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Match the following

• Weather

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• Warm front

• 
• Climate

• 
• Cold front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Scientist track and record precipitation for Phoenix, Arizona for 32 years.

What does the information most likely provide to the scientist?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• weather

• The northeast of the United States is generally cold in the winter.

  
  

• climate

• Greenland is covered in ice and snow year-round.

  
  

• climate

• Siberia experiences extremely low temperatures in the winter.

  
  

• weather

• It is raining in Houston today.

  
  
  

• climate

• 12 inches of snow fell in Montana on December 7, 2021.

  
  

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

​ (a)   is the daily conditions in the atmosphere of a local area.

• weather
• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Weather is ______ changing.

• constantly

• never

• sometimes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climate is defined as the _______ weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.

• average

• daily

• hourly

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all types of _______.

• clouds

• precipitation

• humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The layer of gases surrounding Earth is known as the _______.

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

Temperature is the measure of how _________ something is.

• Wet/Dry

• Heavy/Light

• Hot/Cold

• Light/Dark

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A ___________ is a prediction, or good guess, about the future weather.

• Climate

• High pressure

• Forecast

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5