3.10A Weather

What is precipitation?

• The conditions of the atmosphere
• Rain, sleet, snow, and hail
• Moving air
• How hot or cold it is outside

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What tool is used to determine wind direction?

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What tool is used to determine temperature?

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This map shows temperatures for several Texas cities on January 12th. In which TWO cities would you most likely need a jacket on January 12th?

• Lubbock
• Dallas
• San Antonio
• El Paso

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What is the difference in the amount of rainfall Austin and Houston received in July?

• 8 cm
• 4 cm
• 13 cm
• 3 cm

I used a (a)   to measure the temperature. I learned that my town is having (b)   weather than you have in Alaska today.

• thermometer
• warmer
• cloudier
• wind vane
• microscope

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Zack wants to describe the direction of the wind in his town. Which observation would be most useful for him to make?

• The direction from which the wind is blowing.
• The temperature of the air.
• The amount of rainfall in the area.
• The speed of the wind in kilometers per hour.

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Different kinds of precipitation are falling because the cities have different ​ (a)   that day. The snow could turn into rain if the weather becomes ​ (b)   .

• temperatures
• warmer
• wind speed

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The weather across Texas is mostly ____.

• sunny

• rainy

• cloudy

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What is weather?

• Weather is a type of clothing.
• Weather refers only to temperature.
• Weather is the atmospheric conditions at a specific time and place.
• Weather is rain, snow, or sleet.

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