Weather

A group of students collected and compared day-to-day wind changes in two cities.

Which city had the highest wind speed on which day?

• Odessa on Monday

• Tucson on Monday

• Odessa on Tuesday

• Tucson on Tuesday

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Hana observed the weather in three different locations at the same time each day. She collected data and drew pictures of the weather in each location, as shown. Which description matches the middle location?

• air temperature: cold

  precipitation: rain

• air temperature: hot

  precipitation: snow

• air temperature: cold

  precipitation: snow

• air temperature: warm

  precipitation: none

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Noma and Gino live in different states. They collected data about the weather for one week by measuring with wind vanes and thermometers at the same time each day. The table shows the weather data they collected.

The weather where Gino lives is warm and ​ (a)   . The weather where Noma lives is cold and ​ (b)   . The evidence for this is that Gino has ​ (c)   sunny days than Noma. Where Gino lives, it is ​ (d)   likely to be windy and cold on any given day than it is where Noma lives.

• dry
• wet
• more
• less

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A weather station is a place where weather data is collected. The weather map shows the wind, temperature, and weather conditions collected from four weather stations in Texas.

What conclusions can be drawn using the data for the weather on
March 29, 2022?

Circle THREE correct answers.

• It is coolest in Guadalupe Pass.

• It is windier in Amarillo than in Presidio.

• The places with the most sun also have the most wind.

• The wind pattern shows that the wind is moving to the north and east in Texas.

• Amarillo and Huntsville have the same precipitation but different temperatures.

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Students collected data on the number of rainy days in different months of the year. They recorded the results in a graph to compare the relationships between the months and number of rainy days.

Which pair of months shows the largest difference in rainy days?

• April and July

• April and June

• April and May

• May and June

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which tool is used to measure precipitation?

• thermometer
• compass
• rain gauge
• wind vane

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Which tool measures wind direction?

• wind vane and stopwatch
• wind vane and compass
• compass and rain gauge
• wind vane and thermometer

Select all of the ways we can measure weather

• temperature
• wind
• precipitation
• all of the above

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Select the best answer- What is weather?

• Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
• Weather is the atmosphere.
• Weather is precipitation.
• Weather is wind.

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Which of the following is a part of weather?

• temperature
• wind direction
• precipitation
• all of the above

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