"Nature, the Amazing Meteorologist" - Mod4,DQ1,L4

1. Meteorologists are scientists who study weather. But long ago, how did people predict the weather?

• A) Long ago, people predicted the weather by talking with the local farmer.
• B) Long ago, people predicted the weather by observing earthquakes and volcanoes.
• C) Long ago, people predicted the weather by observing nature.
• D) Long ago, people predicted the weather by observing how bees collected their honey.

2. How does the cricet help us figure out the weather?

• A) The more they chirp by rubbing their legs together, the higher the chance of rain.
• B) The more they chirp by rubbing their legs together, the warmer the temperature is outside.
• C) The more they chirp by rubbing their legs together, we can figure on it freezing over night.
• D) Crickets ONLY come out of their hiding place when the temperature is going to be over a 100 degrees.

3. How are spiders and crickets similar?

• A) Spiders and crickets are similar because they are both sensitive to temperature changes.
• B) Spiders and crickets are similar because they are both sensitive to noise.
• C) Spiders and crickets are similar because they both spin webs.
• D) Spiders and crickets are similar because they both are great predicting tornados.

4. Why do spiders build their webs indoors?

• A) Spiders build their webs indoors because the outside air is too hot.
• B) Spiders build their webs indoors because the outside air is starting to cool.
• C) Spiders build their webs indoors because it is too windy to build a web.
• D) Spiders build their webs indoors because of the thunder and lightning from a storm.

5. In paragraph 5, P. 14, the author wrote that a spider's web can show that a storm is coming. Which of the following sentences supports this.

• A) "So if you see a spider making a web with extra strands that cross over each other, get ready for rain!"
• B) "The web is helpful information about a change in temperature."
• C) "Some of these signs are surprisingly accurate!"
• D) "Creepy-crawlies can give us even more weather clues."

6. Can you calculate the distance a lightning and thunder storm is from you house if you can see it?

• A) Yes
• B) No

7. What is humidity?

• A) Humidity is a measurement of how much moisture is in the air.
• B) Humidity is a measurement of how much moisture is in the air.
• C)Humidity is a measurement of how much moisture is in the air.
• D) Humidity is a measurement of how much moisture is in the air.

8. How does the pinecone show signs of humidity levels?

• A) The pinecones will fall off the tree when the humidity changes.
• B) A pinecone does NOT show signs of humidity.
• C) The pinecone's seeds will only fly from the parent during wet weather.
• D) When the air is dry, the scales of the pinecone open up, and when the humidity is high, the pinecone's scales swell shut.

9. Based on what we read last week, "Big Ideas From Nature", and this week's reading, "Nature, the Amazing Meteorologist," can you infer that nature is important and we should observe it to help make our lives better?

• A) Yes
• B) No

10. What is the main idea of the passage, "Nature, the Amazing Meteorologist"?

• A) If you need an umbrella, listen to the cricket chirp.
• B) Nature gives us lots of clues that can help predict the weather.
• C) If a lightning storm is raging, there's an easy way to figure out how far away it is.
• D) Creepy-crawlies can give us even more weather clues.