Weather and Climate

Match the following

• water condensed into tiny drops

• Cloud cover

• hot or cold; measured by a thermometer

• Temperature

• liquid or solid water from the sky.

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

________ clouds are rain clouds

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• nimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following

• force exerted by air on a surface

• Wind speed

• amount of water vapor in the air

• Air pressure

• moving air in the atmosphere

• Humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Precipitation is measured with a _______.

• thermometer
• wind vane
• rain gauge
• barometer

Air pressure is measured with a _______.

• altimeter
• barometer
• thermometer
• hydrometer

Wind speed is measured with a ______.

• thermometer
• barometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer

Humidity is measured with a ______.

• barometer
• thermometer
• hygrometer
• anemometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The distance from the equator affects the climate zone....

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• Warm, Wet or Dry

• Tropical

• Seasons change

• Temperate

• Dry and Cold

• Polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Climates are influenced by (check all that apply)

• latitude

• bodies of water

• ocean currents

• elevation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6