Amplify Science U4 Ch1 Part 2 Test

A ​ (a)   is a person who studies the weather.

• meteorologist
• astronomer
• zoologist

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is known as?

• meteorologist

• temperature

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What word describes how hot or cold something is?

• meteorologist

• temperature

• precipitation

Observations or measurements recorded in an investigation are known as?

• data

• precipitation

• temperature

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

To (a)   , is to use a tool to find out information such as how heavy, how big, how fast, how hot, or how cold something is.

• measure
• design

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is happening outside with the air and sky, including precipitation, temperature, and wind is known as?

• temperature

• precipitation

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Meteorologist often measure rainfall in ​ (a)   .

• millimeters
• seconds

If you wanted to compare temperature data, would you use your fingers or a thermometer? Why?

• A thermometer, because meteorologists and other scientists need to share their work. This means that have to be able to compare data, so they need to use the same tools. Meteorologists use thermometers to measure temperature.

• Fingers, because everyone may describe the temperature differently and that is better for comparing.

Look at the thermometer to the left. What is the temperature according to the thermometer picture?

• 60 degrees F

• 88 degrees F

• 21 degrees F

To compare weather data, it must be measured ​ (a)   .

• in the same way
• in different ways