Weather and Climate test

Short-term atmospheric conditions at a certain time and place.

• Weather

• Climate

• Storms

• Conditions

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The pressure that a column of air exerts on the surface below it.

• wind pressure

• air force

• air pressure

• air weight

The amount of water vapor in the air compared to how much it will hold at a certain temperature

• humidity

• saturation

• relative humidity

• evaporaton

________ forms when air near the ground becomes saturated and condenses into a liquid.

• rain

• dew

• fog

• mist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.

• mountains

• fluffy cotton

• condensation

• clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clouds that are high, thin and feathery are called ___________.

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Solid crystals of ice that precipitate from the atmosphere.

• snow

• sleet

• hail

• freezing rain

The series of natural processes that move water through the globe.

• moisture cycle

• water cycle

• global cycle

• evaporation cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large body of circulating air that has low pressure at its center and higher pressure on the outside.

• Air Mass

• High pressure System

• Front

• Low Pressure System

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A _______________________ system is a large body of circulating air that has high pressure at its center and lower pressure on the outside.

• high pressure

• low pressure

• air mass

• front

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