Weather and the Water Cycle Unit 7

What do the letters H and L show on a weather map?

• Regions of high temperature and low temperature

• Regions of high air pressure and low air pressure

• Regions of high precipitation and low precipitation

• Regions of high mountains and low valleys

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Using a thermometer, a student recorded the temperature at noon each day for four days.

Which statement is true about the temperature for those 4 days?

• The temperature remained the same for all four days.

• The temperature decreased each day from Monday to Thursday.

• The temperature increased each day from Monday to Thursday.

• The temperature increased on Tuesday but decreased on Wednesday.

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On a sunny cloudless day, a student measured the air temperature each hour using a thermometer.

Based on the information in the chart and your knowledge of weather, what do you predict the temperature will be at noon?

• 15^oC

• 19^oC

• 23^oC

• 28^oC

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Observe the wind vane and the compass rose.

Which direction would the wind be blowing from?

• North

• South

• East

• West

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Which of the following will most likely occur after a cold front has passed through an area?

• The weather will get colder and rainy.

• The weather will get warmer and rainy.

• The weather will get colder and the skies will be clear.

• The weather will get warmer and the skies will be clear.

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The illustration shows how water moves from place to place on Earth. Which source of energy causes most of this movement?

• Sunlight

• Heat inside Earth

• Wind

• Electricity from lightning

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Which set of steps, in the order listed, could move water from the ocean, to the atmosphere, and then back to the ocean again?

• Precipitation -> condensation -> evaporation

• Evaporation -> precipitation -> evaporation

• Evaporation -> condensation -> precipitation

• Condensation -> evaporation -> condensation

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Which is an example of precipitation?

• Rain falling near the ocean

• Snow falling on a tall mountain

• Hail falling on the plains

• All of the other answer choices

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These people are using umbrellas because rain is falling. What part of the water cycle is rain?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Percolation

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Describe how the sun affects the water cycle?

• it causes precipitation

• it causes evaporation

• it causes condensation

• none of the above

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