Weather and Climate Quiz

Measures the air pressure.

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Rain Gauge

Measures the wind speed.

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Rain Gauge

A mixture of gases (air) that surrounds the Earth.

• Jet stream

• Atmosphere

• Current

• Fault line

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Measures the temperature.

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Rain Gauge

Scientists who study weather patterns.

• Meteorologist

• Biologist

• Doctor

• Immunologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Measures the amount of rain.

• Thermometer

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Rain Gauge

Wet, precipitation, cloudy “Lousy Weather”

• High Pressure System

• Low pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Clouds that are gray, low (look like a blanket covering the sky)

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulo Nimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Major storms that form over the ocean with very strong winds.

• Tornadoes

• Thunderstorm

• Hurricane

• Tidal wave

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

An imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

• Antartica

• Country

• Fault Line

• Equator