Statewide Science Assessment Weather and Climate

What is an Anemometers function?

• Measures temperature. Liquids rise when hot and lower when cold.

• Measures the direction of wind by pointing to a direction

• Measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen

• Measures wind speed. The faster the air moves the faster it turns.

What is a thermometers function?

• Measures the temperature

• Tells the wind direction

• Measures the amount of precipitation

• Measures wind speed

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What is a weather vanes function?

• Measures temperature

• Tells what direction the wind is blowing

• Measures the amount of precipitation that has fallen

• Measures the wind speed

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What is the function of a Rain Gauge?

• Measures temperature

• Tells wind direction

• Measures the amount of precipitation

• Measures the wind speed.

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In which layer of the atmosphere does weather take place?

• Exosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Imaginationsphere

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What is Precipitation?

• When the water on earth heats up and become water vapor

• When water vapor turns back into water droplets to form a cloud

• Forms of water that fall from earth to the clouds

• When precipitation runs off into rivers and streams.

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What is evaporation?

• the step of the water cycle that creates clouds

• the step of the water cycle where water warms up and become water vapor

• The step in the water cycle that precipitation falls from the clouds

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What is precipitation?

• When camels snore at midnight

• When water turns to water vapor due to being warmed by the sun

• Explains the movement of water around the earth

• When different forms of water fall from the clouds to the earth

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What is condensation?

• When water vapor cools and becomes water droplets forming a cloud

• Water falls as rain,snow, sleet, or hail

• Liquid water turns into vapor and rises

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A hurricane forms over warm ocean waters, has very strong winds, and an “eye” at the center.

• True

• False

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