Weather and Climate Vocabulary Practice Quiz

The mixture of gases held by gravity that surrounds a planet

• Atmosphere

• Celsius

• Climate

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A metric unit of measurement for temperature

• Atmosphere

• Celsius

• Climate

• Data

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The average weather conditions of a region over many years (usually a 30 years period)

• Climate

• Data

• Interact

• Pattern

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Pieces of information

• Data

• Interact

• Pattern

• Seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Acting in a way so to have an effect on something else

• Interact

• Pattern

• Seasons

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A repeating design or series of numbers or events

• Pattern

• Seasons

• temperature

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

One of four periods of the year caused by the tilt of the Earth away or towards the sun as it revolves around the sun

• Seasons

• temperature

• weather

• Weather symbols

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The measurement of how hot or cold something is

• temperature

• weather

• Weather symbols

• Wind speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Describes the day to day condition of air outdoors such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall

• weather

• Weather symbols

• Wind speed

• Humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A visual representation of a weather condition

• Weather symbols

• Wind speed

• Humidity

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5