Weather Patterns: Level 1

Nasha left a hot bowl of soup in a cool room. Her friend tells her that her soup will get cold if she forgets to eat it. How cold could it get?

• Only a little colder. It started out much hotter, so it will stop cooling down before it reaches the same temperature as the room.

• Only a little colder. It will stop cooling down when its temperature is about halfway between its starting temperature and the temperature of the room.

• Only as cold as the temperature of the room. It will stop cooling down when it is exactly the same temperature as the room.

• Colder than the temperature of the room. It will keep cooling down for as long as she leaves it in the room.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The town of Kokomo had two rainstorms in November. Storm 1 had more rainfall than Storm 2. The temperature of the surrounding areas was the same before both storms.

What could explain why Storm 1 had more rainfall than Storm 2?

Before Storm 1, the air parcel at the surface could have been:

• warmer, so when cooler air from above moved down, it lost more energy.

• warmer, so when the air parcel moved higher, it lost more energy.

• cooler, so the air parcel had low energy and remained near the surface.

• cooler, so when the air parcel moved higher, it gained more energy.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

There were two rainstorms in Sinan last month. Before Storm 1, the air temperature at the surface was 21°C. Before Storm 2, the air temperature at the surface was 29°C. The temperature of areas surrounding Sinan was the same before both storms. There was the same amount of water vapor in the air parcels before both storms. Which storm is likely to have had more rainfall?

• Storm 1. The air parcel at the surface was cooler and had less energy, so with low energy it remained near the surface.

• Storm 2. The air parcel at the surface was warmer and had more energy, so when cooler air from above came down, it lost more energy.

• Storm 1. The air parcel at the surface was cooler and had less energy, so with low energy it remained near the surface.

• Storm 2. The air parcel at the surface was warmer and had more energy, so when it moved higher, it lost more energy.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Jake put a bottle of water on the desk and left the room. When he came back, he found water drops on the outside of the bottle. Where did the water on the outside of the bottle come from?

• The air in the room. Oxygen in the air turned into liquid water.

• Water inside the bottle. the water leaked through the bottle

• The air in the room. water vapor in the air turned into liquid water.

• Watter inside the bottle. The water moved along the surface of the bottle.

Energy is transferred from a _____ air parcel to the _____ surrounding air.

• cold, cold

• cold, warm

• warm, warm

• warm, cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When does energy stop transferring out of an air parcel?

• When the air parcel temperature is warmer than the surrounding air.

• When the air parcel temperature is even colder than the surrounding air.

• When the air parcel temperature is the same as the surrounding air.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The Sun heats the Earth's water. This warm water turns into a vapor, and rises into the atmosphere, where it cools off. What happens to this water vapor?

• The water vapor pushes clouds out of the way as it rises. This causes overcast conditions to occur.

• The water vapor condenses as it cools, then it forms clouds, It later returns to the Earth as precipitation.

• The water vapor evaporates and escapes into space. New water is formed by precipitation.

• The water vapor only rises for a very short time then settles back into the ocean unnoticed.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An amount of air that moves as a unit is called a ____________.

• Moisturizer

• Cuboid

• Chunk of weather

• Air parcel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Energy always transfers from ______ to _______, until the objects are at equilibrium.

• cold to hot

• hot to cold

• cold to cold

• hot to hot

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

After time passes, what do you think the temperature in this air parcel will become?

• Hotter than 37°C

• Exactly 37°C

• Somewhere between 20°C and 37°C, but closer to 20°C

• Colder than 20°C

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4