Weather Review 1

Which of these best describes climate rather than weather?

• Wind speed is changing as a storm moves through an area.

• Annual high temperatures have increased over many decades.

• The temperature is decreasing in a slow-moving cold front.

• The rainfall during one year was greater than the next year.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Scientists record weather data and study it over many years. This helps determine -

• The climate of an area.

• The popularity of an area.

• The amount of preparation needed to survive in an area.

• The weather of a particular day.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky are examples of

• Warm Front

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Sunny and clear is a type of:

• weather

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which zone will it be coldest?

• tropical

• dry

• temperate

• polar

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which cloud looks puffy like cotton balls?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

Which cloud is thin and feathery?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

Which cloud covers the whole sky and looks like a blanket?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

Which shows a cirrus cloud?

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Which shows a cumulus cloud?

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