Connecting Information and Pictures

Which of the following sentences from "Signs in the Sky" best describes the photograph on page 341?

• "When the moonlight shines through the tiny pieces of ice, a halo appears."

• "Some of those old-fashioned sayings were right"

• "Strong winds cause these clouds to grow tall like towers."

• "Weather satellites travel into space and weather software tracks storm patterns."

Read these two sentences from paragraph 3 of "Signs in the Sky"

A red sunset in the west usually means that a high pressure system, or dry weather, is coming. Sunrises, on the hand, can be read for a variety of reasons.

How are these two sentences connected?

• The sentences contrast red sunsets and red sunrises.

• The sentences compare dry weather to high pressure systems.

• The sentences explain steps in a process.

• The sentences explain the reasons for sunsets and sunrises.

Based on the photograph on page 340 and the text of "Signs in the Sky" explain why the moon appears to have a ring around it. Use details to support your answer.

On the map, look at the low pressure system next to Denver. Now reread paragraph 6 of "Mapping Sunshine and Rain." What kind of weather is expected in Denver because of this low pressure system?

• fog

• snow

• rain

• thunderstorms

Read the sentences from paragraph 4 of "Mapping Sunshine and Rain."

Both form when cooler air and hotter air meet.

Warm fronts often bring rain and clouds.

Cold fronts bring clear skies and cooler weather.

• The sentences describe how warm fronts cause cold fronts.

• The sentences describe three steps in a process

• The sentences compare and contrast clouds and cooler weather.

• The sentences compare and contrast warm fronts and cold fronts.

Read this sentence from paragraph 2 of "Mapping Sunshine and Rain"

These machines are used to collect information about conditions in the sky

What does the word conditions mean in this sentence?

• What machines are in the sky

• What maps say about the sky

• What weather is going on in the sky

• What things are collected from the sky

How does the map in "Mapping Sunshine and Rain" help the reader understand the passage?

• by showing the kinds of weather that happen around fronts

• by showing how a weather map is made by special machines

• by showing why high pressure systems form in some areas and not others

• by showing how a winter weather map is different from a summer weather map

How are paragraphs 4-6 of "Mapping Sunshine and Rain" connected?

• The tell the steps of how to read a weather map.

• They tell the effects of both warm and cold fronts.

• They tell how different maps compare with each other.

• They tell why weather systems are formed in certain areas.

Which key detail can you find in both passages?

• A ring around the moon shows that rain is coming.

• Weather systems move from west to east.

• Warm fronts often bring rain and clouds.

• A star symbol is used to stand for snow.

How are the main ideas of "Signs in the Sky" and "Mapping Sunshine and Rain" alike?

• They are both about tools a meteorologist uses.

• They are both about tracking pressure systems.

• They are both about old-fashioned weather sayings.

• They are both about predicting weather.