Weather and Climate

Which of these is not true about weather?

• Weather describes the conditions in the air outside.

• Weather can change from day to day.

• Weather can change from season to season.

• Scientists always know what the weather will be.

What instrument measures air pressure?

• thermometer

• wind vane

• barometer

• rain gauge

Wind speed is measured with which instrument?

• thermometer

• anemometer

• wind vane

• rain gauge

What are weather maps used for?

• to predict weather

• to change weather

• to collect weather data

• to measure weather data

1. What is going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.

• weather

• climate

Right now the Earth is tilted away from the sun, so we experience winter.

• weather

• climate

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation.

• evidence

• data

• pattern

• claim

A scientist who studies and predicts weather.

• Engineer

• Biologist

• Meteorologist

• Botonist

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

• seasons

• lemonade

• pattern

• precipitation

Something we observe to be similar over and over again.

• evidence

• pattern

• argument

• graph