WPT

Where is water vapor found?

• In some air

• In all air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water vapor in an air parcel cools, it can __________________into liquid water which can form a cloud and fall as rain.​

• evaporate

• condense

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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If an air parcel is warmer than the surrounding air it will move how?

• It will rise up

• It will not move at all

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What can we say about the temperature at the highest point of the troposphere compared to the layer closest to the surface?

• It is colder

• It is warmer

In order for an air parcel to create clouds and produce rain what needs to happen to them?

• They need to lose energy (heat).

• They need to gain energy(heat).

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

As an air parcel rises, energy transfers from the __________ air parcel to the __________ surrounding air.

• warm, cold

• cold,warm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Heat energy moves from one object to another until _________________________.

• Both objects have equal amounts of heat energy.

• One object has all the heat energy.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What can we say about the air parcel for storm 1 compared to storm 2.

• It will rise higher into the atmosphere .

• it will rise lower into the atmosphere.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As an air parcel rises higher into the atmosphere what can we expect to happen to the amount of rainfall it will produce.

• It will increase.

• It will decrease.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Air parcels can be pushed up into the troposphere by wind.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5