FOSS Weather Vocab

The study of the atmosphere including weather and climate is:

• Weather

• Meteorology

• Astrology

• Climatology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Using science and technology to predict the weather is called:

• forecasting

• foreshadowing

• monitoring

• satellite imaging

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A type of water that falls to the Earth’s surface is:

• meteor

• precipitation

• vapor

• precipitate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How hot or cold something is:

• temperature

• weather

• meteorology

• thermometer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a set of environmental conditions at one time in one place:

• weather

• blizzard

• meteorology

• forecast

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Temperature is measured in which units?

• Degrees Celsius/Farenheit

• Hg

• Mb

• Percentage

Temperature is measured with a:

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Sensor

The measure of the amount of water vapor in the air is called:

• humidity

• air pressure

• temperature

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Humidity is measured in which units?

• Percentage %

• mb

• Hg

• Temperature

The direction the wind is blowing

measured with a:

• wind vane

• wind pole

• wind sensor

• compass