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A student made the object below. What weather condition is the object designed to measure?

• rainfall

• windspeed

• humidity

• air pressure

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Malik was given a weather station for his birthday. The picture below shows one of the instruments on the weather station. What does the instrument measure?

• rainfall

• humidity

• air pressure

• air temperature

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Dasha made the following object and placed it outside during a storm. Which of the following will Dasha be able to determine?

• the type of precipitation

• the amount of precipitation

• the direction of the precipitation

• the temperature of the precipitation

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A weather report predicts that it will be a sunny and dry day. What weather condition best explains the predicted weather?

• high precipitation

• high humidity

• low air pressure

• high air pressure

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Bridget tells her friend Alexis that she thinks the humidity is high because her hair is more curly than normal. Which tool could Alexis use to determine if the humidity is high?

• a barometer

• a wind vane

• a hygrometer

• a thermometer

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While you are preparing for a trip, it can be helpful to know what the weather will be like at your destination. Knowing the weather can help you decide what type of clothing to pack. What is weather?

• the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place

• atmospheric conditions in an area over a long period of time

• the amount of water that falls from the sky in liquid or solid form

• the difference between the highest and lowest temperature in a day

Which answer correctly explains 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 usually falls in summer and hail usually falls in winter
• Sleet is snow that forms as it falls through cold air, and hail is rain that freezes when it hits the ground.

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Deserts in the temperate zones can be extremely hot in the afternoon and below freezing at night. Which answer best explains why this happens?

• Temperate deserts are found at high elevations, where the Sun and the wind are much stronger. This creates more extreme temperature changes
• Temperate deserts lack trees and grass. With no trees, the Sun shines directly down and causes it to get hot in the day, and with no grass, the heat escapes at night
• Temperate deserts have very little cloud cover and no humidity. This means that more energy from the Sun reaches the desert in the day, but that heat can escape quickly at night
• Temperate deserts have higher rainfall than other kinds of deserts. Warm rain during the day produces warm breezes in the desert. Cooler rains at night draw warm air away from the desert

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

Which climate zone experiences the greatest variety of weather with the seasons of the year?

• polar
• tundra
• temperate
• tropical