describe what happens when one of the natural disasters occurs and what you should do during
it. Include at least three specific facts about the natural disaster and at least two things you would
do in order to prepare for one.
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