Weather Predictions and Tools

This weather instrument is a...

• rain gauge

• U.F.O.

• satellite

• anemometer

What are isobars?

• Lines connecting places of equal temperature

• Lines drawn connecting places of equal pressure

• Lines drawn to places of different temperatures

• Lines drawn to places of different pressures

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which system results in rainy or stormy weather?

• high pressure

• low pressure

• hurricane

• weather system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

During which type of weather conditions would the air pressure be highest?

• warm, dry, clear

• cold, dry & clear

• cold, moist with precipitation

• warm, moist with precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

During which type of weather conditions would the air pressure be lowest?

• warm, clear and dry

• warm, moist with precipitation

• cold, clear and dry

• cold, moist with precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

predicts the weather by analyzing and interpreting data from observations and tools which show current weather conditions

• geologist

• biologist

• meteorologist

• astronomer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

signal fair weather or an approaching warm front

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

signal fair weather, but may signal rain or thunderstorms if they are darker

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

often result in rainy or stormy weather; winds have a counterclockwise rotation

• low pressure

• high pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

often result in fair weather; winds have a clockwise rotation

• low pressure

• high pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6