Weather 5

A storm with thunder, lightning, heavy rains, and strong winds. What type of storm is this?

• Tornado

• Thunderstorm

• Hurricane

• tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm air rising or cold air sinking combined with the spinning of the earth causes the air to spin forming?

• low pressure regions

• winds

• storms

• high pressure regions

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

How do fronts form?

• Air masses move and collide with each other

• Warm and cold sink

• 
• Rapid winds circle around

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What are types of storms that we are lerning about?

• Hurricanes

• 
• Tornadoes

• Thunderstorms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is a tornadoe?

• a rapidly whirling, funnel shaped cloud that extends down from a cloud

• ocean water

• a tropical storm

• a storm with lightning and thunder

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is this unit about?

• Air masses

• Water cycle

• Fronts

• Low/ High pressure systems

• Meteorology

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What system usually has more of a fair weather signal with winds circulating around the system in a clockwise direction?

• HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS

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• LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

TRUE OR FALSE? A hurricane is a low pressure tropical storm that forms over water?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are huge of air that form over water or land in tropical or polar areas?

• FRONTS

• AIR MASSES

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Can a tornado cause great damage to people or their property?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2