Weather and Climate

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?

• Nothing
• It increases
• It decreases
• It goes up and down

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What are the 3 major climate zones in order from equator to the poles?

• polar, temperate, tropical
• tropical, temperate, polar
• temperate, polar, tropical

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

• they are at lower elevations
• they receive more solar energy
• they are nearer to ocean currents
• they get more winds that carry energy in the form of heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The higher the altitude of an area, the lower the _____________.

• Temperatures

• Winds

• Clouds

• Population

Precipitation happens when clouds of water droplets are too ______________.

• cold
• light
• heavy
• hot

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

____________ air sinks/falls because it is ____________dense.

• Cold, More
• Warm, Less
• Cold, Less
• Warm, More

____________ air rises because it is ____________dense.

• Cool, Less
• Warm, Less
• Cold, More
• Warm, More

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of instrument measures the humidity in the air?

• hygrometer
• barometer
• anemometer
• rain gauge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Define Precipitation

• solids falling from the sky 
• precipitation 
• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface 
• liquids falling from the sky 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

They are highest clouds in the sky. They are wispy with fuzzy edges. Usually mean good weather.

• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Stratus