Weather Tools and Cloud Types

What does a barometer measure?

• air direction

• air speed

• air temperature

• air pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A fourth grade teacher presents the following images of types of clouds. Which question can the students ask to determine the cloud types shown?

• What is the temperature of the cloud?

• What altitude is the cloud found at?

• What process formed the cloud?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Use the image below to answer the following question. If cold dry air is moving into warm, moist air what kind of front would be approaching and what weather might occur?

• A warm front that brings an all day rain with low clouds.

• A cold front that brings thunderstorms followed by clear skies.

• A low pressure front that brings clear skies and no clouds.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Andrew notices the sky has a few clouds. Which question would his friends ask him to determine it is a cumulus cloud? 

• Are the clouds dark gray?

• Are the clouds small and look like a thin ribbon?

• Are the clouds large and look like cotton balls?

Look at the tools to measure weather. Students are using weather instruments to predict if we are going to have a snow day due to a blizzard. Which instruments might be best and why.

• barometer to tell if the air pressure is low and a thermometer to check if the temperature is near freezing.

• rain gauge to measure the precipitation and wind vane to tell wind speed.

• barometer to tell if  the temperature is near freezing and a wind vane to tell wind speed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The weatherman identifies stratus clouds in the sky. Which question can students ask the weatherman to determine the weather?

• Will it be hot and dry outside?

• Is there a chance of light snow?

• Is there a chance of heavy rain?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Students take pictures of the clouds every day for a week. The students noticed a different type of cloud before a heavy rain storm. Which question can students ask to determine what type of cloud it is?

• Are the clouds stratus clouds since they are flat and gray?

• Are the clouds stratus clouds since they are fluffy and gray?

• Are the clouds cumulus clouds since they are flat and white?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Use the map to answer the following question: The low pressure and stationary front in Georgia indicate what type of weather?

• Severe Thunderstorms

• Sunny and bright

• Cloudy and rainy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore, the water falls from the clouds as -

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• atmospehere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Who uses weather tools, gathers data, and predicts the weather?

• astrologists

• geologists

• astronomers

• meteorologists

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6