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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

Which tool would help compare the temperatures of two days?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

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 gives temperature measurements that can be compared.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A thermometer.

A thermometer gives temperature measurements that can be compared.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

The forecast says rain is likely. What could you take outside?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is An umbrella.

  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 umbrella helps keep a person dry when rain is expected.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is An umbrella.

An umbrella helps keep a person dry when rain is expected.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which form of water is an invisible gas in the air?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Water vapor.

  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 is the gas form of water and is usually invisible.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water vapor.

Water vapor is the gas form of water and is usually invisible.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A wet sidewalk dries after a sunny, warm afternoon. What happened?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Liquid water evaporated into the air.

  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: Warm sunlight can provide energy for water on the sidewalk to evaporate.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Liquid water evaporated into the air.

Warm sunlight can provide energy for water on the sidewalk to evaporate.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What process helps clouds form when moist air cools?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Condensation.

  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 condenses into tiny droplets that can form clouds.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Condensation.

Cooling water vapor condenses into tiny droplets that can form clouds.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which form of water is snow?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A solid form 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: Snow is frozen water, so it is a solid.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is A solid form of water.

Snow is frozen water, so it is a solid.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Why do communities need to protect clean water?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Clean water supports health and living things.

  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: People, plants, and animals depend on clean water to live and grow.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Clean water supports health and living things.

People, plants, and animals depend on clean water to live and grow.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which action helps protect water?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Keep trash and harmful chemicals out of drains and streams.

  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: Keeping pollution out of water helps protect people, plants, and animals.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Keep trash and harmful chemicals out of drains and streams.

Keeping pollution out of water helps protect people, plants, and animals.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What is weather compared with climate?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Weather describes short-term conditions at a 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 describes conditions over a short time, such as today's temperature, clouds, wind, or rain.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Weather describes short-term conditions at a place.

Weather describes conditions over a short time, such as today's temperature, clouds, wind, or rain.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the main idea about water and weather?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Water moves through a cycle and weather describes changing air conditions.

  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 changes and moves through the water cycle, while weather describes conditions in the air around us.
  3. Check the choice: The correct choice is Water moves through a cycle and weather describes changing air conditions.

Water changes and moves through the water cycle, while weather describes conditions in the air around us.

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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.