Weather

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a boundary where hot and cold air are separating
• a boundary where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air masses are named for ______.

• the type of air they contain 
• animals
•  people
•  where they form 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is an air mass?

• a place where weather always changes in an extreme way
• a large body of air with the same temperature and moisture
• any cloud that produces rain, sleet, snow or hail
• any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Ryan is working on his Science Fair project. He plans to measure the amount of rainfall that has fallen in his neighborhood over the past two weeks. What instrument should he use?

• Rain gauge
• Wind Vane
• Barometer
• Thermometer 

Which tool measures humidity or the amount of moisture in the air?

• wind vane
• barometer
• anemometer
• hydrometer

What does this symbol on a weather map indicate? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5