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6th grade Weather or climate? Reading a climate graph worksheet

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Weather or climate? Reading a climate graph

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Circle the best answer.

  1. Thunder rumbles over Ari's soccer field at 4 p.m., so the game pauses for 30 minutes. Is that weather or climate?

    • Weather: it is what the air is doing now
    • Climate: it is what the air is doing now
    • Neither: thunder is not part of weather

  2. Bo reads that Fresno, California, averages just 1 mm of rain in July over 1991–2020. Is that weather or climate?

    • Neither: rain is not part of climate
    • Climate: it is a long-run average
    • Weather: it is a long-run average

  4. On Fresno's climate graph, the line shows average temperature. What is the average temperature in July, Jun?

    • 19 °C (67 °F)
    • 9 °C (48 °F)
    • 1 °C (34 °F)
    • 29 °C (84 °F)

  5. Kira checks the line on Fresno's climate graph for April. What is the average April temperature?

    Use the picture in question 3.

    • 29 °C (84 °F)
    • 17 °C (62 °F)
    • 26 °C (79 °F)
    • 9 °C (48 °F)

  6. Luz packs a jacket for the coolest month in Fresno. Using the line, which month has the lowest average temperature?

    Use the picture in question 3.

    • April, at 17 °C (62 °F)
    • October, at 19 °C (67 °F)
    • January, at 9 °C (48 °F)
    • July, where the bar is shortest

  7. On Fresno's climate graph, the bars show rain and snow. How much falls in an average January, Milo?

    Use the picture in question 3.

    • 55 mm
    • 9 mm
    • 14 mm
    • 26 mm

  8. Rain boots, ready! Using the bars on Fresno's graph, which month is wettest, Pia?

    Use the picture in question 3.

    • April, with 26 mm
    • January, with 55 mm
    • July, where the line is highest
    • October, with 14 mm

  9. Ren's notebook needs a word for "the usual weather of a place, averaged over about 30 years." Which word fits?

    • Forecast
    • Humidity
    • Weather
    • Climate

  10. NOAA's climate normals are averages of weather records. About how many years of records go into each normal, Tala?

    • About 30 years
    • About 3 years
    • About 300 years
    • About 1 year

  11. Zee wants to describe a town's climate for a report. Which data should Zee use?

    • The temperature right now
    • Averages from about 30 years of records
    • Tomorrow's forecast for the town
    • Readings from one rainy week
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Weather or climate? Reading a climate graph. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can sort a statement into weather (one time, one place) or climate (the usual pattern over about 30 years).
  • I can read a climate graph: the line for temperature and the bars for rain and snow.
  • I can use a climate graph to describe a place's climate and to judge a claim about it.

Standard: MS-ESS2-6 (supporting: regional climates)

Words to know

weather: What the air is doing over minutes, hours, days or weeks

climate: The usual weather of a place, averaged over about 30 years

climate normal: NOAA's 30-year average for one place, such as 1991–2020

climate graph: A graph with a temperature line and rain-and-snow bars by month

precipitation: Rain, snow, sleet and hail, together

Common mistakes

Your child called one day, one week or one storm "climate". Climate is the usual pattern over about 30 years. Try sorting a few lines from a forecast and an almanac together.

Your child called a long-run average "weather". An average over many years describes climate. Try reading a town's normals together and saying "usually".

Your child read the rain bars as temperature, or the temperature line as rain. Try pointing to the line and then the bars, saying what each one shows.

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What is the most common mistake with weather or climate? reading a climate graph?

Your child called one day, one week or one storm "climate". Climate is the usual pattern over about 30 years. Try sorting a few lines from a forecast and an almanac together.

Are these 6th grade science worksheets free to print?

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