Weather Precipitation

Read the weather chart.

Weather Chart

  Wind Speed:  3 miles per hour

Temperature:   89°F

  Chance of Precipitation:  Low

 

Based on the information in the weather chart, the weather most likely is

• snowy

• sunny

• rainy

• windy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Read the weather chart.

Weather Chart

  Wind Speed:  20 miles per hour

  Temperature:   0 degrees C

  Chance of Precipitation:  High

 

Based on the information in the weather chart, the weather most likely is

• rainy

• sunny

• snowy

• thunderstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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In a skit about types of precipitation, Linda pretended to be a frozen raindrop that is carried up and down in a storm cloud. What was her role in the play?

• hail

• snow

• rain

• sleet

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What are the types of precipitation?

• rain, humidity, air pressure, sleet

• rain, snow, sleet, and hail

• rain, snow, sleet, hygrometer

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What tool is used to measure precipitation?

• rain gauge

• barometer

• thermometer

• anemometer

What forms in clouds where the temperature is below freezing as ice crystals or groups of many ice crystals called snowflakes?

• rain

• sleet

• snow

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

___________ is what happening each day in our atmosphere including temperature, rainfall, wind, air pressure, and humidity?

• Snow

• Weather

• Clouds

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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When the water vapor in the air becomes too heavy it falls to the ground in the form of

• rain and snow.

• sleet and hail.

• rain, snow, sleet or hail.

• snow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which statement about precipitation in NOT true?

• Most rain in the United States starts as snow.

• Hailstones can get bigger than a baseball.

• An area that has more thunderstorms is more likely to have hail.

• The type of precipitation that falls depends on the temperature in outer space.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What forms as a result of the strong updrafts common in thunderstorms usually in summer?

• hail

• rain

• sleet

• snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5