Weather Climate

The difference in weather and climate is dependent upon the amount of _________.

• rain

• area

• time

• data

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How are weather and climate different?

• They both describe averages, but climate is over years.

• Climate describes daily conditions and weather describes averages.

• Weather describes daily conditions and climate describes averages.

What is the difference between cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds?

• A cumulus cloud is flat and a cumulonimbus cloud is fluffy.

• A cumulus cloud is a good weather cloud while a cumulonimbus cloud brings storms.

• A cumulus cloud covers a part of the sky while a cumulonimbus cloud covers the whole sky.

• A cumulus cloud is dark and causes rain while a cumulonimbus cloud can only be seen on sunny days.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of cloud causes thunderstorms that last for up to an hour?

• cumulus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

• stratus cloud

• stratonimbus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather does the tropical climate zone have?

• cold

• hot and dry

• very wet and humid

• cool and rainy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of cloud is fluffy and brings good weather?

• cumulus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

• stratus cloud

• stratonimbus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of cloud is long and flat and brings overcast days?

• cumulus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

• stratus cloud

• stratonimbus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of weather does the polar climate zone have?

• very cold

• hot and dry

• very wet and humid

• cool and rainy

What kind of weather does the desert climate zone have?

• very cold

• hot and dry

• very wet and humid

• cool and rainy

What kind of weather does the temperate climate zone have?

• very cold

• hot and dry

• very wet and humid

• cold in the winter and warm in the summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6