Factors of Weather

What is climate?

• The further you get from the equator

• The average weather over a long period of time

• The higher you go the colder you get

• The conditions of the atmosphere at a specific time and place

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the amount of water vapor in the air called?

• Humidity

• air pressure

• dew point

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place/

• Climate

• Humidity

• Weather

• Temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What determines if the precipitation is solid or liquid?

• Clouds

• Wind

• Water vapor

• Air temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clouds cause ___________ when they trap Earth's heat.

• Motion

• Vapor

• Warming

• Cooling

What is wind?

• Amount of water vapor in the air

• Average weather over a period of time

• How hot/cold it is

• Air moving in a specific direction

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

For precipitation to fall, water droplets must do what?

• Shrink

• Combine

• Spread out

• Burst

Clouds are a source of precipitation.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is temperature?

• Amount of water vapor in the air

• Average weather over a period of time

• A measure of the average amount of motion of molecules

• Air moving in a specific direction

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Clouds cause __________ when they trap Earth's heat.

• Cooling

• Warming

• Motion

• Vapor