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Science: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Seasons And Weather - What Was It Like? (Questions)

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This quiz is based on data from a weather diary. Jake has kept his weather diary for a whole year and seen how the seasons differ. Can you help Jake answer questions about his weather diary? What has Jake learned? Can you look at the data and help Jake decide what he has learned? What was the weather like in the different seasons of the year?

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1. Which one of these did Jake NOT record in his weather diary?
[ ] Temperature
[ ] Sunshine
[ ] Rainfall
[ ] Price
2. Jake measured the rainfall. It rained on 17 days in April. There are 30 days in April. How many days in April were dry?
[ ] 13
[ ] 15
[ ] 17
[ ] 30
3. The wind in March blew from the south-west. What did Jake use to tell which way the wind was blowing?
[ ] Thermometer
[ ] Chart
[ ] Weather vane
[ ] Table
4. Jake recorded the number of sunny days. Here are his results:

May - 12 days
June - 21 days
July - 19 days
August - 9 days

Which was the sunniest month?
[ ] May
[ ] June
[ ] July
[ ] August
5. Jake recorded snow on three days last year. Jake decided that:
[ ] Last year was not very snowy
[ ] There was no snow at all last year
[ ] Last year was very snowy
[ ] There was lots of snow last year
6. Jake recorded the temperature every day. Jake used a thermometer. He wrote down the temperatures in oC. What does oC mean?
[ ] Number of cold days
[ ] Degrees of coldness
[ ] Degrees centigrade
[ ] Number of wet days
7. Jake recorded the temperature every day. Here are four days in July:

Thursday 21oC
Friday 23oC
Saturday 25oC
Sunday 24oC

Which was the hottest day?
[ ] Thursday
[ ] Friday
[ ] Saturday
[ ] Sunday
8. Jake wrote down that the longest day was on the 21st of June. This meant that:
[ ] The Sun rose very early and set very late
[ ] The Sun rose very late and set very early
[ ] The Sun did not rise until 8 o’clock in the morning
[ ] The Sun set as early as 4 o’clock in the afternoon
9. Jake recorded cloudy days in his weather diary. In January there were 20 cloudy days. There are 31 days in January. How many days in January were sunny?
[ ] None
[ ] 1
[ ] 11
[ ] 12
10. Jake recorded 11 foggy days in November. What has Jake found out?
[ ] November was not foggy at all
[ ] There was a lot of fog in November
[ ] There was a little bit of fog in November
[ ] It was foggy all month in November
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Science: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - Seasons And Weather - What Was It Like? (Answers)
1. Which one of these did Jake NOT record in his weather diary?
[ ] Temperature
[ ] Sunshine
[ ] Rainfall
[x] Price
What else would you record in a weather diary?
2. Jake measured the rainfall. It rained on 17 days in April. There are 30 days in April. How many days in April were dry?
[x] 13
[ ] 15
[ ] 17
[ ] 30
How do you work it out?
3. The wind in March blew from the south-west. What did Jake use to tell which way the wind was blowing?
[ ] Thermometer
[ ] Chart
[x] Weather vane
[ ] Table
The wind often blows from the south-west
4. Jake recorded the number of sunny days. Here are his results:

May - 12 days
June - 21 days
July - 19 days
August - 9 days

Which was the sunniest month?
[ ] May
[x] June
[ ] July
[ ] August
Which was the least sunny month?
5. Jake recorded snow on three days last year. Jake decided that:
[x] Last year was not very snowy
[ ] There was no snow at all last year
[ ] Last year was very snowy
[ ] There was lots of snow last year
Some winters there is no snow at all
6. Jake recorded the temperature every day. Jake used a thermometer. He wrote down the temperatures in oC. What does oC mean?
[ ] Number of cold days
[ ] Degrees of coldness
[x] Degrees centigrade
[ ] Number of wet days
What is the temperature today?
7. Jake recorded the temperature every day. Here are four days in July:

Thursday 21oC
Friday 23oC
Saturday 25oC
Sunday 24oC

Which was the hottest day?
[ ] Thursday
[ ] Friday
[x] Saturday
[ ] Sunday
Which was the coolest of the four days?
8. Jake wrote down that the longest day was on the 21st of June. This meant that:
[x] The Sun rose very early and set very late
[ ] The Sun rose very late and set very early
[ ] The Sun did not rise until 8 o’clock in the morning
[ ] The Sun set as early as 4 o’clock in the afternoon
The nights are very short in June
9. Jake recorded cloudy days in his weather diary. In January there were 20 cloudy days. There are 31 days in January. How many days in January were sunny?
[ ] None
[ ] 1
[x] 11
[ ] 12
How do you work it out?
10. Jake recorded 11 foggy days in November. What has Jake found out?
[ ] November was not foggy at all
[x] There was a lot of fog in November
[ ] There was a little bit of fog in November
[ ] It was foggy all month in November
11 days is a lot of fog!