Precipitation and Temperature

Introduction to Weather!

Use the Temperature, Wind & Precipitation note page to complete this quiz!

Weather happens every day all over the earth!  

• It is never the same!

• It is always changing!

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Our weather includes:

(Choose 3)

• Temperature

• Soil

• Precipitation

• Wind

• Water

Temperature

• Measures the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere. 

  
  

• Measured using a thermometer.  

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Which is a thermometer?

Used to measure heat energy in the air!

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An anemometer is a weather instrument we use to measure wind speed. Which picture below is an anemometer?

Precipitation

Any form of water that falls from the atmosphere (the sky!) to Earth’s surface.

A rain gauge can be used to measure how much precipitation falls.  

Multiple Choice

Select the Rain Gauge

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Check ALL types of precipitation

• Rain

• Snow

• Ocean

• Sleet

• Hail

Clouds

• Form when water vapor in the air changes from a gas to a liquid. 

  
  

• As the liquid water droplets inside of a cloud bump into each other, they become larger. 

• When the droplets get too heavy, they fall to the ground as rain.  

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Select ALL of the cloud pictures

Snow

Form when rain droplets freeze and form ice crystals. 

These ice crystals attach to each other and become heavier. 

When they weigh too much, they fall to the ground as snow.