Which option correctly identifies a semantic field related to weather with four items that belong to it?

• A. Weather; rain, thunder, wind, snow
• B. Weather; rain, thunder, wind, sunshine
• C. Weather; rain, thunder, wind, cheese
• D. Weather; rain, thunder, wind, umbrella

Answer: (A)

Concept: a semantic field groups terms that belong to the same topic, here weather. The best choice lists four words that are concrete weather phenomena: rain, thunder, wind, and snow. Each is a distinct meteorological event or condition, so they form a tight, coherent set within the weather domain.

The other options mix in items that aren’t weather phenomena. Cheese isn’t a weather term at all, and a word like umbrella refers to an object used in weather rather than a weather event. Sunshine sits on the edge, being related to weather but more a state of the sun than a specific atmospheric phenomenon, so it doesn’t align as cleanly with the other weather events in the same way.