Weather

Which of the following instruments can be used to measure wind direction?

• wind vane

• anemometer

• barometer

• thermometer

Which of these could be part of a city's climate?

• average rainfall of 24 inches per year

• a thunderstorm

• a current temperature of 80 degrees fahrenheit

• partly cloudy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Name the weather instrument that measures air pressure.

• barometer

• thermometer

• wind vane

• anemometer

What is a boundary between air masses called?

• climate

• weather

• front

• Fahrenheit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the weather instrument that measures the amount of rain that falls.

• barometer

• rain gauge

• thermometer

• wind vane

What is an unmoving front where a cold air mass moves in under a warm air mass called?

• warm front

• cold front

• climate

• stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This is a puffy cloud that appears to rise up from a flat bottom.

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

This is a high altitude cloud with a feather like shape made of ice crystals.

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the name of the measurement for how temperature is measured in countries other than the United States?

• climate

• weather

• Fahrenheit

• Celsius

What is the condition of the atmosphere at a certain place and time called?

• weather

• climate

• celsius

• fahrenheit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6