Weather Vocabulary

Choose the correct definition for the word "weather"

• How hot or cold it is

• Wind, Storms, Earthquakes

• the state of the atmosphere in regard to

  heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or

  storm, clearness or cloudiness

• The amount of moisture in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Choose the correct definition for the word "climate"

• the average weather conditions of a particular place or region over a period of years

•  the state of the atmosphere in regard to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

•  the state of the atmosphere in regard to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Choose the correct definition for the word "precipitation"

• water or the amount of water that falls to the earth as hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow

• the amount of moisture in the air

• a movement of air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What word defines the amount of moisture in the air?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Choose the correct definition for the word "temperature"

• a movement of air

• the series of conditions through which water naturally passes from water vapor in the air to being deposited (as by rain or snow) on earth's surface and finally back into the air as a result of evaporation

• the degree of hotness or coldness of something (as air, water, or the body) as shown by a thermometer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Choose the correct definition for the word "wind"

• a movement of air

•  the state of the atmosphere in regard to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

•  the average weather conditions of a particular place or region over a period of years

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Choose the correct definition for the word "celsius"

• the series of conditions through which water naturally passes from water vapor in the air to being deposited (as by rain or snow) on earth's surface and finally back into the air as a result of evaporation

•  the average weather conditions of a particular place or region over a period of years

• relating to or having a scale for measuring temperature on which the interval between the triple point and the boiling point of water is divided into 99.99 degrees with 0.01° representing the triple point and 100.00° the boiling point

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Choose the correct definition for the word "water cycle"

• the series of conditions through which water naturally passes from water vapor in the air to being deposited (as by rain or snow) on earth's surface and finally back into the air as a result of evaporation 

•  the state of the atmosphere in regard to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness

• water or the amount of water that falls to the earth as hail, mist, rain, sleet, or snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4