Predicting Weather Test Review

a system normally associated with dry weather and mostly clear skies

• high pressure

• low pressure

• collide

• air mass

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a system normally associated with clouds and precipitation

• high pressure

• low pressure

• collide

• air mass

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

hit with force when moving

• high pressure

• low pressure

• collide

• air mass

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

the natural movement of air

• high pressure

• low pressure

• collide

• air mass

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

bodies of air extending over large areas that have certain characteristics of pressure, temperature, and humidity

• high pressure

• low pressure

• collide

• air mass

• wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

(a)   is the day to day state of the atmosphere.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which atmospheric conditions might a meteorologist use to predict the weather? (check all that apply)

• temperature

• weather maps

• air pressure

• day of the week

• wind speed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the major forces that drive the patterns of atmospheric movement? (check all that apply)

• when different air masses collide

• uneven heating of the Earth’s surface

• the transfer of heat to the lower atmosphere

• the transfer of kinetic energy through water molecules

• air masses flowing from regions of low pressure to regions of high pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

TRUE OR FALSE: Weather patterns are complex or can have multiple causes so meteorologists can only predict the weather probabilistically.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Check all of the following that are technologies in our area that help protect or lessen the effects of bad weather.

• tornado sirens

• hurricane predictors

• basements

• levy (to prevent flooding)

• houses built on stilts (to prevent flooding)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2