CH1 TWISTERS AND OTHER TERRIBLE STORMS

Layer of gases around Earth

• gas

• predict

• atmosphere

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

tell what might happen

• prediction

• atmosphere

• gas

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Air conditions and temperature of a place

• predict

• weather

• gas

• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Not a solid or a liquid

• atmosphere

• weather

• predict

• gas

A ​ ​ (a)   measures temperature in the air, while a ​ (b)   measures air pressure.

• thermometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• wind vane

A person who studies the weather is called a(n) _______.

• archeologist

• paleontologist

• meteorologist

• astronomer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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A ​(n)​ (a)   measures wind speed, and a(n)​ (b)   measures rainfall.

• anemometer
• rain gauge
• wind vane
• barometer

To become a meteorologist, you need to study science, math, and computers.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The atmosphere is 200 miles thick.

• True

• False

The bottom ten miles of the atmosphere where weather happens is called the __________.

• hygrometer

• troposphere

• atmosphere

• gases