Welcome to our new unit, Weather Patterns! For this unit, we will start to investigate weather and why some areas experience more severe weather than others. To start off, you will watch three short videos and answer some guiding questions. This will help you start our unit strong!
Part 1: Water Cycle
Directions: Watch the short video and answer the review questions.
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Question 2
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Question 3
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What is the Water Cycle?
Question 4
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Part 2: How does Rain Form and what is the Water Cycle?
Directions: Watch the short video and answer the review questions.
Question 5
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Question 6
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How do clouds form in the sky?
Question 7
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Part 3: Weather vs. Climate Video
Question 8
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Question 9
00:23
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Question 10
00:29
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Question 11
00:40
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Question 12
01:00
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Part 4: Weather vs Climate Article
Link to online article with read-aloud option: https://newsela.com/read/natgeo-difference-weather-climate/id/2000002785/
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Question 14
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How do you think weather affects global warming?
Where does all the water in rain come from? Select all that apply.
Rivers
Oceans
Lakes
True or False: When water molecules in clouds collect into big enough drops, they fall down as rain.
True
False
True or False: We are drinking the same water that dinosaurs once drank.
True
False
When the sun heats up the water, the water is transformed into it's gas phase. What is this gas called?
water vapor
heat
gas
Match the definition with it's correct vocabulary term
process in which water circulates through different steps to be recycled around the world
process when liquid transforms to gas
process when gas turns to liquid
process in which liquid falls from clouds
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Water Cycle
Question 8
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Describe today's weather!
Question 9
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Question 10
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How do you think a blizzard can turn to a flood in just a few days?
Question 11
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Climate is....
Question 12
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Why do you think Earth's climate is getting warmer?
Question 13
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Weather is only temporary.
True
False
These are some of the conditions of Earth's lower atmosphere according to the article
