Unit 3 Lesson 1 What Makes Weather?

Which of these BEST describes the atmosphere?

• All of Earth's water

• A blanket of air that surrounds Earth

• The soil and rocks on Earth's surface

Which of these is a description of weather?

• There are tall mountains

• There are many stars in the sky

• There are clouds rolling in

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Moving air in Earth's atmosphere is called

• Wind

• humidity

• water vapor

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What are clouds made of?

• small animals

• very light cotton

• tiny droplets of water

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Tony's family goes to the beach on a spring day. At which time of the day will Tony most likely want to take off his hat and sweater?

• night

• noon

• evening

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A boy is flying his kite. What does this tell you about the weather?

• It is going to rain

• It is a windy day

• The temperature is cold

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Alia noticed that each season had different weather. What pattern do you see in the weather as the seasons change from summer to fall and then to winter.

• The weather gets warmer

• The weather gets wetter

• The weather gets colder

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Which of the following is a part of weather

• temperature

• wind

• water

• all of the above

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What does temperature measure?

• How fast the wind is moving

• How warm or cool something is

• How much water vapor is in the air

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Water vapor is water.....

• that is in the form of fog

• that you can see when it rains

• that you cannot see in the air

• all of the above