Science Unit 6: Weather (Part 1)

The direction from which the wind blows is called the __________________.

• wind speed

• wind direction

• temperature

• wind vane

The form of precipitation consisting of frozen ice crystals that fall to the ground as flakes is called __________________.

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

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The form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow, that falls to the ground is called ______________.

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

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The moisture that falls from the clouds visibly in separate drops is called _______________.

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

The pellets of frozen rain that fall to the ground are known as __________________.

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

The device for collecting and measuring the amount of rain that falls is called _________________________.

• a thermometer

• a rain gauge

• a wind vane

• an anemometer

__________________ is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

• Weather

• Atmosphere

• Cloud cover

• Precipitation

A meteorologist is a _________________.

• scientist who studies outer space

• doctor for animals

• weather forecaster

• person who grows crops

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The _____________________ is the layer or set of layers of gases surrounding a planet.

• atmosphere

• weather

• precipitation

• wind speed

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The daily state of the atmosphere is called the __________________.

• wind direction

• weather

• precipitation

• cloud cover

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