5th Grade Weather Mid Unit Check In

What is the difference between weather and climate?

• Weather is an average over a long period of time and climate is the daily conditions.

• Climate is an average over a long period of time and weather is the daily conditions.

• Weather changes over a long period of time.

• Climate changes daily.

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What is the technical name of a scientist who studies and predicts daily weather?

• Climatologist

• Weatherologist

• Weather Man

• Meteorologist

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A weather tool that is used to measure rainfall is

• a rain gauge

• a yardstick

• a rain barrel

• a precipitator

The layer of gases that surround the planet is called

• the lithosphere

• the atmosphere

• the hydrosphere

• greenhouse gases

High level wispy clouds are called...

• cirrus clouds, and mean that it is storming

• cumulus clouds, and mean that weather is going to change

• cirrus clouds, and mean that weather is going to change

• stratus clouds, and mean that weather is rainy

The prefix or suffix "-nimbus" or "nimbo-" means

• cloudy

• precipitation

• snow

• heat

Climate is affected by

• latitude

• altitude

• distance from the ocean

• all of these

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Select all that are forms of precipitation

• hail

• wind

• sleet

• freezing rain

What is a primary reason why the earth expereinces seasons?

• the magnetic field around the earth's core

• the tilt of the earth on its axis

• the ozone layer

• the troposphere

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What factors affect climate?

• precipitation and wind

• temperature and plant life

• plant life and animal life

• temperature and precipitation

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