Predicting Weather Changes

Knowing that a meteorologist is a scientist whose job requires special training, Leandra interviewed a local meteorologist for a science assignment. She wanted to find out what the important job duties of a meteorologist are. Choose the two that apply.

• collect and analyze data to make predictions about the weather

• guess what the weather will be and report it on television

• carry out investigations of insects

• use observations and technology to determine how global patterns affect weather

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Maureen wanted to find out more about how technology helps to predict the weather. She found information and some pictures. For each picture below, choose a word from the word bank to complete the label naming each type of technology that meteorologists use to collect data and predict the weather.

• weather station

• weather balloon

• computer

• weather satellite

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Maureen wanted to find out more about how technology helps to predict the weather. She found information and some pictures. For each picture below, choose a word from the word bank to complete the label naming each type of technology that meteorologists use to collect data and predict the weather.

• weather station

• weather balloon

• computer

• weather satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Maureen wanted to find out more about how technology helps to predict the weather. She found information and some pictures. For each picture below, choose a word from the word bank to complete the label naming each type of technology that meteorologists use to collect data and predict the weather.

• weather station

• weather balloon

• computer

• weather satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Maureen wanted to find out more about how technology helps to predict the weather. She found information and some pictures. For each picture below, choose a word from the word bank to complete the label naming each type of technology that meteorologists use to collect data and predict the weather.

• weather station

• weather balloon

• computer

• weather satellite

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Accurate forecasts by meteorologists can be very helpful to people in various occupations and situations. What are some reasons people need accurate forecasts? Choose the two that apply.

• helps them to prepare for dangerous weather

• helps them to get to school on time

• helps them to harvest their crops at the right time

• helps them to learn to read and understand maps

• helps them to work even during bad weather

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How does the Gulf Stream affect the air masses above ocean water?

• causes the air masses to become cooler

• causes the air masses to become warmer

• causes the air massess to collide

• causes the air masses to move along the jet stream

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After living in Detroit for a year, Mia became interested in weather forecasting. She checked the barometer one afternoon in the spring. She recorded the barometric pressure every hour so that she could predict the weather that evening, and she noticed something was changing.

Using her findings, what would Mia likely predict about the weather that evening?

• hot

• stormy

• calm

• sunny

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Mia decided that she wanted to predict the coming weather, so she studied the weather map in the newspaper. She noticed that a front was located over her city, and she knew what to expect from the coming weather.

The weather in Detroit will likely be...

• sunny

• rainy

• partly cloudy

• snowy

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Mia noticed a(n) ______________near Detroit.

• occluded front

• cold front

• stationary front

• warm front

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