PASS Weather Review 2019

Air current that brings the weather to North America and Canada

• polar easterlies
• prevailing westerlies
• trade winds
• doldrums

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Coriolis effect

• caused by Earth's rotation
• caused by Earth's revolution
• caused by Earth's tilt
• caused by Earth's winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Some Solar radiation doesn't reach Earth because _____

• it is reflected off particles in the atmosphere
• it is absorbed by clouds and particles in the atmosphere
• it is reflected off clouds
• all are correct

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Source of all energy in our atmosphere

• ions
• water cycle
• The Moon
• The Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Convection

• transfer of heat by flow
• transfer of heat by touch
• transfer of heat by waves and rays
• transfer of heat by wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Conduction

• transfer of energy by flow
• transfer of energy by touch
• transfer of energy by waves and rays
• transfer of energy by wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Trade winds

• steady winds from 60  to 90 degrees latitude north or south
• steady winds between 30 and 60 degrees north or south
• steady winds between 0 and 30 
• uneven winds between 30 and 60 degrees north or south 

Heated air moves which direction

• up
• down
• right
• left

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

These arrows represent what in Earth's atmosphere?

• convection
• conduction
• radiation
• winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What do we call the air and gasses that surround the earth?

• Atmosphere
• Troposphere
• Mesospherre
• Thermosphere