Third Grade Earth Science-Weather and Climate Quiz

An anemometer measures

• The humidity

• Wind speed

• Temperature

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What is a place where two large masses of air meet?

• Front

• Weather

• map

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What weather instrument measures rainfall?

• wind vane

• thermometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

Moving air is called

• air pressure

• weather

• precipitation

• Wind

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What word describes what the conditions in the air outside are like at a certain time and place?

• Weather

• Precipitation

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Scientists record data about weather conditions on

• globes

• maps

• fronts

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In most places on Earth, weather changes with the

• precipitation

• patterns

• years

• seasons

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Which season is the coldest season?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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In this season, the temperatures warm. The weather can also be windy and wet.

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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What is the general pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time called?

• Climate

• Weather data

• Humidity

• Seasons

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