Can Do Wednesday (12/4)

A system of low pressure with rotating clouds was forming over an ocean. Which weather event will likely result?

• Monsoon

• Hurricane

• Blizzard

• Tornado

Air masses are large bodies of air that can be many miles wide. 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The main reason land and sea breezes exist is because: 

• the earth revolves around the sun
• the earth is tilted on an axis
• of the temperature difference between land and water
• of global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes warm air to rise?

• the fact that it's less dense than cold air 
• The fact that it weighs more than cold air 
• The fact that it has higher pressure than cold
• the fact that its more dense than cold air 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What causes wind to blow?

• Differences in longitude 
• Shock waves from clouds 
• Differences in air temperature and pressure 
• The rotation of the earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6