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Weather and Climate

Authored by Nicole Highsmith

Science

5th Grade

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Weather and Climate
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The kinds of data that reflect climate are different from the conditions described in weather data. Which of the following is a description of climate?

Today it is hot and sunny in Phoenix, Arizona.

Summers are usually mild in Lansing, Michigan.

Last week it rained every day in San Antonio, Texas.

Yesterday was cold and windy in Anchorage, Alaska.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Students at an elementary school set up a weather station in 1985. The fifth grade classes have been responsible for measuring and recording the daily temperature, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and cloud cover every year.

Which characteristic of the area would students be able to describe only after 30 or more years?

Weather

Climate

Atmospheric disturbances

Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The measure of the average weather of a certain area over a long period of time is _________________.

tropical

moisture

climate

element

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The changing conditions of the outside air at a specific time and place describes the ___________________.

climate zone

weather

climate

element

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The data that describe climate are different from the conditions described in weather data. Which of the following is a description of climate?

Today it is hot and sunny in Phoenix, Arizona.

Summers are usually mild in Lansing, Michigan.

Last week it rained every day in San Antonio, Texas.

Yesterday was cold and windy in Anchorage, Alaska.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

What type of weather system is this?

cold front

warm front

stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of weather system is this?

cold front

warm front

stationary front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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