Weather - Air Pressure, Wind, & Fronts

What is a boundary where two air masses meet?

• thunderstorm

• high pressure system

• front

• low pressure system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In a high pressure system the weather will likely be...

• cooler and stormy

• warmer and wetter

• warmer and stormy

• cooler and clear skies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

In a low pressure system the weather will likely be...

• cooler and stormy

• warmer and clear skies

• cloudy and potentially rainy/stormy

• cooler and clear skies

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Winds are caused by differences in...

• air pressure

• humidity

• temperature

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Does cold air rise or sink?

• rise

• sink

When a cold front is approaching, what happens?

• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and lower temperatures
• warm air is pushing under cold air causing humid weather and higher temperatures
• warm air rises, cools, and causes rain and thunderstorms
• cold air is pushed over warm air causing rain and thunderstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What characteristics are used to classify air masses?

• temperature and humidity
• pressure and temperature
• latitude and longitude
• wind speed and location 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of front is this?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of front is this?

• warm front

• cold front

• stationary front

• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Weather occurs in large part because of high and low pressure systems. Which of the following is the MOST likely CAUSE of high and low pressure systems?

• Sun's energy heating Earth unevenly

• lunar gravity

• global warming

• Earth's magnetic field

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6