Weather and Climate

What type of severe weather would MOST likely cause you and your family to follow your evacuation plan?

• Thunderstorm

• Hurricane

• Volcanic eruption

• Ice storm

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

If a person is describing the daily changes in temperature and precipitation, they are referring to an area's ________.

• weather

• climate

• geography

• geology

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is one difference between weather and climate?

• Weather describes conditions near the ground, but climate does not

• Climate describes energy from the Sun, but weather does not

• Weather includes precipitation, but climate does not

• Climate describes long-term conditions over an entire region, but weather does not

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the term that means "the weather conditions prevailing in an area over a period of time or seasons"?

• Climate

• Weather

• Forecasts

• Predictions

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which term below describes the daily atmospheric conditions of an area?

• climate

• temperature

• weather

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which term is used to describe the average temperature and rainfall of an area over many years?

• environment

• climate

• adaptation

• habitat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

People often discuss weather and climate by saying phrases like the ones listed above. Which of the charts have the phrases listed in the appropriate columns?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Students at an elementary school set up a weather station in 1985. The fifth-grade classes have been responsible for measuring and recording the daily temperature, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and cloud cover every year. Which characteristics of the area would students be able to describe only after 30 or more years?

• geology

• climate

• geography

• weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following sets of data best represents weather information, but NOT climate?

• Average daily rainfall for the Dallas area in the last month

• Average yearly temperatures for the Dallas area in the 1990's

• Monthly air pressure averages for the Dallas area since 1974

• Monthly humidity averages for the Dallas area in the last 4 decades

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A student read a brochure about the Piney Woods of Texas and learned the average annual rainfall is 40-52 inches (100-150 cm) each year and the humidity is typically high. The information the student read is called

• a weather forecast

• local erosion factors

• regional climate data

• last year's weather data

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6