This weather instrument measures wind speed or how fast the wind is moving.

• thermometer

• wind vane

• wind sock

• anemometer

_______ is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperatures in a particular region (area) at a particular time.

• climate

• forecast

• temperature

• Weather

During another part of Earth’s orbit around the Sun, Earth’s tilt causes the Northern Hemisphere to receive less direct sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere experiences the seasonal weather pattern of summer.

• True

• False

Meteorologists are scientists who study weather patterns.

• True

• False

Areas on Earth near the equator usually have warm temperatures throughout the year.

• True

• False

An imaginary line, called the ______, divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

• latitude

• equator

• longitude

• pole

This rain gauge is a weather instrument that measures precipitation or water that falls to the ground in the form of rain or snow

• True

• False

Look at the pictures, descriptions and the type of predictable weather patterns on the image. Determine the correct order of each type of cloud.

• A = cumulus

  B = stratus

  C = cirrus

• A = cirrus

  B = cumulus

  C = stratus

• A = cirrus

  B = stratus

  C = cumulus

During part of Earth’s orbit around the Sun, Earth’s tilt causes the Northern Hemisphere to receive more direct sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere experiences the seasonal weather pattern of fall.

• True

• False

Earth is _____ on its axis as it _____ (orbits) around the Sun.

• placed, orbits

• tilted, rotates

• tilted, revolves

• rotating, revolves