Weather and Atmosphere Review

The majority of the atmosphere contains which gas?

• oxygen
• carbon dioxide
• nitrogen

What layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?

• Exosphere
• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Thermosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Where is the air pressure the greatest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The density of our atmosphere _____________ with an increase in altitude.

• Increases
• Gets greater
• Decreases
• Gets heavier

The force of a column of air pressing down is called what?

• Air Mass
• Air Pressure
• Air
• Heavy

Winds blow in curved lines because of...

• the greenhouse effect.
• the Coriolis effect.
• convection.
• the location of landforms.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is the relationship between air pressure and altitude?

• As air pressure increases, altitude increases

• As air pressure increases, altitude decreases

• As air pressure decreases, altitude decreases

• Air pressure and altitude do not have a relationship

Which of these is an example of precipitation?

• snow
• air
• clouds
• vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When liquid water changes into gas called water vapor this called

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipatation
• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6