3.10A Day to Day Weather Vocabulary Quiz

Definition: A mixture of gases that is all around us.

• air

• wind

• climate

• weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Definition: a tool used to measure the speed of wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Definition: A tool for measuring atmospheric pressure.

• anemometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

• wind vane

Definition: rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Definition: a tool that measures the amount of rain at a location

• rain gauge

• barometer

• anemometer

• thermometer

Definition: how hot or cold something is

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Definition: a tool used to measure temperature

• thermometer

• anemometer

• barometer

• wind vane

Definition: the current outdoor conditions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Definition: a drawing or picture that shows the current condition of the air outdoors, such as temperature cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall

• weather map

• weather pattern

• climate

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Definition: The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to the varied amounts of sunlight (both intensity and number of daylight hours received); caused by the tilt of Earth during revolution

• seasons

• weather pattern

• climate

• data

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1