Weather and Climate

How is heat transferred through a liquid?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

warm, less dense air will ______

• sink

• create clear weather

• rise

• not move at all

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Air moves around a high pressure system in a __________ direction.

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

What type of weather is associated with a low pressure system?

• clear

• dry

• rainy, cloudy

What type of front is represented on the left side of this image?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

What type of weather is associated with this front?

• thunderstorms, cooling temperatures

• thunderstorms and warming temperatures

• light rain, clouds and warmer temperatures

Does this map represent an area of high or low pressure?

• High pressure

• Low pressure

What is the source of energy that creates global ocean currents?

• Coriolis effect

• The Sun

• Radars

• plate tectonics

What is the transfer of heat through direct contact?

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

When a cold air mass and warm air mass collide, what will happen to the warm air mass?

• nothing - it will stay in place

• it will rise because it is less dense

• it will stay close to the earth because it is more dense