Weather

Select the best answer- What is weather?

• Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
• Weather is the atmosphere.
• Weather is precipitation.
• Weather is wind.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which tool is used to measure precipitation?

• thermometer
• compass
• rain gauge
• wind vane

Which tool measures wind direction?

• wind vane and stopwatch
• wind vane and compass
• compass and rain gauge
• wind vane and thermometer

What type of cloud is this?

• nimbostratus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

• cirrocumulus cloud

• altostratus cloud

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.

• dust
• water
• cloud particles
• precipitation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

This weather instrument is a...

• anemometer
• barometer
• wind vane
• thermometer

This weather instrument is a...

• thermometer
• anemometer
• rain gauge
• barometer

This weather instrument is an...

• wind vane
• anemometer
• barometer
• thermometer

What is measured with an instrument made of two thermometers (a wet bulb and a dry bulb)?

• air temperature
• air pressure
• humidity
• wind speed