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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 often gives energy for evaporation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Heat from the Sun.

  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: The Sun warms water and provides energy that can cause evaporation.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Heat from the Sun.

The Sun warms water and provides energy that can cause evaporation.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What happens when water vapor cools in the air?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is It can condense into tiny liquid droplets.

  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: Cooling water vapor can cause condensation, which forms tiny liquid droplets.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is It can condense into tiny liquid droplets.

Cooling water vapor can cause condensation, which forms tiny liquid droplets.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which is precipitation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Snow falling from a cloud.

  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: Snow is frozen water that falls from clouds, so it is precipitation.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Snow falling from a cloud.

Snow is frozen water that falls from clouds, so it is precipitation.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is runoff?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Water flowing over land toward a lower 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: Runoff is water that moves across the ground after rain or melting snow.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water flowing over land toward a lower place.

Runoff is water that moves across the ground after rain or melting snow.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Where can groundwater be found?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Below Earth's surface in spaces in soil and rock.

  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: Groundwater is water stored below the surface in soil and rock spaces.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Below Earth's surface in spaces in soil and rock.

Groundwater is water stored below the surface in soil and rock spaces.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which place can collect water in the water cycle?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is An ocean or lake.

  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: Oceans and lakes are large places where water collects before moving through the cycle again.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is An ocean or lake.

Oceans and lakes are large places where water collects before moving through the cycle again.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Why might a puddle become smaller on a warm day?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Some of its liquid water evaporates.

  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: Warmth can cause liquid water in a puddle to evaporate into the air.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Some of its liquid water evaporates.

Warmth can cause liquid water in a puddle to evaporate into the air.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Why can water droplets form on the outside of a cold glass?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Water vapor in the air condenses on the cold surface.

  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: Water vapor touching a cold glass can cool and condense into liquid droplets.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water vapor in the air condenses on the cold surface.

Water vapor touching a cold glass can cool and condense into liquid droplets.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement about the water cycle is true?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Water can change form and move between the ground, air, and bodies of water.

  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: The water cycle moves water through the air, land, and bodies of water while changing its form.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water can change form and move between the ground, air, and bodies of water.

The water cycle moves water through the air, land, and bodies of water while changing its form.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Why is clean water important?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is People, plants, and animals need it to live.

  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: Living things need clean water for life, growth, and many daily activities.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is People, plants, and animals need it to live.

Living things need clean water for life, growth, and many daily activities.

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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.