Weather Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: ______ is frozen rain that falls in showers.

• Sleet

• Hail

• Snow

• Drizzle

What is the term for a violent tropical storm with strong winds?

• Cyclone

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Avalanche

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Fill in the blank: ______ is the measure of how hot or cold the air is.

• Humidity

• Temperature

• Pressure

• Wind

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is not a type of cloud?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

• Eclipse

Fill in the blank: Temperature is expressed in terms of several scales, including ______ and Celsius.

• Fahrenheit

• Meters

• Liters

• Grams

Which symbol is used to represent degrees Celsius?

• °F

• °C

• °K

• °M

Fill in the blank: The symbol for degrees Fahrenheit is ______.

• °C

• °F

• °K

• °M

In an occluded front, a cold front overtakes a _______ front.

• Warm

• Cold

• Stationary

• Occluded

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a stationary front, the front is _______.

• A) Moving rapidly

• B) Stalled or marginally moves

• C) Replacing warm air

• D) Overtaking a warm front.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air masses take on the characteristics of the regions they form in. True or False?

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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