TYPES of Weather
Weather Words
Storms
Weather Numbers
Weather Expressions
100

This kind of weather is very bright and there aren't any clouds in the sky...

Sunny 

100

At 100°C, water does this...

Boils...

100

The most common type of storm in the winter.


Snowstorm

100

Water boils at this temperature.


100°C ; one hundred degrees celsius

100

“It’s raining cats and dogs” means:


a) Animals are falling from the sky
b) It’s raining very hard
c) The weather is strange
d) The rain is soft

b) It’s raining very hard

200

You can see the grass and trees move when it is ____________ outside...

Windy

200

When it is 0°C and water turns to ice, it is...

Freezing

200

A spinning cloud with a funnel shape...


Tornado

200

Water freezes at this temperature...

0°C ; zero degrees celsius

200

If you are “under the weather,” you are:


a) Sick
b) Happy
c) Tired
d) Outside

a) Sick

300

What might you HEAR if you SEE lightning in the sky? 

Thunder

300

Any form of water that falls from the sky is called...


Precipitation

300

A large, powerful storm with violent winds that usually occurs near large bodies of water...


Cyclone or hurricane

300


How many colours in a rainbow ?



7 ; seven

300

“In the eye of the storm” means:


a) In the middle of trouble
b) On top of a mountain
c) Very calm
d) Safe from danger

a) In the middle of trouble

400

When balls of ice fall instead of rain, this is called...

Hail

400

Electrical charges in clouds can produce...

Lightning

400

Water overflow caused by a large amount of rainfall.


Flood

400

How do you SAY 13°C and 30°C ?

ThirTEEN degrees celsius and thirTY degrees celsius


400

“A fair-weather friend” means:


a) A friend who likes the sun
b) A friend only when things are good
c) A weather reporter
d) A friend who hates rain

b) A friend only when things are good

500

When there is very little water and no rain for a long time, this is called a...

Drought

500

When the sun is very strong and the air is very hot for a long time...

Heatwave

500

Frozen water crystals that fall from the sky.

Snowflakes

500

If the forecast is –15°C, how do you say it?

MINUS fifTEEN degrees Celsius OR fifTEEN degrees BELOW ZERO

500

“Every cloud has a silver lining” means:


a) All clouds are beautiful
b) The sun makes clouds shiny
c) There is something good in every bad situation
d) The weather will be nice tomorrow

c) There is something good in every bad situation