Weather and Climate Quiz

What does the term "weather" refer to?

• Instrument used to measure the temperature

• Transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass

• What the sky and the air outside are like, such as cold and cloudy

• A process followed to find an answer to a problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is "climate" defined as?

• Instrument used to measure the amount of rain

• Average weather conditions in a place over 30 years or more

• Prediction about the weather in the future

• Transition zone where cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a "forecast"?

• A process followed to find an answer to a problem

• Instrument used to measure the wind speed

• Transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass

• Prediction, or good guess, about the weather in the future

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is the purpose of a "thermometer"?

• To measure the amount of pressure in the atmosphere

• To measure the temperature

• To measure the wind speed

• To measure the amount of rain

What does a "rain gage" measure?

• The temperature

• The wind speed

• The amount of rain

• The amount of pressure in the atmosphere

What is a "barometer" used for?

• Measuring the wind speed

• Measuring the temperature

• Measuring the amount of rain

• Measuring the amount of pressure in the atmosphere

What does an "anemometer" measure?

• The amount of rain

• The temperature

• The wind speed

• The amount of pressure in the atmosphere

What is a "warm front"?

• A process followed to find an answer to a problem

• Transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass

• Transition zone where cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass

• Prediction about the weather in the future

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is a "cold front"?

• Transition zone where a warm air mass is replacing a cold air mass

• Transition zone where cold air mass is replacing a warm air mass

• Prediction about the weather in the future

• A process followed to find an answer to a problem

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does it mean to "investigate"?

• To measure the wind speed

• To measure the temperature

• To measure the amount of rain

• A process followed to find an answer to a problem