Weather

The blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth

• Lithosphere
• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Green House Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A front is

• where warm air is cooling at earth's surface
• a line where hot and cold air are separating
• a line where two different air masses meet
• where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What symbol is this?

• warm front
• cold front
• stationary front
• occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Precipitation is....

• rain
• snow
• sleet
• all of these are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is an air mass?

• a place where weather always changes in an extreme way
• a large body of air with the same temperature and moisture
• any cloud that produces rain, sleet, snow or hail
• any kind of air, as long as it is always wet and freezing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does this symbol indicate on a weather map? 

• High pressure system
• Low pressure system
• Cold front
• Warm front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place. 

• weather
• climate
• precipitation
• atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• Hail
• Sleet
• Rain
• Snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_______________is a dangerous act of nature that puts people, animals, and buildings at risk.

• severe weather

• sunny weather

• storms

• cloudy weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2