Weather in winter | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

True or false? There are ten months in one year.
- True
- False ✓
There are four seasons. Winter, spring ...
- summer and March.
- Thursday and Friday.
- summer and autumn. ✓
When is the season of winter?
- December, January and February. ✓
- June, July and August.
- March, April and May.
Deciduous trees ...
- have green leaves all year round.
- have yellow leaves all year round.
- lose most or all of their leaves every year. ✓
Which of these photographs shows a deciduous tree in winter?
- photograph 1
- photograph 2
- photograph 3 ✓
Which skills do we use to describe changes in winter?
- testing
- naming
- observing ✓

True or false? The weather is the same in each season.
- True
- False ✓
Which of these photographs shows frosty weather?
- photograph 1
- photograph 2
- photograph 3 ✓
Because the weather in winter turns colder, sometimes we get ...
- sun.
- snow. ✓
- thunderstorms.
What do we measure to find out how hot the weather is?
- temperature ✓
- speed
- length
What can we use to measure the temperature of the weather in winter?
- a stopwatch
- a beaker
- a thermometer ✓
Which of these might you observe in winter?
- ice ✓
- hot temperatures
- cold temperatures ✓
- frost ✓

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Pupils may associate sunny weather with summer and not winter.

Explanation that there are different types of weather in winter, but the temperature is generally cooler than during other seasons.

Weather - Weather is what the conditions are like in a particular place at a particular time. For example, rain, wind or sun.
Season - Seasons are periods of similar weather. In the UK there are four seasons (spring, summer, autumn and winter).
Winter - Winter is the coldest season of the year. It is between autumn and spring.
Temperature - Temperature is a measure of how hot something is.
Thermometer - A thermometer is a device for measuring temperature.