Weather and Seasons — Answer Key
Part A: Sort the Words
Sort each word or number into the correct category box.
1. Read each clue. Sort it into the correct group: spring weather or fall weather.
Spring Weather
rain showersflowers openingbaby birds hatch Fall Weather
cool breezesleaves fallingpumpkin harvest Spring brings warm rain that helps flowers open and gives baby birds a mild season to hatch. Fall brings cooler air that breezes through trees, drops their leaves, and ripens pumpkins for harvest.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. White fluffy clouds on a nice day are called cumulus clouds.
Cumulus clouds are the puffy white clouds you see on bright, calm days, and they look like floating piles of cotton in the sky.
2. A rainbow appears in the sky after it rains.
A rainbow needs both raindrops and sunlight, so it appears after it rains when sunlight shines through the leftover water drops in the air.
3. Wind is moving air that we can feel but cannot see.
Wind is just air on the move. We feel it push against our skin and see leaves blow, but the air itself is invisible.
4. Frost forms on the grass when the temperature drops below freezing.
Frost is tiny ice crystals, so the air must drop below freezing (32 degrees Fahrenheit) for the water on grass to turn into ice.
5. A weather vane shows which way the wind is blowing.
A weather vane spins on top of buildings and points its arrow into the wind, telling us the direction the wind is coming from.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Clouds are made of tiny drops of water.
True False
True — clouds are millions of tiny water droplets (and sometimes ice crystals) floating in the sky after water vapor cools.
2. A rainbow has only two colors.
True False
False — a rainbow has seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, all in that order from top to bottom.
3. Fall is the season when days start getting shorter.
True False
True — after the long days of summer, fall is when the sun sets earlier each day, so the daytime keeps getting shorter.
4. Dew on the grass means it rained during the night.
True False
False — dew forms when warm, moist air touches the cool grass overnight, so the water comes from the air, not from rain.