Weather Impacts

What the air is like at a certain time and place is _______________

• wind

• atmosphere

• weather

• gases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

If lightning hits a building, it can start a fire. A scientist is testing a lightning rod to see if it can be used to help reduce the number of fires caused by lighting. What would show that the lightning rod is successful?

• The lightning rod is hit by lightning during a storm and catches fire.

• Lightning hits a building close to where the lightning rod is attached.

• Neither the lightning rod nor the building are hit by lightning during a storm.

• Lightning hits the lightning rod on the building instead of hitting the building.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Because of the Earth's ________________, the Sun's rays strike the Earth at different angles.

• rotation

• tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Temperatures get _________________ as you go higher in the atmosphere.

• Hotter

• Colder

Levees can be used to prevent damage from ______________

• earthquakes

• floods

• tornadoes

• wildfires

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A storm with lots of snow, cold temperatures, and strong winds is called a ______________

• thunderstorm

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

Bridges can be built to bend without breaking in order to prevent damage in a(n) ____________

• earthquake

• flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A group of students are designing a model house that is safe in strong winds. Which house would be the safest?

• A house built out of bricks

• A house built out of toothpicks

• A house built our of linking cubes

• A house built out of craft sticks.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Different seasons are caused by the spinning of the Earth on an imaginary line called its __________

• hemisphere

• meridian

• axis

• rod

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What kind of precipitation might fall on a VERY COLD day?

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5