
5th grade weather and climate
Quiz by Melissa Niehoff
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Which device may be used to measure wind speed?
The jet stream is best described as which of the following?
On a summer day, multiple thin, feathery cirrus clouds can be seen in the sky. how would this observation help to predict the future weather?
While you are experiencing summer in the northern hemisphere, which is a likely statement about the weather in the southern hemisphere?
How does the jet stream affect weather?
Which statement best describes a hurricane?
Low layered clouds that are often gray in color are most likely which cloud type?
Which best defines climate?
Lines of longitude are used to measure
A large section of air that has the same temperature throughout is best known as a(n)
Which is an accurate statement about air masses?
In North Carolina, the wind is blowing from the north. If the wind changes directions and begins to blow from the south, what will most likely result?
Which best explains why a storm that affects an area in the western US may affect an area in the eastern US a few days later?
Which best describes the cause of day-to-day weather changes?
On a June day, a warm, moist air mass slowly passes over a colder air mass in North Carolina. What will most likely happen next?
Which best describes how the Gulf Stream affects the areas along the coast of North Carolina?