Weather Tools and Climate

What percentage of earth is water?

• 50%

• 95%

• 71%

• 85%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If there is a hurricane what type of pressure system is the city experiencing?

• low

• high

• low and high

• neither low or high

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

It's a bright, sunny day and you want to go swimming. What type of pressure is over your city?

• low

• high

• low and high

• neither low or high

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What weather tool measures humidity?

• barometer

• thermometer

• wind vane

• sling psychrometer

What weather tool measuresa wind speed?

• barometer

• thermometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

What are lines that connect points of equal temperature called?

• isobars

• isotherms

• isopressures

• isotemps

What weather instrument measures severe weather like storms and tornados?

• satellite

• anemometer

• sling psychrometer

• radar

What climate zone has 4 seasons?

• tropical

• temperate

• polar

• seasonal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which global wind belt pushes weather across the United States?

• polar easterlies

• trade winds

• westerlies

• land/sea breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which global wind belt pushes hurricanes from the coast of Africa towards the United States?

• trade winds

• westerlies

• polar easterlies

• land/sea breeze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6