Precipitation

Precipitation

5th Grade

15 Qs

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Precipitation

Precipitation

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6

+3

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Drought

A long period of low precipitation

An overflowing of water in a normally dry area

An instrument used to measure precipitation

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore, the water falls from the clouds as -

precipitation

evaporation

condensation

atmospehere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I fall as rain and get blown back up into the clouds by wind, collecting more water and freezing. Once I get too heavy for wind to blow, I fall to Earth as-

sleet

rain

snow

hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Precipitation always forms in the -

atmosphere

ocean

summer

clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The amount of precipitation over a period of time is measured with what instrument?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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My temperature never gets below freezing as I fall to the ground and I remain a liquid all the way to Earth.

sleet

rain

hail

snow

freezing rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

I am confused with freezing rain, but that freezes once it hits the ground. I start frozen, melt through warm air, then refreeze.

sleet

rain

snow

hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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