Unit 2 Review

Analyze the image. The red arrows represent warm water rising and the blue arrows represent cold water sinking. What type of heat transfer is responsible for this movement?

• conduction
• convection
• radiation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following describes what is happening in a low pressure system?

• cold air sinking
• cold air rising
• warm air rising

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of the following describes what is happening in a high pressure system?

• cold air sinking
• cold air rising
• warm air rising

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When heat is transferred during convection, heat will always move from _________ to __________ temperatures.

• low to high
• high to low
• they don't move

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

In a convection cell, what is created when air moves from high to low pressure?

• wind
• sunny skies
• warmer temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why don't hurricanes affect the west coast?

• the water on the coast of California is too shallow to sustain a hurricane
• the water on the coast of California is too warm to sustain a hurricane
• the water on the coast of California is too cold to sustain a hurricane

Where warm air rises the air is less dense and the pressure is ___________

• low
• high

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where cold air sinks the air is more dense and the pressure is ___________

• low
• high

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• Warm Front
• High Air Pressure
• Cold Front
• High Temperatures

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

• Low Clouds
• Low Temperatures
• Light Wind
• Low Air Pressure

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5