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Weather and Solar Systems
4th Grade Review Packet
 Use the information in this packet to complete the “Quiz
Whiz” and the other activities inside!
 This packet will also help you with your word study activities.
 At the end you will find some sample SOL questions to test
your knowledge!
The entire packet will be due: __________________________
Name _________________________ Date ________________ # ____
Quiz Whiz
Weather and Solar System Quiz
Directions: Using the word bank on the last page, select the best answer for the
following questions.
1. What is due to the weight of the air and is determined by several factors
including temperature of the air? _______________________________
2. Which clouds are associated with light rain and drizzle?
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3. What does the moon do around the Earth about once every month?
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4. What is a boundary between air masses of different temperature and humidity?
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5. Which clouds are associated with fair weather, but indicate snow or rain will fall
soon? ______________________________________________
6. What are caused by the moon’s position relative to the earth and sun?
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7. Which clouds are fluffy and white with flat bottoms?
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8. What instrument measures air pressure?
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9. List the phases of the moon in order:
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New Moon
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Full Moon
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10. Which clouds are feathery clouds? ___________________________
11. What instrument measures precipitation?
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12. Which planet is the third planet from the sun?
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13. Which clouds are puffy, dark gray clouds that produce thunderstorms?
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14. Which instrument measures the temperature of the air?
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15. What is the center of our solar system? _______________________
16. Which clouds indicate fair weather? __________________________
17. What are the four different types of precipitation?
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18. What do we understand better because of the NASA Apollo missions?
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19. What is the measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere?
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20. Which clouds produce thunderstorms?
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21. What does the earth do around the sun every 365 days?
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22. Which clouds are smooth, gray clouds that cover the whole sky?
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23. What instrument measures wind speed? _______________________
24. What is an average-sized yellow star that is about 110 times the diameter of
the Earth? ______________________________________
Check out this diagram that shows the phases of the moon!
The numbers show the order of the phases of the moon
Earth Movement Facts
Type of
Movement
Rotates on it’s
axis
Revolves
around the sun
at an angle/tilt
How Often
Once
approximately
every 24hours
Once
approximately
every 365
days
What is
Causes
Night and Day
The Seasons
Moon Movement Fact
Type of
Movement
Revolves
around the
Earth
How Often
What it Causes
Once Every
28 days
The phases of
the moon
The Sun and Solar System
THE SUN
is a star, just like those you can see in the sky at night. Those stars
are billions of miles away, but the Sun is much closer to us (150 million kilometers).
The Sun is at the centre of our Solar System and is about 110 times the size of
earth. All of the 8 planets including our Earth travel around the Sun.
The Sun gives out light and heat without which life as we know would be impossible.
Use the Above Diagram to answer the following Questions
1. Which two planets appear to be the biggest? _______________________
2. Which two planets appear to be the smallest? ______________________
3. What planet is 7th from the sun? _______________________
4. Mars is the ___________ planet from the sun? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc)
5. How many planets are they all together? _____________
Man on The Moon: The Apollo Missions
NASA’s Apollo program was designed to land humans on the Moon and bring
them safely back to Earth. Six of the missions (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17)
were able to do this! Apollo 13 did not land on the Moon because of an oxygen tank
explosion, but it did return photographs. The six missions that landed on the Moon
returned lots of scientific data and almost 400 kilograms of lunar samples like
rocks.
Top five findings of the Apollo Missions
1) The moon has not always looked the way it does now. It went through a series of
changes just like the earth did as it was forming billions of years ago. It even has
three or four layers just like the earth!
2) Observations made on the moon and sample moon rocks help us to learn about
the forming of other planets. They also help us better estimate how long ago
these planets formed.
3) The youngest moon rocks are the as old as the oldest earth rocks. These means
that the earth is still changing all of the time but the moon has pretty much
stopped.
4) The Moon and Earth are made up of many of the same materials. This means
they were probably formed from different amounts of the same pool of space
materials billions of years ago.
5) The Moon is lifeless; it contains no living animals or plants, or fossils.
Why We Put a Man on the Moon
Draw a picture to represent each of the 5 most important Findings of the Apollo
missions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Weather Instruments
MATCH EACH Definition to the Appropriate Weather Instrument
An ANEMOMETER measures wind
speed. The cups catch the wind, turning
a dial attached to the instrument. The
dial shows the wind speed.
A THERMOMETER measures the air
temperature. Most thermometers are
closed glass tubes containing liquids
such as alcohol or mercury. When air
around the tube heats the liquid, the
liquid expands and moves up the tube. A
scale then shows what the actual
temperature is.
A BAROMETER measures air pressure.
It tells you whether or not the pressure
is rising or falling. A rising barometer
means sunny and dry conditions, while a
falling barometer means stormy and wet
conditions.
A RAIN GAUGE measures the amount of
rain that has fallen over a specific time
period.
Fill in the Blank
Anemometer
Front
Barometer
Thermometer
Temperature
Rain Gauge
Air Pressure
1. ______________________ is the weight of the air.
2. A(n) _____________________ measures air temperature.
3. A weather ___________________ is the boundary between two air masses
of different temperatures.
4. A(n) _______________________ measures wind speed.
5. A(n) __________________________ measures air pressure.
6. ____________________ is the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere.
7. A(n) _________________________ measures the amount of precipitation
that has fallen.
