Weather Check for Understanding

What instrument measures the amount of liquid that falls to the ground in a given period of time.

• sling psychrometer
• rain gauge 
• thermometer
• barometer 

What instrument measures temperature?

• rain gauge 
• sling psychrometer
• thermometer 
• wind vane

What instrument measures the humidity?

• anemometer
• rain gauge 
• barometer
• sling psychrometer 

What is this weather instrument?

• barometer 
• anemometer 
• sling psychrometer 
• thermometer 

The amount of water vapor in the air is _____.

• warm front
• precipitation
• humidity
• air pressure

Which statement best describes the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is the conditions when you look outside while climate is the conditions you can expect for the next 6 months.
• Climate is the current condition outside while weather is what you can expect for the next 6 months.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which weather variable can be determined by using a psychrometer?

• barometric pressure
• cloud cover
• relative humidity
• wind speed

A _______ forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals. 

• hail storm
• raindrop
• snowflake

A _________ is a round pellet of ice larger than 5 millimeters in diameter. 

• snowflake
• hailstone
• sleet 

What is the most common type of precipitation?

• rain
• snow
• sleet
• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5