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Grade 2 Science · Water and Weather

Grade 2 Water and Weather Practice Test

Build Grade 2 science skills with five 10-question practice tests on water states, the water cycle, weather conditions, weather tools, severe weather, and safety.

Water and Weather Practice Tests

These Grade 2 Science practice tests help students describe water in its solid, liquid, and gas forms and observe how water moves through the water cycle. Students also identify weather conditions, use weather tools, recognize severe weather, and choose safe actions.

Skills covered

  • Identifying solid, liquid, and gas forms of water
  • Understanding evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and collection
  • Describing temperature, clouds, wind, and daily weather
  • Matching weather tools to their measurements
  • Recognizing thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, floods, and droughts
  • Practicing weather safety and water conservation

How to use these practice tests

Complete one 10-question test at a time. Look for clues about a change in water, a weather measurement, or a safety action. After each test, describe one way people can prepare for weather or protect clean water.

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Grade 2 Water and Weather Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 2 Science practice test on water states, the water cycle, weather conditions, weather tools, severe weather, and safety.

Read each Water and Weather question carefully. Use the process, weather condition, measurement, or safety clue to choose one answer.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is weather?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The conditions of the air outside at a certain time and place.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: Weather includes conditions such as temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation at a particular time.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The conditions of the air outside at a certain time and place.

Weather includes conditions such as temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation at a particular time.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What does temperature tell us?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is How hot or cold something is.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold the air or another object is.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is How hot or cold something is.

Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold the air or another object is.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which tool measures the amount of rain that falls?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A rain gauge.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: A rain gauge collects and measures precipitation such as rain.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A rain gauge.

A rain gauge collects and measures precipitation such as rain.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which tool measures temperature?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A thermometer.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: A thermometer measures how hot or cold the air or an object is.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A thermometer.

A thermometer measures how hot or cold the air or an object is.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What can a wind vane show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The direction from which wind is blowing.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: A wind vane points in the direction the wind comes from.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The direction from which wind is blowing.

A wind vane points in the direction the wind comes from.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What can an anemometer measure?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Wind speed.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: An anemometer is an instrument used to measure how fast the wind is moving.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Wind speed.

An anemometer is an instrument used to measure how fast the wind is moving.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a cloudy sky have?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Many clouds covering part of the sky.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: Cloudy weather means clouds cover much or all of the visible sky.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Many clouds covering part of the sky.

Cloudy weather means clouds cover much or all of the visible sky.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which weather condition usually has bright sunlight and few clouds?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Sunny.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: Sunny weather has a lot of visible sunlight and few or no clouds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Sunny.

Sunny weather has a lot of visible sunlight and few or no clouds.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a weather forecast?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A prediction about future weather.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: A forecast uses observations and data to predict what the weather may be like later.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A prediction about future weather.

A forecast uses observations and data to predict what the weather may be like later.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What should you check before choosing clothes for the day?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The weather conditions or forecast.

  1. Read the water or weather clue: Identify the state of water, weather condition, measurement, process, or safety action described.
  2. Connect the clue to science: Weather information helps people choose clothing that is suitable for temperature and precipitation.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is The weather conditions or forecast.

Weather information helps people choose clothing that is suitable for temperature and precipitation.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 2 Water and Weather

What are the three common forms of water?

Water can be a solid such as ice, a liquid such as water in a cup, or a gas called water vapor.

What is the water cycle?

The water cycle describes how water moves and changes through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, and collection.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 Water and Weather questions in total.