5th Grade Weather

Question 1

Is it more likely that the warmest temperature of the day will be in the MORNING, the AFTERNOON, or the EVENING?

Answer 1

AFTERNOON

Question 2

Why is the temperature warmer in the middle of the day compared to the morning and the evening?

Answer 2

The sunlight is MORE DIRECT in the middle of the day

Question 3

What direction does weather typically move in the United States?

Answer 3

From WEST (California side) to EAST (Florida side)

Question 4

What is the name for the winds that blow from the West to the East that move most weather systems?

Answer 4

The Westerlies

Question 5

Which is MORE DENSE? Cold air or warm air?

Answer 5

Cold Air

Question 6

What is the name for the process of warm water turning into water vapor and traveling into the atmosphere?

Answer 6

Evaporation

Question 7

What is the name for the process of water vapor in the atmosphere turning into clouds?

Answer 7

Condensation

Question 8

What is the name for the process of water vapor in the clouds turning into droplets and falling back to the Earth?

Answer 8

Precipitation

Question 9

What is the mostly likely result of COLD WATER moving over a WARM body of water?

Answer 9

Clouds will form

Question 10

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the temperature?

30 degrees Fahrenheit or LOWER

Answer 10

COLD

Question 11

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the temperature?

Between 31 degrees Fahrenheit and 74 degrees Fahrenheit

Answer 11

WARM/COOL

Question 12

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the temperature?

75 degrees Fahrenheit or HIGHER

Answer 12

HOT

Question 13

What temperature range (in degrees Fahrenheit) would be considered HOT?

Answer 13

75 degrees Fahrenheit or HIGHER

Question 14

What temperature range (in degrees Fahrenheit) would be considered WARM/COOL?

Answer 14

Between 31 degrees Fahrenheit and 74 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 15

What temperature range (in degrees Fahrenheit) would be considered COLD?

Answer 15

30 degrees Fahrenheit or LOWER

Question 16

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the wind?

Between 6 mph and 24 mph

Answer 16

WINDY

Question 17

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the wind?

25 mph or HIGHER

Answer 17

REALLY WINDY

Question 18

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the wind?

5 mph or LOWER

Answer 18

CALM

Question 19

What wind speed range (in miles per hour) would be considered REALLY WINDY?

Answer 19

25 mph or HIGHER

Question 20

What wind speed range (in miles per hour) would be considered CALM?

Answer 20

5 mph or LOWER

Question 21

What wind speed range (in miles per hour) would be considered WINDY?

Answer 21

WINDY

Question 22

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the conditions of the sky (sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy)?

30.5 in. of Hg or HIGHER

Answer 22

SUNNY

Question 23

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the conditions of the sky (sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy)?

29.4 in. of Hg and LOWER

Answer 23

CLOUDY - Rain or Snow (depending on temperature)

Question 24

Given this weather DATA, how would you describe the conditions of the sky (sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy)?

Between 29.5 in. of Hg and 30.4 in. of Hg

Answer 24

PARTLY CLOUDY

Question 25

What air pressure range (in inches of mercury) would cause the conditions to be CLOUDY?

Answer 25

29.4 in. of Hg and LOWER

Question 26

What air pressure range (in inches of mercury) would cause the conditions to be PARTLY CLOUDY?

Answer 26

Between 29.5 in. of Hg and 30.4 in. of Hg

Question 27

What air pressure range (in inches of mercury) would cause the conditions to be SUNNY?

Answer 27

30.5 in. of Hg or HIGHER

Question 28

If the temperature is HOT and the air pressure is LOW, what kind of precipitation can you expect?

Answer 28

RAIN

Question 29

If the temperature is COLD and the air pressure is LOW, what kind of precipitation can you expect?

Answer 29

SNOW

Question 30

Given this set of weather DATA, how would you describe the weather CONDITIONS?: 26 degrees F 28.8 in. of Hg 11 mph

Answer 30

COLD, SNOWY, and WINDY

Question 31

Given this set of weather DATA, how would you describe the weather CONDITIONS?: 64 degrees F 30.7 in. of Hg 31 mph

Answer 31

WARM, SUNNY, and REALLY WINDY

Question 32

Given this set of weather DATA, how would you describe the weather CONDITIONS?: 87 degrees F 29.1 in. of Hg 3 mph

Answer 32

HOT, RAINY, and CALM

Question 33

Given this set of weather DATA, how would you describe the weather CONDITIONS?: 11 degrees F 30.9 in. of Hg 2 mph

Answer 33

COLD, SUNNY, and CALM

Question 34

Given this set of weather DATA, how would you describe the weather CONDITIONS?: 48 degreees F 30.2 in. of Hg 29 m

Answer 34

COOL, PARTLY CLOUDY, and REALLY WINDY