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Unit Test - Weather and Climate

ESS.7.1 Summative Assessment

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Type
assessment
Grade Level
Grade 7
Duration
45 minutes
Questions
40

Description

A 40-question summative unit test covering atmospheric composition and structure, the water cycle, humidity and cloud formation, air masses and fronts, pressure systems, weather map interpretation, convection and global winds, the jet stream, and climate zones. Aligned to NC Standard Course of Study ESS.7.1.

Learning Objectives

  • Differentiate between weather and climate using time scale and examples.

  • Describe the composition and layers of Earth's atmosphere and explain how the atmosphere protects life.

  • Model the water cycle and explain how the Sun's energy and gravity drive water through Earth's systems.

  • Explain how air masses, fronts, and pressure systems interact to produce weather conditions.

  • Interpret weather maps, satellite imagery, and radar to predict weather conditions.

  • Explain how convection, global wind patterns, and the jet stream influence weather and climate.

  • Identify Earth's major climate zones and explain factors that cause regional climate differences.

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Assessment Questions

40 questions
1

How do weather and climate differ from each other?

Multiple Choice
2

What is the minimum time period scientists use to define a region's climate?

Multiple Choice
3

Charlotte had thunderstorms yesterday but sunshine today. Does this describe weather or climate?

Multiple Choice
4

Which gas makes up the largest percentage of Earth's atmosphere?

Multiple Choice
5

About what percentage of Earth's atmosphere is made up of oxygen?

Multiple Choice
+ 35 more questions

Standards Alignment

ESS.7.1
Understand the atmosphere and how the cycling of water relates to Earth's weather and climate.
ESS.7.1.1
Construct an explanation for how the composition and structure of the atmosphere protects life and affects weather on Earth.
ESS.7.1.2
Use models to explain how the energy of the Sun and Earth's gravity drive the cycling of water, including changes of state, as it moves through multiple pathways in Earth's systems and relates to weather patterns on Earth.
ESS.7.1.3
Analyze and interpret data to explain the relationship between the movement of air masses, high and low pressure systems, frontal boundaries and weather conditions that may result.
ESS.7.1.4
Use models to predict weather conditions based on observations, measurements, weather maps, satellites and radar.
ESS.7.1.5
Use models to explain the influence of convection, global winds, and the jet stream on weather and climatic conditions.

Resource Details

Subject
Science
Language
EN-US
Author
Kris Tyte
License
CC-BY-4.0
PRISM ID
nc7-weather-climate-unit-test

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Keywords

weather climate atmosphere water cycle air masses fronts pressure systems weather maps convection global winds jet stream climate zones ESS.7.1

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