SC.5.E.7.3 Weather & Climate Part 2

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4th - 6th Grade
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Kathy Scott
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between sleet and hail?
Sleet is usually part of a thunderstorm, and hail comes from thin layers of rain clouds.
Sleet is smaller than hail and usually falls in the winter, while hail usually falls in the summer.
Sleet and hail are the same except that sleet falls in the summer and hail usually falls in the winter.
Sleet is snow that forms as it falls through cold air, and hail is rain that freezes when is hits the ground.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What are forms of precipitation?
rain, snow, sleet, condensation
rain, snow, sleet, hail
sleet, runoff, rain, precipitation
hail, snow, rain, high pressure
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which answer choice correctly lists environments from most dry to least dry?
desert, tundra, grassland, rainforest
grassland, rainforest, desert, tundra
tundra, rainforest, grassland, desert
rainforest, grassland, tundra, desert
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which answer choice lists the weather conditions that would most likely result in a warm, sunny day?
62 degrees, light winds, low humidity
low humidity, 20 degrees, light clouds
82 degrees, high pressure, 5mph winds
85 degrees, heavy clouds, high humidity
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes what clouds are made of?
fog that has risen from the ground
large amounts of water that has evaporated
water vapor that has condensed into droplets
rain or snow that has been pushed by wind
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which answer best explains why clouds usually form high in the sky?
It is cold enough there for the water vapor to begin condensing.
It is warm enough there for evaporated water to expand into clouds.
It is dry enough there for precipitation to form from condensed water vapor.
It is windy enough there for water droplets to get pushed together into clouds.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In the rainforest, it rains almost daily, but it does not in the desert. What is one factor that makes this possible?
The desert has higher temperatures than the rainforests.
In the rainforests there low air pressure, while in the desert there is high air pressure.
In the rainforests, there is high humidity while in the desert there is low humidity.
The desert has higher winds which causes sand storms to form blocking the rain.
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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
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