Precipitation
The following is a definition of precipitation from www.dictionary.com. There are a
lot of different meanings but only one relates to weather!
Can you find it?
pre·cip·i·ta·tion [pri-sip-i-tey-shuh n]
1.
the act of precipitating; state of being precipitated.
2.
A casting down or falling headlong.
3.
A hastening or hurrying in movement, procedure, or action.
4.
sudden haste.
5.
unwise or rash rapidity.
6.
Meteorology.
7.
a.
falling products of condensation in the atmosphere, as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
b.
the amount of rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc., that has fallen at a given place within a given
period, usually expressed in inches or centimeters of water.
Chemistry, Physics. the precipitating of a substance from a solution.
Label each picture of precipitation. Use the definition above if you need help with
the four different names!
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Cloud Name
Looks Like
Weather It Brings
(look at the diagram above and
then describe it in words below)
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
Stratus
Fair and Pleasant
Weather. Sometimes
they indicate that snow or
rain will fall soon.
Thunderstorm clouds!
They can bring lightening,
thunder, and even
tornados.
Nice, fair weather.
Aas;jka;sdlkfjas
dasdlkfjsals
sajfdka;lsdkjaalasldk
Foggy weather.
Sometimes a light drizzle
will fall.
Sjafdla;jfdkla;fjd;asdkfja
What Difference Does “Alto” Make?
Use the cloud picture on the previous page to help you complete the following two
Venn Diagrams!
Stratus
Altostratus
Cumulous
Altocumulus
Based on your Venn diagrams, what do you think the prefix alto means?
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SOL Practice Questions
4) Changes in the pressure of the air can
be measured by –
F.
G.
H.
J.
barometers
thermometers
weather vanes
anemometers
5) What tool is used to measure the
relative amount of water in the air?
1) If this device was placed outside, it
could be used to show –
A.
B.
C.
D.
changes in temperature
the amount of rainfall
changes in humidity
the speed of the wind
F.
G.
H.
J.
A barometer
An anemometer
A hygrometer
A thermometer
2) Which instrument could tell you that
conditions are right for flying a kite?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Anemometer
Barometer
Hygrometer
Thermometer
3) Which factor is usually recorded when
gathering weather data?
F.
G.
H.
J.
Number of gases in the air
Temperature of the air
Type of gases in the air
Amount of air in an area
6) The simple instrument shown is used to
measure
A.
B.
C.
D.
air pressure
wind speed
temperature
precipitation
7) Usually, cumulonimbus clouds are
associated with weather that is –
A.
B.
C.
D.
dry
stormy
fair
foggy
11) What type of cloud is shown above?
8) Certain storms form over water near the
equator, usually between the months of
June and November. Warm, moist air
rises quickly over the ocean, causing a
strong, whirling storm with high winds
and heavy rains. This type of storm is
known as a –
A.
B.
C.
D.
tornado
hurricane
blizzard
sandstorm
A.
B.
C.
D.
12) Which weather term best describes the
words above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
9) Tornadoes are most likely to be
produced from which type of cloud?
F.
G.
H.
J.
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
10) The time between today’s sunrise and
tomorrow’s sunrise would be about –
F.
G.
H.
J.
12 hours
24 hours
36 hours
48 hours
Cirrus
Cumulus
Stratus
Nimbostratus
Humidity
Atmosphere
Precipitation
Barometric pressure
13) The moon revolves around –
F.
G.
H.
J.
itself
the Earth
the sun
the solar system
16) If the Earth moved farther away from
the sun, which of these would probably
happen?
A. There would be no moon.
B. There would be more solar
eclipses.
C. There would be colder weather.
D. There would be more seasons.
14) The girl above is looking at the flag
early in the morning. The sun rises in the
east. In which direction is she facing?
F.
G.
H.
J.
North
East
South
West
17) Which of these is the next phase of the
moon?
15) Which of these best shows that the
Earth revolves around the sun as the moon
revolves around the Earth?
18) The rotation of the Earth on its axis
causes –
A.
B.
C.
D.
seasons
years
months
days
19) The sun heats the Earth unevenly,
making the poles cold and the tropics hot,
because –
A. the tropics face more directly
toward the sun
B. the poles are covered with ice
which causes cold air
C. seasons change
D. weather changes
20) The Earth, the other planets, and the
sun are all a part of the solar system. How
is the sun different from other parts of the
solar system?
A. It is smaller than most of the
planets in the solar system.
B. It is farther from the solar system
than the planets.
C. It is producing most of the heat and
light in the solar system.
D. It is made up of elements that
cannot be found on the planets.
23) Which of these shows the location of a
polar ice cap?
F.
G.
H.
J.
A
B
C
D
24) Which of these is the biggest?
F.
G.
H.
J.
The moon
The Earth
The sun
Jupiter
25) How is the Earth different from all of
the other planets?
21) The distance between which of these is
the shortest?
F.
G.
H.
J.
Earth and sun
Moon and sun
Earth and Mars
Earth and moon
22) The Earth is very different from other
planets in the solar system because it has
the most –
A.
B.
C.
D.
solid rock
volcanoes
liquid water
high winds
A.
B.
C.
D.
It has a breathable atmosphere.
It has a rocky surface.
It is warmed by the sun.
It rotates on its axis.