Weather and Climate

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

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

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

• tropical

• moisture

• climate

• element

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

• climate zone

• weather

• climate

• element

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.

What type of weather system is this?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather system is this?

• cold front

• warm front

• stationary front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of skies will you see if this is around?

• clear, sunny skies

• cloudy, rainy skies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Below is a model of the water cycle. Which one of the processes shown in the model is powered by heat energy from the sun?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The map shows a front moving over Myrtle Beach. What will most likely happen to the weather in Myrtle Beach as the front passes?

• It will get warmer.

• It will get colder.

• It will rain.

• It will snow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5