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Intro to Weather

Last updated almost 3 years ago
14 questions

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.
1

Where does all the water in rain come from? Select all that apply.

1

True or False: When water molecules in clouds collect into big enough drops, they fall down as rain.

1

What is the Water Cycle?

1

True or False: We are drinking the same water that dinosaurs once drank.


Part 2: How does Rain Form and what is the Water Cycle?


Directions: Watch the short video and answer the review questions.
1

When the sun heats up the water, the water is transformed into it's gas phase. What is this gas called?

1

How do clouds form in the sky?

4

Match the definition with it's correct vocabulary term

  • process when gas turns to liquid
  • process in which water circulates through different steps to be recycled around the world
  • process when liquid transforms to gas
  • process in which liquid falls from clouds
  • Evaporation
  • Condensation
  • Precipitation
  • Water Cycle

Part 3: Weather vs. Climate Video

1

Describe today's weather!

1

Weather is only temporary.

1

How do you think a blizzard can turn to a flood in just a few days?

1

Climate is....

1

Why do you think Earth's climate is getting warmer?


Part 4: Weather vs Climate Article

Link to online article with read-aloud option: https://newsela.com/read/natgeo-difference-weather-climate/id/2000002785/
2

These are some of the conditions of Earth's lower atmosphere according to the article

1

How do you think weather affects global warming?