Rain Vocabulary Quiz

What term describes a heavy and continuous rain?

• Drizzle

• Downpour

• Flood

• Shower

What is a light rain often referred to as?

• Rainstorm

• Thunderstorm

• Drizzle

• Deluge

What do you call a sudden and intense rain?

• Shower

• Puddle

• Umbrella

• Sweater

What is a very heavy rain that can cause flooding called?

• Rainfall

• Lightning

• Gloomy

• Deluge

What is the term for a rainstorm accompanied by thunder and lightning?

• Puddle

• Thunderstorm

• Raincoat

• Drizzle

What phrase means it is raining heavily?

• It's drizzling

• It's a monsoon

• It's raining cats and dogs

• It's a shower

What do you call a small amount of rain that falls lightly?

• Flood

• Drizzle

• Deluge

• Downpour

What is the term for being completely wet from rain?

• Drenched

• Gloomy

• Soaked to the bone

• Umbrella

What is a common item used to protect oneself from rain?

• Sweater

• Flood

• Raincoat

• Puddle

What do you call a small pool of water on the ground after rain?

• Puddle

• Shower

• Deluge

• Thunderstorm