Weather

Humidity is the...

• Amount of Water Vapor in the Air
• Amount of Wind in the Air
• Amount of Precipitation in the Air
• Amount of Pressure in the Air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Because the earth is spinning on its axis, the global winds appear to curve. This is known as the __________ ________.

• Coriolis Effect

• Greenhouse Effect

• Cumulus Effect

• Stratus Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What measures temperature?

• barometer
• anemometer
• thermometer
• psychrometer

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Clouds form when...

• liquid water is heated and evaporates to become water vapor in the atmosphere.
• water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses becoming water droplets in the atmosphere
• water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

During which part of the water cycle does a cloud form?

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• condensation
• Run off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is going on with the atmosphere at any particular time.

• Weather
• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Daily temperature, daily rainfall, daily amount of sunshine

• Weather
• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The tropical rainforest has experienced 50 to 260 inches of rainfall annually for the last  few decades.

• Weather
• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Right now the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, so Australia experiences winter.

• Weather

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The condition of the atmosphere, such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed and rainfall

• climate
• weather
• trend
• season

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5