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weather vocab

Authored by Amanda Locklear

Science

7th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Violent storms that form when large amounts of ocean water evaporate leaving an area of low pressure underneath the warm, rising air.

fronts

jet stream

hurricanes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A body of air extending over a large area that develops and retains specific characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity.

hurricanes

fronts

air mass

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The leading edge of air mass is the boundary between tow air masses.

air mass

convection

front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A wind that blows from the land to the sea due to local temperature and pressure differences.

land breeze

sea breeze

jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A wind that blows from the sea to the land due to local temperature and pressure differences.

land breeze

sea breeze

jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Relatively narrow bands of strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere. The winds blow from west to east.

ocean currents

air mass

jet stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The blanket of air that surrounds Earth.

Humidity

Temperature

Atmosphere

Water vapor

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