Inv. 1 What is Weather?

If you are a meteorologist living and studying the weather in a remote part of the world. What info would you want to collect data over several years in order to provide evidence of typical weather patterns? select all that apply

• Temperature

• Humidity

• Air pressure

• Wind speed and direction

• Number of daylight hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What tool would you use to measure temperature?

• Hygrometer

• Thermometer

• barometer

• wind vane

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What tool would you use to measure humidity?

• thermometer

• windsock

• hygrometer/ humidity sensor

• your eyes

What would a meteorologist use to measure wind direction?

• barometer

• humidity sensor

• thermometer

• wind vane

What does a meteorologist use to measure the air pressure?

• thermometer

• barometer

• humidity sensor

• speed sensor

What units do we use to measure temperature?

• Degrees Celsius or Farenheit

• millibars

• miles per hour

• grams

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What units do we use to measure air pressure?

• Degrees Celsius or Farenheit

• millibars

• grams

• miles per hour

When a balloon rises high enough in the atmosphere, why might it burst?

• the pressure on the outside is much less then the pressure inside and it expands until it bursts

• It freezes

• lightening strikes it

• it gets too hot

Why does a balloon near Earth's surface stop expanding after you stop blowing into it and it is tied up?

• It is too thick to expand.

• Mr. Ziemer wills it to be so

• The pressure on the inside is greater than the pressure on the outside

• The pressure from the air around it is the same or greater than the pressure on the inside

Select all of the answers that explain why meteorologists record weather conditions and that complete this sentence:

Meteorologists record weather conditions multiple times each day. Daily weather records ________.

• help identify patterns over time to make predictions about future weather events

• explain the cause and effect for different weather events

• identify all the factors that contribute to a weather system

• help identify patterns of stable versus changeable weather conditions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6